Orange County Speech League Open Fall
2018 — Irvine, CA/US
Welcome to the Orange County Speech League's 2018 Fall Tournament, to be hosted by Northwood High School in Irvine, on Saturday, November 10th.
Location
Northwood High School
4515 Portola Pkwy
Irvine, CA 92620
Principal's Designation Letter
Before any school is permitted to compete in any OCSL tournament, they must have a signed copy of the Principal's Designation Letter on file with the League. This document confirms who is offically designated to represent each school as the official sponsor with the League, and who is authorized to represent the school as an official chaperone at League tournaments. Please have your principal fill out and sign the letter, which can be downloaded from the front page of each OCSL tournament website, and return it to the league no later than registration of first League tournament your school participates in this year.
Schedule
Debate will be first, beginning at 8:00, with Speech & Congress to follow at 10:00. Rounds will alternate.
7:15am-7:45 am - Registration
8:00am - Round 1 - Debate
10:00am - Round 1 - Speech & Congress
11:30am - Round 2 - Debate
1:30pm - Round 2 - Speech & Congress
3:00pm - Round 3 - Debate
5:00pm - Round 3 - Speech & Congress
6:45pm - Awards
Novice Eligibility
Double Entry
Students may enter 1 Debate event (Pattern A), & up to 2 Individual Events (Pattern B).
Exceptions:
1. Students may not enter both IX & USX.
2. Students entering Student Congress or PO may NOT enter another IE.
Pattern A: Debate Events
Novice/Open Lincoln-Douglas - TBA
Novice/Open Parliamentary Debate
Policy Debate
Novice/Open Public Forum - TBA
Pattern B: Novice/Open Individual Events & Congress
Dramatic Interp
Duo Interp
Expository
Humorous Interp
Impromptu
International Extemp
Oratorical Interp
Original Advocacy
Original Oratory
Original Prose & Poetry
Student Congress
Presiding Officer - Student Congress
Program Oral Interp
United States Extemp
Novice Prose & Poetry
Judging
One judge can NOT fill both a debate and an IE obligation. Attempting to double enter a judge will result in an uncovered judge obligation fee.
Judges will be in the active pool for all 3 rounds of their event type, and for 1 round of the other pattern. For example, debate judges will be in the pool for all 3 debate rounds, and 1 IE round. Judges will be on standby for the other two rounds of their other pattern type.
We will provide training for any judges who need it. Failure to bring judges will result in a judge buy out fee of $100 for each judge. If this is fee is something your school cannot afford and you cannot find enough judges on your own please reach out to OCSL leadership and we will try to find volunteers to cover your obligation. This offer is only open to low income schools. All others will be charged and judges will be hired.
Entry Limits
All events will be initially capped at 10 entries per school in order to provide all schools with an opportunity to enter. Entries beyond 10 will be waitlisted and granted entry based upon available space.
League Dues Invoice
League Dues are $30.00 per school per year. It will e added to your tournament invoice if you have not paid it at a prior tournament.