Stanford Speech & Debate Tournament February 9-11, 2019
The Stanford Debate Society is pleased to invite you to the 32nd annual Stanford National Invitational. Since 1987 students from across the nation have been joining us for this national level competition, and we hope that you'll help us build on this tradition and join us in Palo Alto this year!
Speech: will be at the Santa Clara Marriott 2700 mission college blvd On Saturday
Debate: Will be at Stanford University on both days.
***This tournament will only be open to 8th graders and above!!!!***
update as of 1/9/19: If you are younger than 8th grade and want to go, please talk to Victor by emailing him at vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com, please include your coach's name in the email so he can talk to them about whether or not you should go. Regardless of coach recommendation, anyone under 8th grade is registering at their own risk. While the tournament won't ask for verification of age/grade, we would hope that those who sign up will do their best to not get into situations that would require the tournament to ask questions.
Speech: will be at the Santa Clara Marriott 2700 mission college blvd On Saturday
Debate: Will be at Stanford University on both days.
***This tournament will only be open to 8th graders and above!!!!***
update as of 1/9/19: If you are younger than 8th grade and want to go, please talk to Victor by emailing him at vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com, please include your coach's name in the email so he can talk to them about whether or not you should go. Regardless of coach recommendation, anyone under 8th grade is registering at their own risk. While the tournament won't ask for verification of age/grade, we would hope that those who sign up will do their best to not get into situations that would require the tournament to ask questions.
***IMPORTANT Independent Entry Information
MUST COMPLETE IN ORDER TO ATTEND!!! I would recommend doing this first before signing up. While we can take them up to the day of the tournament, it would be wise to do this now to avoid problems down the line (considering fees become due when you sign up).
EMAIL TO: info@tgsastaff.com AND nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
- LETTERS/PERMISSION: To be accepted as an independent entry the attending group must include complete and correctly executed authorization letter from the school and each set of parents or guardians no later than January 10th, 2017.
For an independent entry to be accepted, we must have:- A letter signed by a school administrator (principal or vice-principal) on school letterhead, with the text as in the template below. This letter must list the names of all students competing, and must also list the name of the chaperone. THE TEXT OF THE LETTERS CANNOT BE CHANGED OR ADDED TO IN ANY SUBSTANTIVE WAY; FOR EXAMPLE, WE CANNOT AND DO NOT INDEMNIFY SCHOOLS AGAINST LIABILITY - that is an issue between the family of the attending student, their school, and their respective legal counsels; and Stanford Debate has no jurisdiction, legal or otherwise, to oversee, rule upon, or pass judgment on such assertions or declarations.
- A letter from a parent of each participant, with the text as in the template below.
- All entries, including independents, must have an adult chaperone with them at the tournament.
THE TEXT OF THE LETTERS SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:
2) Parent Letter (template--copy/paste the text and fill in the blanks as appropriate):
Date
Dear Stanford Debate Society:
This letter is to inform you that we would like our child, ___________________, to attend the Stanford Invitational from February 9-11, 2019 and that she / he does so with our full consent and permission. We have arranged for our child to be fully chaperoned and for transportation to our satisfaction, and accept full responsibility and liability for our child during the entire course of the event. We understand and agree that Stanford Debate and Stanford University, their employees, and their agents provide no chaperones for the event, and further agree that Stanford Debate and Stanford University, their employees, and their agents are hereby relieved of any responsibility or liability of any sort for the supervision of our child. Persuant to the tournament's invitation we understand and agree that our child will be chaperoned by the responsible adult listed below and that should the tournaent discover that my child is not accompanied by a responsible adult to the tournament's satisfaction that my child will be
The following person will be chaperoning our child:
Name: _________________
Cell phone: _______________
Relationship to our child: _________________
By signing this we are certifying that we are in fact the legal guardians of the listed child, and have full legal authority to act on the listed child's behalf.
Name, Sign, Date Contact info:
e-mail phone
3) School Letter (template--copy/paste the text and fill in the blanks as appropriate):
Date
Dear Stanford Debate Society:
This letter is to inform you that we have no objection to children from our school attending the Stanford Invitational speech & debate tournament from February 9-11, 2019 as independent entries. We understand that the parents of the children have arranged for their children to be transported and fully chaperoned to their satisfaction, and they have agreed to accept full responsibility and liability for their children during the entire course of the event. We further understand and agree that Stanford Debate and Stanford University, their employees, and their agents provide no chaperones for the event, and we have explained this to the parents of the children listed in this letter. These are the names of the children who attend our school for whom we are certifying that we do not object to their participation in the above described event:
[list of students, with full names, goes here]
By signing this I am certifying that I am an official of the school and that I have full authority to act on the school's behalf in matters of this kind.
Name, Sign, Date Contact info:
e-mail phone
DOUBLE ENTERING
- DOUBLE ENTERING: Double-entry in IE events is permissible, but there is NO cross entry between debate, LD, Public Forum, Congress and IE. The tentative schedule shows why cross-entry between debate and events is not possible. No special accommodations are made for those students who wish to double-enter in events, however, so students should expect to be rushed if they choose this option.
