Hello Friends, Neighbors and Colleagues:,

The students of Athens HIgh School Speech and Debate, along with Nicole Cornish and I, would like to invite you back to our community for a quality forensic experience. We will again be returning to our TFA/UIL format with a full TFA tournament Friday November 10. We hope you’ll join us.

On the second half of the two step you’ll find our UIL Practice Tournament offered Saturday November 11. That entry is available here: http://athenstexastwostepuil.tabroom.com/

The details for the Friday TFA tournament:

Deadlines: The deadline to enter is Tuesday November 7 at 5:00 PM.. Drops for speech & debate events made after Tuesday, November 7th at 5:00 pm will result in the loss of your entry fee. Drops made the day of the tournament will result in a $100.00 drop fee.

Cross Entering: You may only enter one debate event. We would discourage students from entering Debate and the speaking events, but entering one debate event and one speaking event is permissible.Cross entering across the speaking events should be undertaken judiciously We will endeavor to protect cross entered students, but if a student is cross entered in three events or more, they should be recognize that there is some risk in that overexposure.

Judging: Each school will be required to provide reasonably qualified judges using this customary formula:

CX Debate: One judge per two teams or part thereof.

LD Debate: One judge per two entries or part thereof.

PFD: One Judge per two teams or part thereof.

Speaking Events: One judge for each 6 entries or part thereof.

Missing judges will incur a $150 fee.

Events Offered:

TFA Tournament: Policy debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, World Schools Debate (if there is interest), Congressional Debate, Novice CX, Novice LD, Novice PF, Novice CD. Domestic Extemp (DX), International Extemp, (IX), Novice Extemp (NX), Impromptu Speaking (Im), Original Oratory, (OO), Informative Speaking, (inf), Humorous Interpretation (HI), Dramatic Interpretation (DI), Program of Oral Interpretation (PoI), Duo Interpretation (Duo), and Duet Acting (DA).

Section A IEs - FX, DX, NX, Impromptu, HI, Duo, OO

Section B IEs - PO, PR, Info, DI, POI, Duet

Hospitality and student meals. As forensics sponsors and debate coaches, Mrs. Cornish and I are both characterized largely by our East Texas roots. Hosting is something we take seriously, and particularly hospitality. Our community is eager to host you and your kids and we expect you to leave with great memories of the competition, the collegiality and the food. Similarly, we are making every effort to be sure the food offerings in concessions are wholesome and priced reasonably.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us. We are also available by email:

Walter Willis Nicole Cornish

School Phone: 903-677-6920 School phone: 903-677-6920

Cell: 713-819-2082 Cell: 903-570-4949

WWillis@AthensISD.net NCornish@AthensISD.net

Warm Regards,

Walter and Nicole

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