LA COSTA

LA COSTA CANYON WINTER CLASSIC

3-5 December 2021

DEADLINE

27 Nov 2021

ELIGIBILITY

Open to MS/HS students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

The administration of La Costa Canyon High School, the members of the Maverick Speech and Debate team, and I would like to invite you and your squad to attend the 51st Annual La Costa Canyon Winter Classic Speech and Debate Tournament. We had hoped to have you all join us in person this year, to help finish off this pandemic for good, we will remain virtual this year.

We will offer Policy, LD, Congress, Public Forum, Extemp, OPP, Impromptu, OO, OA, Info, HI, DI, POI, and OI.

TOC QUALIFICATION INFORMATION
● Public Forum:

Gold TOC qualifier at Quarterfinals!
Silver TOC qualifier at Octafinals!

● Congress:

TOC qualifier for all students making the Top Six!

● Speech

Dependent on event size

We are also an NIETOC Bid tournament!

As many tournament directors and coaches across the country are dealing with, incredibly tough decisions must be made to help balance the competitive nature and accessibility of tournaments. As teams have been able to get more access to their classrooms and technological support, along with trying to give students an authentic experience, all events will be held live on NSDA Campus this year.

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!

As someone who competed at Winter Classic many moons ago, and consistently brought students throughout my coaching career, I understand how important this tournament is to our community. We may need to continue to adapt this year, but we are still ecstatic to invite you to continue this grand tradition of competitive excellence and camaraderie, and hope to see you come December.

Events Offered:

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

Judging Requirements:

All judges must be over the age of 18 and out of high school.
School judges are committed to judge one round beyond when the last student from that school is eliminated from competition.
Please make sure your judges are available for their full commitment.
If you cannot bring experienced LD judges, you must pay the opt-out fee.

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.

Entry Price

PF only $73
PF + 1 Speech $88
PF + 2 Speech $103
PF + 3 Speech $118

LD only $95
LD + 1 Speech $110
LD + 2 Speech $125
LD + 3 Speech $140

Congress only $65
Congress + 1 Speech $80
Congress + 2 Speech $95
Congress + 3 Speech $110

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

If parent is not judging, the OPT-OUT fee for those whose students are doing speech only is $110
If parent is not judging, the OPT-OUT fee for those whose students are doing debate only is $150
If parent is not judging, the OPT-OUT fee for those whose students are doing speech and debate is $170

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
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
Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.

* 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 GSA'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.
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!

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

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 less than a minute.

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

There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

Tournaments recommend judges to have a judge philosophy on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example (it doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up).

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

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