Tournament Information

Information

2024 La Costa Canyon Winter Classic

Events Offered:

• Debate: Policy, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Congress

• Pattern A: Impromptu, Informative, Original Prose & Poetry, Program Oral Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Original Advocacy

• Pattern B: Extemporaneous, Duo, Humorous Interpretation, Declamation, Original Oratory

Entry Limitations:

• Debates will be limited to 4 per school

• Congress will be limited to 10 entries per school

• Speech events will be limited to 7 per school per event

Please add additional entries to the waitlist. After December 2nd, we will decide if we can allow more entries to the tournament and still maintain the quality of the competition. All competitors MUST be affliated with a school and have been registered through their coach.

Double Entry Information:

Students who double enter are responsible for getting to their rounds on time. Entry limitations will be strictly enforced; violations may lead to a student being dropped from an event at the Tournament Director's discretion. Refunds will not be given for missed rounds.

• Competitors may only enter one event in the Debate Pattern.

• Competitors who enter Policy may not enter any other event.

• Competitors may enter two Pattern A events and two Pattern B events.

• Competitors who enters Extemp may not enter a second Pattern B event.

• Competitors who enter in Extemp may enter a Debate and Pattern A event, but additional extemp prep time will not be given to students if Debate Pattern or Pattern A is running late.

Campus & Supervision:

We are pleased to announce that all events—including Policy—will be hosted solely on the LCC campus! This should allow for simpler team supervision.

All schools must be accompanied by an adult and must remain under adult supervision throughout the tournament. No exceptions.

Debate Topics:

Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum:

We will be using the November/December NSDA Topic

Policy: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.