INFORMATION

What:

            Lost Dutchman Tournament

When:

            October 19-20

Where:

            Red Mountain High School

            7301 E. Brown Road

            Mesa, Arizona 85207

            (east of Power Road on  the south side of Brown Road)

 

Registration and Drops:

• On-line registration will be open on www.joyoftournaments.com/az until Wednesday, October 17 at 4:00PM. 
  • Any drops after that date will be assessed the entry fee amount for said event(s)
  • Additions and changes will be accepted up until registration closes
    • Please post drops and/or changes online as soon as you are aware of them

o       Entries will ONLY be accepted through www.joyoftournaments.com/az

§         Do not fax or call in entries/drops

• Tournament registration/check-in will begin at 7:30AM Friday for Congress;
  • Friday for Debate (if the team did not bring Congress competitors), registration will open at 2:00PM
    • On Friday, registration will be in the main lobby of the auditorium. 
    • After 2:00, it will move to outside the tab room (2^nd floor of main building, north hallway)
  • 7:00AM Saturday for all IE events. 
    • On Saturday, registration will be outside the tab room (2^nd floor of main building, north hallway).

 

Entry restrictions:

• Teams (schools) may enter up to SEVEN student or teams per event or division
• However, up to 28 entries are allowed for CONGRESS (7 members per house)
  • We will LIMIT Student Congress to 4 Houses
• Students may enter Student Congress, one debate event, and two individual events

 

Events:

The Lost Dutchman Tournament will include

• Student Congress
• Varsity and Novice LD (September/October Topic--Novice topic for LD)    
• Varsity and Novice PFD (September/October Topic)
• Varsity and Novice Policy
• All IE events, including
  • Extemporaneous
  • Informative 
  • Impromptu
  • Oratory
  • Poetry
  • Prose
  • Humorous Interp
  • Dramatic Interp
  • Duo Interp
  • Duet Acting
  • Program Oral Interpretation

 

·        You may enter up to seven students in each individual event

·        All individual events with over 20 entries will have three preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and finals. 

o       All others will have three preliminary rounds that break straight to finals.

·        Awards will be given to the top three in all individual events.

·        The top two schools will receive a sweepstakes trophy

·        We will also offer a small school sweepstakes trophy

 

Rounds:

• The number of preliminary debate rounds run will be four
• IEs will each have 3 preliminary rounds
• All individual events with over 16 entries will have three preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and finals. 
• All others will have three preliminary rounds that break straight to finals.

 

Awards:

• Awards will be given to the top three speakers in each house of Congress.
• Awards will be given to semi-finalists and finalists in both debates and all divisions
• Awards will be given to the top four competitors in all individual events.