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    Rainbow Classic​

    2 March 2025 for speech link submission deadline
    5-8 March 2025 for asynchronous speech judging

    DEADLINE
    2 Mar 2025 @11.59 pm PST
    INCLUDING ​SPEECH LINKS
    ​
    NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE
    JUDGE DROPS AFTER THIS DATE WILL INCUR A $200 FEE
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle and high school students
    PLATFORM
    Asynchronous, online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    Join us for the first annual Rainbow Classic hosted by Cheyenne East High School! Try your luck for a chance to find an NIETOC bid at the end of the rainbow!

    • Events: Asynchronous Humor, Oratory, Poetry, Extemp, Info, Drama, Duo, Duet Acting, POI, and Impromptu. Events will follow NSDA rules. Single-take, no editing.
      • Extemp: Extemp Topics and Instructions
      • Impromptu: Impromptu Topics and Instructions
     
    • Awards: Ribbons will be awarded to 1st-6th in all events and mailed immediately.​

    ​Entry Price

    One event and parent is judging $60
    Two events and parent is judging $70
    Three events and parent is judging $80

    One event and parent is opting out of judging $140
    Two events and parent is opting out of judging $150
    Three events and parent is opting out of judging $160

    Each person in a Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one Duo 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

    RAINBOW CLASSIC SCHEDULE

    PRELIMS 1-3
    WED/THURS March 5&6 (ballots due 10pm)

    SEMIFINALS (breaks 8:30 AM FRI)
    FRI March 7 (ballots due 10pm)

    FINALS (breaks 8:30 AM SAT)
    SAT March 8 (ballots due 10pm)

    AWARDS
    SUN March 9 (released by 5pm)

    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:  [email protected]

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: [email protected]

    Or [email protected]

    Registration Form

    Events will follow NSDA rules. Single-take, no editing.
    • Extemp: Extemp Topics and Instructions
    • Impromptu: Impromptu Topics and Instructions

    STUDENT INFORMATION
    Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.
    More tournament resources can be found here.
    ​If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
    It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: ​https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

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

    EVENT SELECTION
    • ​​Make sure to list the unlisted Youtube links here or send to Nadia by 2 March 2025 and please label the title to include the event that you are doing.
    • !!! Please make sure you are submitting a video that is unique to this tournament. Do not use videos that have been used for other tournaments !!!
    • Lastly, keep in mind that you can only enter in an event once. For example, you can only choose IMP once. You can select other events along such as OI, but you cannot choose IMP twice.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    Please make sure you are available for the asynchronous speech judging schedule and that you won't submit your judging duties late. Details above.
    ​
    Descriptions of each event can be found here.

    ​Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

    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 literally takes less than a minute.


    First time judging?
    This is a great collection of short videos that one of the leagues have put together to learn each event: click here.
    ​There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.​
    ​Click here to find other training and official certification resources. Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
    ​

    ​Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm 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. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".​

    ​
    More tournament resources can be found here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

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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: [email protected]

Locations

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

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

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

​​​​Dublin: Loving Tree Academy, 6693 Owens Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588​​
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