RYLE

RYLE VIRTUALLY HAUNTED INVITATIONAL

25 October 2021 - speech recordings are due
30 October 2021 - live debate

29 October 2021 @between 9am and 5pm - asynchronous speech prelim judging
30 October 2021 @between 8am and 10am - asynchronous speech finals judging

DEADLINE

19 October 2021 (to register and to drop)

Speech recordings are due on 25 Oct 2021. For limited prep and impromptu, prompts will be available around 25 Oct 2021 afternoon. Please send the video links to Nadia by 11.59 pm of this date. NO EXCEPTIONS! I can't enter you if you are late.

ELIGIBILITY

Open to MS/HS students, but events are HS events

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus or pre-recorded

Information

You are cordially invited to the Larry A. Ryle High School VIRTUALLY Haunted Invitational - a NIETOC qualifier! We are delighted to host one of the first tournaments of the season, and hope that you will come out to join us for a spooky good time from the safety of your locations on Saturday, October 30th (with some asynchronous judging a few days before).

**ALL speech events (yes, even limited prep) are ASYNCHRONOUS** (pre-recorded)
**ALL debate events are SYNCHRONOUS** (live)

This will be a NSDA Campus tournament --ALL participants (students, judges, etc) must have an account on Tabroom.com.

CATEGORIES
We will be offering all KHSSL speech and debate events. Please visit the KHSSL handbook for rules.
Speech events (IE) will run asynchronously (recorded videos) and debate will run synchronously (live).

ASYNCHRONOUS
Declamation
DI
Duo Interp
Extemp
HI
Impromptu
Informative
Oratory
POI

SYNCHRONOUS
Congress
Varsity LD
Public Forum

ENTRIES
We will be offering unlimited entries; however, only the top three scores in each event will count toward sweepstakes. Students may triple in asynchronous events AND single in synchronous events. Thus, you could have a student quad entry (ie. OO/informative/storytelling/LD).

JUDGES
Any judging drops after the drop deadline (Oct 19th) will be charged $50 each. Judge no-show = $30 per round. With the exception of debate where all events are live, all speech judges must be available for the asynchronous judging schedule. Your judges should be familiar with the KHSSL rules and ballots, and are expected to be in the judge pool during rounds where they are not explicitly scheduled. Please note that there will be two judge pools -- one for debate and one for IE/congress -- and your judges should be ready to judge any event in that judge pool.

AWARDS
We will be presenting medals for the top 6 performers in each speech event. We will present medals for the top four entries in all debate events. Speaker award certificates will be given based on the number of entries. We will be offering separate debate (LD/PF/Congress/CX) and speech (IE) sweepstakes awards. Plaques will be awarded to the top 3 schools in each. Awards will be mailed to schools.

NIETOC QUALIFYING
We are proud to again be a NIETOC bid tournament! Top placing entries in DI, HI, Duo, Oratory, Informative, POI, and Extemp will earn a bid for the NIETOC, which will be held May 12-15 in Texas. Go to www.nietoc.com for more information.

PLATFORM
We will be using NSDA Campus for synchronous competition, which is integrated with Tabroom.com. Asynchronous competition will be judged via Tabroom.com. You can refer to the KHSSL virtual best practices guide or the NSDA website to familiarize yourself with this platform.

ASYNCHRONOUS SPEECH EVENTS
Competitors 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. Duo Interpretation videos must be split-screen. Refer to the KHSSL virtual best practices guide for tips on recording and submitting videos. Topics for limited prep events will be released on Monday, October 25th afternoon. Video links must be sent to Nadia by the midnight (Monday, October 25th @11.59 pm).

SYNCHRONOUS DEBATE EVENTS
Ryle students will only be entered in debate events if entries are needed to create suitable competition for everyone involved. Congress will be held if there is a minimum of 8 non-Ryle students. Ryle students who are entered will be eligible for individual awards but not for sweepstakes. We will be using current topics; (we won't be sending students into the novice division at this tournament because they are using the novice topic which rarely gets used at other tournaments our students go to traditionally during the year).
New this year for LD/PF: unless entry numbers are high to warrant elimination rounds, we will run five preset preliminary rounds and determine placings using typical tiebreakers. This way, students are guaranteed more rounds of competition. We had positive experiences with this format at other out of state tournaments last year and want to bring it to this early KY tournament.

SCHEDULE -- SUBJECT TO CHANGE
The full schedule can be viewed below. Students in IE will not be attending rounds; judges can adjudicate rounds at their convenience in the allotted time period. On the synchronous schedule, we tried to build in small breaks. Our awards ceremony will be live.

COSTUME CONTEST
Win prizes! All participants can compete in our annual costume contest before awards to celebrate Halloween. Please encourage your students to dress up and submit their photos to Nadia by Tuesday, October 24th. Coaches/judges, you can get in on the action as well! A voting link will be sent to all, and the winners will be announced at our awards ceremony.

If you have any questions regarding the process, please let Victor and Nadia know. Hope to see you the last weekend in October. Happy Speechoween!

Entry Price

LD only $146
LD + 1 Speech $156
LD + 2 Speech $166
LD + 3 Speech $176

PF only $146
PF + 1 Speech $156
PF + 2 Speech $166
PF + 3 Speech $176

One Speech Event $146
Two Speech Events $152
Three Speech Events $158

IF PARENT IS JUDGING, YOU WILL GET A DISCOUNTED RATE.
THE ENTRY FEES AFTER DISCOUNTS ARE:

LD only $56
LD + 1 Speech $66
LD + 2 Speech $76
LD + 3 Speech $86

PF only $56
PF + 1 Speech $66
PF + 2 Speech $76
PF + 3 Speech $86

One Speech Event $56
Two Speech Events $62
Three Speech Events $68

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

Click here to see the schedule page for asynchronous SPEECH events

Click here to see the schedule page for live DEBATE events

Drop Fee

Any drops after the deadline will not get a refund and will be assessed any nuisance fee the tournament charges. 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 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 if there are any. We are not responsible for schedule conflicts.
We won't be sending students into the novice division at this tournament because they are using the novice topic which rarely gets used at other tournaments our students go to traditionally during the year.

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

Participating in debate? *

none Varsity LD Public Forum

ASYNCHRONOUS SPEECH 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. Duo Interpretation videos must be split-screen. Refer to the KHSSL virtual best practices guide for tips on recording and submitting videos.

If you won't provide the recording link upon registration here, please send to nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com by 25 OCTOBER 2021.

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 two minutes.

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

All speech judges must be available on the asynchronous judging schedule. All debate judges must be available for the live schedule.
Any judging drops will be charged $50 each. Any missed round will be fined $30 per round.

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

RYLE VIRTUALLY HAUNTED INVITATIONAL​

25 October 2021 - speech recordings are due30 October 2021 - live debate29 October 2021 @between 9am and 5pm - asynchronous speech prelim judging30 October 2021 @between 8am and 10am - asynchronous speech finals judging​

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

RYLE VIRTUALLY HAUNTED INVITATIONAL

25 October 2021 - speech recordings are due
30 October 2021 - live debate

29 October 2021 @between 9am and 5pm - asynchronous speech prelim judging
30 October 2021 @between 8am and 10am - asynchronous speech finals judging

Entry Price

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