- INITIAL ENTRY LIMITS: The tournament allows the following initial entry limits per school. We can often ultimately accommodate more entries. Once we pass the "priority" entry deadline of December 16th we will clear additional teams from schools beyond and above these initial entry limits.
- Pattern A: National extemp, oratory, dramatic, spar, and expos/informative
- Pattern B: International extemp, duo, humorous, impromptu, oratorical interp, and program oral interp
- NOTE: National and International extemp are in different patterns, allowing serious extemp students to compete in eight prelim extemp rounds!
Oratory/Original Advocacy/Persuasive- All three events have been combined
Humorous Interpretation
Thematic Interpretation
Duo Interpretation
Double entries in Events are allowed but be warned that it may be a challenge to make it between rooms. Double enter events at YOUR OWN RISK. We may not be able to accommodate double entered students who miss rounds.
Entry Price/ Online Payment
We are now accepting online payment!
After you have completed registration you will be directed to a product page. We will no longer be accepting checks or cash for tournament registration. Registration will not be complete until payment is received. Note, please report any errors on the next page, the fees on this page are the accurate and failure to make the appropriate payment will result in non-registration.
Speech
One speech event with judge: $200
One speech event without judge: $325
Two speech events with judge: $260
Two speech events without judge: $385
Three speech events with judge: $320
Three speech events without judge:$445
Four speech events with judge: $380
Four speech events without judge: $505
Debate
JV LD with judge: $265
JV LD without judge: $390
Varsity LD with judge: $285
Varsity LD without judge: $410
JV PF with judge: $210
JV PF without judge: $335
Varsity PF with judge: $220
Varsity PF without judge: $345
JV Policy with judge $220
JV policy without judge:$345
As many of you can tell the fees for this tournament are very steep due to us having more paperwork to do along with the fact that the tournament is charging us as a private organization an additional fee per student (if we were a school this would not be charged to us). Given this plus finding someone to judge on your behalf over the weekend is very expensive (you are asking someone to give up 8+ hours per day over the weekend), it is HIGHLY recommended you judge on your child's behalf.
Don't know how to judge? We have videos that you can watch to learn how to judge. We also plan a judge training sometime in Janaury, look out for an email.
After you have completed registration you will be directed to a product page. We will no longer be accepting checks or cash for tournament registration. Registration will not be complete until payment is received. Note, please report any errors on the next page, the fees on this page are the accurate and failure to make the appropriate payment will result in non-registration.
Speech
One speech event with judge: $200
One speech event without judge: $325
Two speech events with judge: $260
Two speech events without judge: $385
Three speech events with judge: $320
Three speech events without judge:$445
Four speech events with judge: $380
Four speech events without judge: $505
Debate
JV LD with judge: $265
JV LD without judge: $390
Varsity LD with judge: $285
Varsity LD without judge: $410
JV PF with judge: $210
JV PF without judge: $335
Varsity PF with judge: $220
Varsity PF without judge: $345
JV Policy with judge $220
JV policy without judge:$345
As many of you can tell the fees for this tournament are very steep due to us having more paperwork to do along with the fact that the tournament is charging us as a private organization an additional fee per student (if we were a school this would not be charged to us). Given this plus finding someone to judge on your behalf over the weekend is very expensive (you are asking someone to give up 8+ hours per day over the weekend), it is HIGHLY recommended you judge on your child's behalf.
Don't know how to judge? We have videos that you can watch to learn how to judge. We also plan a judge training sometime in Janaury, look out for an email.
Drop Fee's
Registration will remain open until the tournament fills up. Once the tournament fills up, students will be on waitlist until space is made. If you don't make it off the waitlist, you will get a full refund. Once the tournament indicates it is full, we will close registration. No student will be added after that date. We encourage though that all students and parents try to register their student by January 15th to have the highest chance of entry.
Given the tournament has had problems with programs committing and given how close we are to the start of the tournament, once you sign up, your fees become fully due. Please ensure you are absolutely sure your child can compete this weekend. Please check your schedule and their schedule because we won't be refunding due to mistakes you made in scheduling. We will only refund money if we can find someone to replace your child in the spot of the tournament you took but if we cannot find someone, then the fees become due. We will keep you up to date on the progress of finding someone to replace if you choose to withdraw.
Payment deadline: If you do not pay in the next page, you don't get registered. We don't accept checks and we won't be invoicing you separately from the website.
Given the tournament has had problems with programs committing and given how close we are to the start of the tournament, once you sign up, your fees become fully due. Please ensure you are absolutely sure your child can compete this weekend. Please check your schedule and their schedule because we won't be refunding due to mistakes you made in scheduling. We will only refund money if we can find someone to replace your child in the spot of the tournament you took but if we cannot find someone, then the fees become due. We will keep you up to date on the progress of finding someone to replace if you choose to withdraw.
