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As of 10 AM Thursday, the website is closed to changes initiated by attending schools; if you have changes to your entry from now on, you need to contact me at 918-346-3559. You can still view the site to see what you have already done. See you this weekend! When: January 13 & 14, 2012 AND...Duo Interp (both divisions) is a FREE EVENT! (No entry fees!!!) Why: Variety & Quality: In the past few years we have had a tremendous mix of schools for this event, including Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Nebraska, and New York. Having your school here will make the tournament even better! Awards: Ours are a cut above the norm…very student-friendly, and we give lots of them! Date: A great way to start the new semester off right! AND we are very pleased to announce that Jenks HS's new Planetarium will be presenting shows on Saturday afternoon free for tournament participants! Details under a separate button above!
Deadlines: Before you leave for the Winter Break, PLEASE do a "ballpark estimate" on the Joy of Tournaments website...I need that to tell my building people how many buildings and rooms I will need. But those entries can be changed without any penalty to you through 4 PM on Monday, January 9! After 7 PM on Tuesday (Jan 10), you are responsible for the entry fees for all of your school’s entry. Drop fees of $5 per entry are added for all drops (and adds) after 7 PM on Tuesday (Jan 10). You can still make changes on the website until 10 AM on Thursday, Jan 12, but you will be charged the $5 per entry penalty for changes in addition to the entry fee. After 10 AM on Thursday, the website will be closed and you will need to make all changes directly with me, and the appropriate fees will be charged. Entries: No limit on the number a school can enter in an event, but if we “fill up” then we're full. Fees: CX: $10 per team Duets: $6 per team Public Forum: $8 per team Duo Interps: FREE!!!!!!! LD & Congress: $5 per student Other IEs: $3 per entry Missing Judges: $25 per day Missed ballots: $10 each Cross-entering: The “Patterns” of events listed (which events conflict in time with others) are completely arbitrary at this point and may change during the tournament week as we adjust to use our rooms and judges more efficiently; there is really no problem with students entering events which conflict by time (except for debate & extemp as noted above); we simply adjust speaker positions to allow them to speak in both rounds. Judging: 1 per 2 CX teams, 1 per 4 LDers, 1 per 4 Public Forum teams; 1 per 12 IE entries. Experienced students (3rd or 4th year and over 150 NFL points) may judge in the novice events, but of course cannot be a judge on days/times in which they are competing. In keeping with the desire to make Public Forum a debate event for the community, we will only use adult judges in both divisions of Public Forum. Please note those “novice only” judges on the judges page. Schedule: The “final” schedule for Saturday will be set by Wednesday evening, January 11 so I can balance entries and room use. Debate rounds start on Friday at 3 PM. IE rounds start Saturday morning at 8 AM; debate elimination rounds will begin by 11 AM Saturday. There COULD be an earlier debate elim round if entries necessitate it. IF size of Champ events and our local judge pool allows it, we will continue the "2 prelim rounds with 2 judges per round, then Finals" format that we have used at the Trojan Classic for the past 10 years. If they do not we will use the standard Oklahoma prelims-finals format. Food: We pride ourselves on having the best snack bar around for the contestants, and your coaches and judges will be well fed at our first-rate Coaches & Judges Lounge. Both of those facilities are located in the Cafeteria building, which is centrally located to all the competition buildings, and both will operate during the entire run of the tournament. Entries, drops, adds, etc. must be made through this Joy of Tournaments web site (it’s easy…really…..) until Thursday Jan 12 at 10 AM. If you're having problems, call me and I'll walk you through setting up your account. After 10 AM on Thursday, you need to talk to me directly or one of the student tournament officials (Samantha Rogers or Duncan Stewart) for any changes in your entry. If you need to talk to me, my office phone is 918-299-4415 Ext 2275; my home phone is 918-743-7472; my cell phone (only turned on when I’m not at either land line) is 918-346-3559. My school FAX is 918-298-6608; My e-mail is gregg.hartney@jenksps.org (school). (Whew….that should be enough ways to reach me……..) We hope to see you in January! Mr. Gregg Hartney Director of Forensics Ms. Joan Wright Assistant Coach Samantha Rogers & Duncan Stewart NFL President & Vice-President 205 East B Street Jenks, OK 74037 | ||||
