State Tournament Director: Jennifer Denslow/Oologah

State Advisory Committee/Tab Staff:

Kasey Harrison/Edmond Santa Fe

Robert Walters/Broken Arrow

Brett Young/Bishop McGuinness

Erin Clark/Bishop Kelley

Place Southern Nazarene University

Tournament Director Contact Information:

jennifer.denslow@oologah.k12.ok.us

Cell: 918-921-4782

Classroom: 918-443-6000 EXT. 6326

NEW AND DIFFERENT: Submit digital copies of oratories and informative HERE before rounds begin on Friday, April 11. Please begin the name of the file with YOUR SCHOOL.

DEADLINE TO ENTER: April 1, 2025

PAYMENT OR P.O. GOES TO OSSAA!

ENTER ONLINE AT www.ossaaspeech.com AND at http://56okstate.tabroom.com

Judges may be entered on tabroom until Monday, April 7, at 6:00 PM.

JUDGES:

Judge Requirement (p. SPE 5 in the manual)

In CX, 1 judge for 2 cross-examination teams, 2 judges for 3 teams, 3 judges for 4 teams, 4 judges for 5 teams, 5 judges for 6 teams, 6 judges for 7 teams, and continue the same for all above 7 teams.

In LD & PF, 1 judge for every 2 public forum or Lincoln-Douglas entries or portion thereof.

In IEs, 1 judge for every 5 IE entries or portion thereof.

Coaches will be expected to judge. Required judges must be available 75% of all rounds. Required debate judges that do not pick up assigned ballots for the quarter-final, semi-finals and final rounds of the state tournament will be assessed a $100 fine per ballot missed.

Schools must provide judges one round past their school’s elimination, so you must supply judges for final rounds.

Balloting

Ballots will be online.

Judges should check in with the judges’ check-in/helpdesk in Royce Brown when they arrive on campus. Please hit start on the ballot when it appears on your dashboard.

SITE DETAILS

Food

Food options on the SNU campus include:

Chick-fil-A Open until 10 PM Thursday/Friday, Closed Saturday

Webster Commons

Starbucks Open Thursday until 10 PM, Friday until 7 PM, and Sat 8 AM to 3 PM.

Library

Cafeteria Thurs and Fri - Lunch 11 AM - 2 PM, Dinner 5 - 7:30 PM

Webster Commons Sat - Lunch 11:30 AM - 2 PM, Dinner 5 - 7:00 PM

All you can eat. Accepts cash and credit.

Parking

All SNU parking lots are open parking. Buses may drop students off east of the Royce Brown building on Peniel and then park in the lot at Donald and 41st. This lot is marked on the map on tabroom,

SCHEDULE

A schedule can be found at the bottom of this message as well as posted on tabroom. Please note: there is a 7:00 PM IE round on Friday. Also, Poetry has been split. 6A Poetry is Pattern A; 5A Poetry is Pattern B.

All debaters will do 4 preliminary rounds with one judge in each round. Quarters, Semis, and Finals will have 3 judges.

All IEs will do 3 preliminary rounds with 2 judges in each round. Finals will have 3 judges.

TAB ROOM

The tab room will be closed to those not involved in tabulation.

RESULTS

Ballots will be available to coaches after each round. Preliminary IE results will be released to coaches at “the show”, scheduled for 12:30 PM on Saturday. The finals tabulation will be available for 30 minutes after awards so coaches may check results. Mistakes cannot be corrected after 9:00 a.m. of the Tuesday following the tournament.

REMINDERS

1. Judges are the official timekeeper(s) and should keep and record time for EVERY performance. Please do not ask contestants or audience members to keep time. (Judges in extemp: if you are keeping time, please make sure the students understand how you are keeping time and make sure you give clear signals).

2. Informative and Oratory scripts must be submitted electronically here. Please use your school name as the first word in the title.

3. For all other events, please be sure to bring your prepared copies of scripts (highlighted with original introductions, transitions, and conclusions typed). The script must be available if any protest is filed. Failure to have the script in the proper format may lead to disqualification.

4. Please make sure your judges are familiar with the most current rules.

5. All questions and protests should be directed to the tournament director.

OSSAA SPEECH AND DEBATE SCHEDULE

Pattern A: DX DI FX HI 6APO PR INFO Pattern B: DD HD MO OO SO POI 5APO

(please note that Poetry is SPLIT; 6A Poetry is flight A, 5A Poetry is flight B)

THURSDAY APRIL 10:

9:00 AM: Debate Rd 1

11:00 AM: Debate Rd 2

1:30 PM: Debate Rd 3

3:30 PM: Debate Rd 4

*break/food/tabulation/DEBATE BREAKS* (judge obligations go 1 round

past your student’s last round debated. It’s all hands on deck for

quarters.)

6:15 PM: Debate Rd 5 QUARTER-FINALS

FRIDAY APRIL 11:

8:00 AM: Debate Rd 6 SEMI-FINALS (HUGE FEE IF YOU MISS)

10:00 AM: Debate Rd 7 FINALS

12:45 PM: *coaches meeting (Place TBA)

1:30 PM: Speech Rd 1A (Draw @ 1:30)

3:30 PM: Speech Rd 1B

5:30PM: Speech Rd 2A (Draw @ 5:30)

7:00PM: Speech 2B

SATURDAY APRIL 12:

9:00 AM: Speech 3A (draw @ 9:00)

10:30 AM: Speech 3B

12:30 PM: *THE SHOW FOR ALL EVENTS*

1:30 PM: Speech Rd A FINALS

3:00 PM: Speech Rd B FINALS

4:30PM: TABULATION/MOVE TO AWARDS VENUE

5:30PM: AWARDS