Payment deadline: If you do not pay in the next page, you don't get registered. We don't accept checks and we won't be invoicing you separately from the website.
Deadlines
While we do not wish to apply any fee's on our competitors, we have had too many issues in the past with individuals dropping after our drop date. Understand that drops cost us a great deal of money and labor which puts a heavy stress on our small business..
Please talk to your students about signing them up to a tournament. If they do not feel 100% prepared, talk to your coach.
Please add the drop date to your personal calendar.
Drop/Change deadline for full refund is Jan 10th. If you drop after this day, you will lose your entry fee and may accumulate additional fee's. See bottom.**
Single event drops after the deadline will result in a $100 fine per dropped event.
Regarding Team Events: In the event that one partner drops, that partner will be required to pay the full registration fee for themselves in addition to a $100 fee to help cover their partner.***
* If you sign up a judge, drops will incur a $100 fee, on top of difference owed on the original, non judging registration fee. Please understand that it extremely difficult and expensive to find last minute judges, if any are available at all.
** We do not guarantee any exceptions, emergency or otherwise. Please plan accordingly.
*** Parents with partners must coordinate with each other to ensure that they can register for a tournament. Parents may ask info@tgsastaff.com, the team's coach, Nathan Leal or Victor Rivas Umana for help and contact info but understand that the obligation is ultimately with the parent. If you do not feel comfortable with the teammate, please inform us so we can find a solution for future tournaments.
Pick up, drop off, & Transportation
All student and parents must organize there own transportation to the tournament. No form of transportation will be organized by the coaching staff. Student are expected to be picked up as well as dropped off by a legal guardian. Student MAY NOT take PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!
Pick-up and Drop off:
When Arrive on campus all student should go DIRECTLY to meet up spot that is outlined in the email you will get as we get closer to the tournament. A GSA coach will be waiting in the cafeteria to meet you. NOTE that a pick up time has been Set HOWEVER, tournament never run on time. Student will be instructed to call parents of any changes to the schedule.
It is absolutely important that students and parents are properly checking in and out their students at the tournament. We will NOT allow students to talk off campus to your car, you MUST pick them up physically on site.
Pick-up and Drop off:
When Arrive on campus all student should go DIRECTLY to meet up spot that is outlined in the email you will get as we get closer to the tournament. A GSA coach will be waiting in the cafeteria to meet you. NOTE that a pick up time has been Set HOWEVER, tournament never run on time. Student will be instructed to call parents of any changes to the schedule.
It is absolutely important that students and parents are properly checking in and out their students at the tournament. We will NOT allow students to talk off campus to your car, you MUST pick them up physically on site.
Tournament schedule
Individual Events (Speech)
Saturday, February 9 | Santa Clara Marriott
Sunday, February 10 | Stanford Campus
Saturday, February 9 | Santa Clara Marriott
- Rounds may be moved up if subsequent rounds finish early. Competitors should watch the postings area. Please note that we start with panel B events!
8:00 am: General Assembly for all students/coaches and Judge Check-in
8:15 am: Postings released, Extemp draw
8:45 am: Round 1 B (V & JV)
10:15 am: Round 1 A (V & JV)
11:45 am: Round 2 B (V & JV)
1:15 pm: Round 2 A (V & JV)
2:45 pm: Round 3 B (V & JV)
4:15 pm: Round 3 A (V & JV)
6:45 pm: Quarters B (only events with over 60 entries) / Semis B (events with 60 or fewer entries)
7:15 pm: Quarters A (only events with over 60 entries) / Semis A (events with 60 or fewer entries)
Note: Quarters/semis of B and quarters/semis of A will overlap. Pattern A quarterfinalists/semifinalists will be released as soon as we have them and rounds will start immediately thereafter.
8:15 pm: Semis B (only varsity events with over 60 entries [events that break to quarters])
8:30 pm: Semis A (only varsity events with over 60 entries [events that break to quarters]) Note: Semis of B and semis of A will overlap. Pattern A semifinalists will be released as soon as we have them and rounds will start immediately thereafter.
Sunday, February 10 | Stanford Campus
- 8:00 am: JV IE judges check in at IE tab/judge room (TBD)
8:20 am: JV IE pairings posted (see tabroom.com), Extemp draw (TBD)
8:45 am: Finals of all JV IEs begin(you must arrive before this to check postings and locate your competition rooms)
9:30 am: Varsity IE judges check in at IE tab/judge room (TBD)
9:45 am: Varsity IE pairings posted (see tabroom.com), Extemp draw (TBD)
10:15 am: Finals of all Varsity IEs begin (you must arrive before this to check postings and locate your competition rooms)
1:30 pm: Awards for IE’s and Congress (Cubberley Auditorium)
Debaters and parents, please review the table here for the schedule for your child's respective debate event and level of competition (JV/Varsity)
Location |
Contact info |
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Debate
Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 Speech Santa Clara Marriott, 700 mission college blvd |
Nathan Leal
Contact email: info@tgsastaff.com, nleal@tgsastaff.com |