Invitation - Cougar Classic 2010

New Schools - If your Georgia school is in its first or second year of competition, we offer half off registration fees.  Please email Maggie Berthiaume for more information.

 

Dear Colleague:

We are excited to extend to you and your students an invitation to the annual Chattahoochee High School Cougar Classic Speech and Debate Tournament to be held September 24th and 25th, 2010.  We will offer the following events:  Two-person novice, JV, and open policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, public forum, extemporaneous speaking, impromptu, dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, duo interpretation, and original oratory.  We request that you follow the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association resolution stating that "a novice debater should be a student who is debating his/her first national high school resolution in high school tournaments."

 

There will be five preliminary rounds of debate and individual events.  All students will debate preliminary rounds and then proceed to break rounds depending on their record.  Please take the time to look at the tentative schedule enclosed in this packet.  PF, LD and Speech events will once again be Saturday only.

 

There are many hotels in the Chattahoochee/Alpharetta area.  We've included contact information for many local options.  Please feel free to search for other options in the area.  The hotels we've included are easily accessible off of GA 400 at either exit 9 or 10. 

One change this year is that you need to specifically request hired judges.  We will fill as many hire requests as we can in the order they were received.  Please be aware that if you request judges near the tournament date, we may not be able to meet your needs, so you should plan on filling as many judges as you possibly can yourself.

Our team and parent booster club are working very diligently to provide a quality tournament.  Our coaches/judges hospitality room and concession stand will include meals for vegetarians.  As always, we expect this year's tournament to run in a smooth and timely manner.  We hope to see you in September. 

Sincerely,

 

Maggie Berthiaume and Lauren Vevoda               

Debate Coaches, Chattahoochee High School                           

 

 

Please direct any questions to maggiekb@gmail.com  

 

The school number is 770-521-7600, [fax] 770-521-7659.