LA COSTA BIF

LA COSTA CANYON WINTER CLASSIC

4-6 December 2020

DEADLINE

22 Nov 2020
Most speech are pre-recorded

ELIGIBILITY

Open to MS/HS students

PLATFORM

Online through Classrooms.Cloud and Tabroom.com

Information

Non-extemp Speech events will be held asynchronously through Classrooms.Cloud, though students are still highly encouraged to attend their rounds to enjoy their performances along those of other students. While it is not the closest simulation to live competition, it allows access for the most students regardless of internet quality. Our schedule is tight, but it will allow students to compete in up to 4 speeches, as well as a debate. That being said, it is a lot of time in front of a screen, so please consider your own well-being before quintuple entering!

Events Offered:

Debate: Policy, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Congress
Pattern A: Impromptu, Informative, Humorous Interpretation, Program Oral Interpretation, Original Oratory
Pattern B: Extemporaneous, Original Advocacy, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo, Original Prose & Poetry, Oratorical Interpretation

Double Entry Information:
Students who double enter are responsible for getting to their rounds on time.

Competitors may only enter one event in the Debate Pattern.
- Competitors who enter Policy may not enter any other event.
Competitors may enter two Pattern A events and two Pattern B events.
- Competitors who enter Extemp may not enter a second Pattern B event.
- Competitors who enter Extemp may enter a Debate and Pattern A event, but additional extemp prep time will not be given to students if Debate Pattern or Pattern A is running late.

Debate Topics:

Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum:
We will be using the November/December NSDA Topic

Policy:
Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

Judging Requirements:
All judges must be over the age of 18 and out of high school.
If you cannot bring experienced Policy judges, you must hire one.

A single judge may cover one Debate and one Speech, but must then be prepared to judge non-stop throughout the tournament. School judges are committed to judge one round beyond when the last student from that school is eliminated from competition. We will do our best to meet any needs your judges may have. Please make sure your judges are available for their full commitment.

Event Rules and Guidelines:
Speech & Congress: Standard CHSSA rules will be followed as closely as possible for all speech and debate events. In the Speech events we will break 14 to semi's unless this is more than half the field, at which point a prelim round would occur before breaking directly to finals. We also reserve the right to break 21 to semis in events with large fields. We will take seven to finals in all speech events. We will take 30 to semi's in Congress and 15 to finals. A separate P.O. contest will be held if there is enough interest to warrant.

Debate: Starting with Round 3, all prelim rounds will be power matched. Dependent on event pool size, Top 16 entries may break to Octos, or Top 32 may break to Double-Octos (fewer will break in the case of unbreakable ties). Brackets will not be broken in elims.

The TOC and NDCA guidelines will be used for Policy, and CHSSA guidelines will be used for all other debate events.
The exception to this is that we will be using the new PF times that are being piloted for NSDA.

Awards: Individual awards will be presented to all debaters advancing to the quarter-finals in debate events, which will be mailed following the tournament. The top 5 PuFo, Policy, LD, and Parli speakers through prelims will also receive an award at the awards ceremony. All finalists in speech events and Congress will be presented awards. 1st and 2nd place Presiding Officers will also receive awards.

**Sweepstakes awards: In order to be eligible for debate sweeps, you must only be entered in debate events; to be eligible for speech sweeps, you must only be entered in speech events; to be eligible for overall you must be entered in both speech and debate events.

Entry Price

CX only $95
CX + 1 Speech $110
CX + 2 Speech $125
CX + 2 Speech $140

Congress only $65
Congress + 1 Speech $80
Congress + 2 Speech $95
Congress + 2 Speech $110

One Speech Event $65
Two Speech Events $80
Three Speech Events $95

If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $110
Each person in a Policy team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one Policy team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

All Events (Policy is on the last page)
Click here to see the schedule page

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with BIF's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION
Make sure you have checked the double-entry policies. We are not responsible for schedule conflicts.

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

ASYNCHRONOUS PREPARED EVENTS

Participants will submit one video link per entry that will be used for the entire tournament. Please ensure that YouTube links are marked unlisted, and if using Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. permissions are set so that anyone with the link can view.

If you won't provide the recording link upon registration here, please send to nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com by November 15.

JUDGE PROVISION

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

If you are judging Policy (your child is competing in Policy), you must bring experienced Policy judges. If not, you should not judge.

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee. You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It takes two minutes.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Polygon Academy (Cupertino): 1025 S. DeAnza Blvd, San Jose, CA-95129

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560

LA COSTA CANYON WINTER CLASSIC​

4-6 December 2020

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

LA COSTA CANYON WINTER CLASSIC

Entry Price

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!