The Tri-County Forensic League
Individual Events State Qualifier
Burbank HS
902 N 3rd St, Burbank, CA 91502
March 17-18, 2023
$20 per entry, $40 per Duo. Make checks payable to Tri-County Forensic league or pay through Pay Pal (http://paypal.me/tricountyforensics?locale.x=en_US) add 3% fee.
Judges:
Each school must provide 1 qualified judge for every 6 entries or fraction there of. This will be strictly enforced. School commitment must be met or students will not compete. Judges must be 2 years out of high school.
Judges must report by 4:45 PM on Friday and by 8:15 AM on Saturday, and should remain for the entire tournament, or be replaced by an equally qualified judge. [It helps if judges have scratch paper, pencils and pens.]
Entries:
Only students who have completed a TCFL Open Tournament or Congress during the ‘22 -'23 season may enter. Students may double enter. Extemp entries may not double enter within the same panel except for Impromptu. Each school is limited to 5 entries per category. Multiple winners must yield at the tournament. Therefore, those students planning on double entering must submit a Preference Sheet prior to the tournament. Email to Co-President, Bobby Lebeda (robert.lebeda@gmail.com).
Panel A: Int. Extemp, Dec, DI, Info, OA, and Duo
Panel B: Nat. Extemp, HI, POI, Imp, OO, and OPP
Tentative Schedule:
Friday, March 17, 2023
4:30pm - 5:00pm - Judges' Check-in & Registration
5:00pm - 5:30pm - Judges Orientation
5:30pm - 7:30pm - Pattern A
7:30pm - 9:00pm - Pattern B
Saturday, March 18, 2023
8:00am-8:30am - Judges' Check-in
8:30am - 9:00am - Judges Orientation
9:00am - 10:30am - Round 2 Pattern A
10:30am - 12:00pm - Round 2 Pattern B
12:00pm-12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm - 2:00pm - Pattern A Semi-Finals (INFO) & Finals (DI, DEC, DUO IX, OA)
2:30pm - 4:00pm - Pattern B Semi-Finals (IMP, OO) & Finals (HI, NX, OPP, POI)
4:00pm - 4:30pm - Dinner
4:30pm - 6:00pm - Finals (INFO, IMP, OO)
Awards to immediately follow ( If it can begin sooner, it will.)
NOTE: After 2 preliminary rounds, events will break to elimination rounds. Large events (3 Panels) will break to semis, smaller events will break directly to finals. There will be 7 finalists in each event; all finalists will receive awards. Students who miss rounds will be given "No Shows" and there will be no make-ups.
Deadline:
Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Entries must be made by 11:55pm on Tabroom.com. Please notice the deadline!
Refer to the IE State Qualifier Timeline - http://trivalleysite.yolasite.com/resources/TCFL_Forms/22%20Timeline.pdf
Check Paneling:
Wednesday, March 15, 2023, coaches need to check the sectioning and express concerns. (Could be a zoom meeting from 5pm-6pm (TBA)).
Because of the differences that exist in human perception, a subjective quality is present in the scoring of Speech and Debate rounds. Even with rules and evaluation criteria for guidance, judges will not evaluate the same performance in an identical manner. While we do everything possible to maintain consistency in scoring, winning results are not guaranteed.