THE HUGH MCEVOY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

 

Saturday, OCTOBER 7, 2017 at Stuyvesant High School 345 Chambers Street, NY, NY

 

CATEGORIES:  Declamation (Beginner and Advanced Levels) – Please note NOVICE SPEAKERS at the time of registration; Student Congress (PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANY CONTESTANTS IN CONGRESS if you did not meet the deadline for submission of bills.) 

 

This year only we are adding

JV X

V X

JV PROSE

V PROSE

DUO (Memorized)

DP

POI

 

Other Events

DEC

Congress

 

The Congress Bill Deadline will be Tuesday, September 26th at 9:00pm.

 

Students in Declamation will compete together in pre-lim rounds.  The top 8 speakers, regardless of level, will advance to finals.  A separate final round will be held for eight of the next best Beginner Level dec’ers.

 

REGISTRATION: 9:00-9:30 on Saturday morning at Stuyvesat High School (Chambers Street).

 

LEGISLATION: You must submit up to 2 pieces of legislation for this tournament by Tuesday, September 26th. 

 

Legislation must be:

E-Mailed to Congress@NYCFL.org.

 

 

If you have not submitted legislation by the deadline, you will not be able to register speakers in Student Congress.

  

Bills will be finalized on Thursday, September 28th  at 9:00mm. 

 

*** The bill packet is not finalized until it is noted on the WEB SITE. ***

 

PRE-REGISTRATION: The Pre-Registration Deadline is Wednesday, October 5th.

 

1.    Registration must be done on TABROOM.COM under Hugh McEvoy

 

The Number of Judges you will be providing

 

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS:

A) ONE qualified judge for every FIVE Declamation entries or fraction thereof.

A judge is qualified to judge at this tournament under NYCFL rules

If he or she is a college freshman or older;

AND

is the coach of a program, OR has judged before, OR participated in forensics as a student.

 

SENIORS MAY JUDGE DECLAMATION and the JV EVENTS AT THIS TOURNAMENT

 

B) ONE judge if you are entering students in Congress.  Please try to provide a judge is familiar with the category and who could function as parliamentarian.

 

THIS YEAR ONLY

** THERE WILL BE SPEECH JUDGE TRAINING AT THIS CONTEST **

 

FEES: $5.00 per speaker from a member school.  Non-member registration will not be accepted.

 

LUNCH: Stuyvesant will provide very light refreshments for all judges.  Students should plan to bring lunch.

 

DROPS/ADDS: Call or text drops to (914) 649-8246 with drops as late on Friday night or Saturday Morning.

** REMEMBER **

Drops after the registration deadline of 9 PM on WEDNESDAY do not alter your judging quota.

Registration fees for drops on the morning of the contest must still be paid.

There are NO ADDS after the pre-registration deadline has passed.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION: Please use the following Number Sparingly

 

Cell Phone – (914) 649-8246 – Use if you have trouble getting to the tournament or last minute drops

Please DO use this number if any problems arise on the morning of the contest.

 

I look forward to seeing you on the 7th at Stuyvesant!  Please feel free to call if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

           

Charles J. Sloat

Tournament Director, NYCFL