On behalf of the Myers Park Speech and Debate team, I would like to invite you to consider participation in the 38th Annual Laird Lewis Invitational at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 7-8, 2011.  We are looking to make this year's Laird Lewis bigger and better than ever. 

Events at this year’s tournament will be:  Varsity and Novice Lincoln-Douglas, Varsity and Novice Team Public Forum Debate, Varsity and Novice Congressional Debate, Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Duo-Interpretation, Prose/Poetry Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, Declamation and Radio Speaking.  Students may quadruple-enter between most speech events. We also will continue to allow double entry between novice debate events and speech events, with the exception of Congressional Debate. Additionally, we have added a NEW supplemental event, Team Impromptu Debate, for students who do not break to elimination rounds.  Please see the EVENT INFORMATION tab above for details.

We are pleased to be able to continue to offer Tournament of Champions bids to Octafinalists in Public Forum Debate and Finalist competitors in Congressional Debate.  We also were named a bid tournament to the 2011 National Individual Events Tournament of Champions tournament and the 2011 Extemporaneous Tournament of Champions!  During all elimination rounds, we will be offering Impromptu Duet Acting as a supplemental event for students who do not break.

 

Returning to the Laird Lewis Invitational is the PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge IV Tournament. This special event will occur on Sunday, January 9, 2011. Please see the PF Challenge tab above  for more information.

As I close, I would like to thank you for consideration of this invitation to attend the Laird Lewis Invitational on January 7-8, 2011.  If at any time you have questions regarding this tournament or if there is anything we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me (a.west@cms.k12.nc.us) at your earliest convenience.

 

Also, feel free to join us on Facebook for tournament discussions and up-to-the-minute information!

 

Most sincerely,

Andrew West

Andrew West, Coach                             

Jason Kline, Tournament Director 

Robert Wieckowski, Tournament Director

Mimi Pickens, Tournament Director

Shellie Kingaby, Tournament Director