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January 3, 2012 Dear Colleagues and Student Debaters, On behalf of the administration and the entire Palo Verde Forensics team, we would like to cordially invite your team to our ninth annual Panther Classic Forensics Tournament. The tournament will be held January 28 &29, 2011 and will feature the best competitors from the Southern Nevada, Utah & Arizona. On Friday evening individual speech events will be offered with three preliminary rounds tabbed all the way through to determine the top six finalist which will complete the evening’s competition. Participants breaking will be posted on Saturday and receive recognition Saturday night at the awards ceremony. Saturday morning the debate rounds will begin. Please remember to have debaters sign in before 7:30 AM. There will be three preliminary rounds, out-rounds, and a final round in each debate event. Four debate formats will be offered. Students may Novice, Junior Varsity or Varsity divisions in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate and Public Forum; Congress rooms will be separated by JV House, Varsity House and Senate. Students placing in the top three within their event will receive a trophy at the awards ceremony on Saturday night. Other top finishers from the break round(s) will also receive recognition and a medal at the awards ceremony. Please remember that students receiving awards should be in tournament attire on stage. Sweepstakes awards will go to the schools that place first through fifth and first and second in small school sweepstakes. Enclosed you will find detailed information concerning tournament rules and procedures, entry forms and deadlines, a schedule of events, and some reminders of proper tournament etiquette. Please send entries by Wednesday, January 25th including adds & drops. If you have any questions or need clarification on anything contained in this packet, please contact us at PVHS -- (702) 799-1450 ext. 3315 -- Fax: (702) 799-1455 or contact Shiela Berselli via interact at sberselli@interact.ccsd.net. We look forward to having you on campus for our tournament. See you in a few weeks! Sincerely,
Shiela Berselli Dan Phillips Alexa Waid | ||||
