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