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    BIG WAVE DAVES BIRTHDAY BASH EXTRAVAGANZA

    17-18 April 2021​

    DEADLINE
    12 April 2021
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to high school students only
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    ​Welcome to the Fourth Annual Big Wave Dave Birthday Alt Event Extravaganza! The SURPRISE Edition!
     
    Dave is busy saving us with plans to return schools to a safe post-COVID world, so welcome to the SURPRISE Fourth Annual Big Wave Dave’s Birthday Bash Alt Event Extravaganza! Please accept our cordial invitation and join us at Claremont High School (Home of the Wolfpack and Bargain Belt Invitationals) on Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2021 for a fun weekend of competition. This tournament is only open to students in the 9th-12th grade. Which Alt events you ask? We will have an interesting blend of CHSSA, NSDA, and random events to help you warm up for both State and NSDA. In the spirit of new events and being able to take more students to Nationals, we have expanded our offering this year.

    Events and Divisions
    We will offer two speech patterns. Students may enter up to two events; one in each pattern. The NSDA Speech Pattern will feature Impromptu, following NSDA rules. The CHSSA Speech Pattern will feature Original Advocacy, Expos, Oratorical Interpretation, and SPAR (Claremont Rules). The speech pattern events will enjoy three rounds of competition with a final round, provided entry numbers are high enough to warrant it. If the speech entries are low, we have been known to make Speech Salad and combine them.
     
    Awards and Recognition
    Awards will be given to all students who advance to the final round of Speech events.

    ​Entry Price

    One event and parent is judging $70
    ​One event and opting out of judging $180

    Two events and parent is judging $80
    ​Two events and opting out of judging $190


    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

    Please note that all times are in PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).

    ​Big Wave Dave’s Birthday Bash
    Alt Event Extravaganza!

    Tournament Schedule 
     
    Saturday, April 17
     
    7:00 AM         Judges and Coaches sign-in to Zoom
    12:00 PM        NSDA Speech Pattern Round 1
    1:30 PM           CHSSA Speech Pattern Round 1
    5:00 PM          NSDA Speech Pattern Round 2
    6:30 PM          CHSSA Speech Pattern Round 2
     
    Sunday, April 18
     
    7:00 AM         Judges and Coaches sign-in to Zoom
    8:00 AM          NSDA Speech Pattern Round 3
    9:30 AM          CHSSA Speech Pattern Round 3
    1:00 PM           NSDA Speech Pattern Finals
    2:30 PM          CHSSA Speech Pattern Finals
    6:00 PM          Awards

    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

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

    EVENT SELECTION
    You can choose up to two speech events.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    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.

    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
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

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

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