Tom C. Clark High School

Presents

 

 

Clark Carnival

 

 

Saturday, February 6, 2010

 

 

Tournament Director: Neil Patel

 

Tournament Sponsors: Casey Zuniga and Stephanie Garcia

5150 De Zavala Ÿ San Antonio, Texas 78249

Email: Cassandra.Zuniga@nisd.net Ÿ Stephanie.Garcia@nisd.net

(210) 397-5190 ext.3247 and ext.3243

 

 

The Clark Forensics League would like to invite you to attend the

Clark Carnival Tournament on Saturday, February 6. 

We welcome everyone! 

Remember, the more entries we have the more points your students will receive to qualify!

 

 

Dedication goes both ways. Cassandra “CJ” Hicks, a former Clark extemporaneous speaker and congressional debater, dedicated her heart and soul to Clark Forensics.  We will dedicate this tournament to her. CJ suddenly passed away on December 26, 2006. She was a strong competitor and great friend to all that knew her. The Clark forensics team will present an award to the best overall competitor at the end of the awards ceremony in her memory. We feel that rewarding those who excel at the tournament will be the best way to honor CJ.

 

 

 

 

We will offer the following TFA qualifying events:

DX, FX, OO, DI, HI, DA, DUO, LD, PF, and SC.

 

Section A: Domestic Extemp, Foreign Extemp, Original Oratory, Dramatic Interpretation, DUO

Section B: Humorous Interpretation, Duet Acting, Prose, and Poetry

Section C: Student Congress

Section D: LD, PF 

Section E:  Current Events Practice Exam *The exam will be given at your students convenience throughout the day (8 am - 2 pm). 

 

Students may enter two events from any section, but only one division of extemporaneous speaking.  If you are entered in the debate events, you may only cross-enter in DX, FX, or OO. Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top three schools, speaker awards will be given in debate, and trophies will be given for quarters and beyond in debate.  We will not break brackets in debate.

 

Lincoln Douglas topic will be the January/February NFL resolution. 

 

The Public Forum topic will be the February NFL resolution. 

 

Congress will be using legislation:

PRELIMS – 67-82

FINALS – 37, 49, 58, 31, 50, 65, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 

 

Legislation is available on the TFA website at: http://www.txfa.org/congress.asp

Students can run for Presiding Officer in prelims but not in finals.

 

 

All Texas Forensics Association rules will be followed.  This is a TFA State qualifying tournament for member schools.  If you need a copy of TFA contest rules, please access their website at www.txfa.org. Please enter early; we will accept entries until we reach capacity.  If room limits are reached before the registration deadline, we will close registration to those events.  All others will be wait-listed, and we will notify you if they are eligible for entry. 

 

You must enter online at: www.joyoftournaments.com/tx/clark

 

 

 

Conflict Pattern 

 

Section A	Domestic Extemp Foreign Extemp  Oratory Dramatic DUO	Contestants may enter two events from section A, but only one division of Extemp. LD may enter in one event in this section.
Section B	HI Duet Acting Prose Poetry	Contestants may cross enter in either event. Individuals entered in debate may not enter any events in this section.
Section C	Student Congress	Students in this section may not enter any section B or D events.  Individuals entered in debate may not enter any events in this section.
Section D	LD Debate PF Debate	LD and PF may enter the following Section A events only: One division of Extemp or Oratory.

 

·        Cross-entered contestants are responsible for making it on time to all events.  No round will be delayed due to cross-entries. 

·        ALL Cross-Entered students MUST sign in with the judge prior to competing. 

·        If the contestant fails to notify the judge that they are cross-entered, the contestant risks "no-showing" the round and penalty fees will be assessed. 

·        Judges will be asked to stay 15 minutes to confirm no-shows.  Once the judge leaves the room, the round will be considered complete and the judge will not be asked to go back to judge a late contestant.  Please inform your cross-entered students on this matter.

 

All entries are due by 4pm on Tuesday, February 2. All drops made after this time will result in loss of entry fee. Drops after 4pm on Wednesday, February 3, will result in a fee double the entry fee. Drops on the day of the tournament will result in triple the entry fee. No-shows to rounds will also be assessed an additional $20 penalty fee and the student competitor will be withdrawn from the event postings.

 

1.      If you are traveling to Clark on a school bus or on a charter bus, please do not use our bus loop.  Instruct your driver to use the Student Parking Lot entrance in order to ease the flow of traffic for our Clark students.  

2.      Clark Forensics League Students will be on site to direct coaches, students, and judges. 

3.      Coaches please direct your students to go the cafeteria and wait there until postings are up. 

4.      Registration will be located on the First Floor of Building C, outside Hospitality.

5.      A coach or an approved adult sponsor must accompany contestants.  We need to be able to locate you if an issue may arise.

6.      The Cafeteria is located in Building C.  Tables will be set up in the cafeteria for each school.  Please advise your students of this before arriving at Clark.  Students should remain in this area when not competing.

7.      Extemp draw will be located in the Library; Building A.

8.      Concessions will be provided for the students.

9.      There are many restaurants within walking distance of the school.

10.  All food and drink should be kept in the cafeteria area. 

11.  Students may not enter a contest room unless a judge is present. Failure to comply with this rule will result in disqualification.

12.  No stereos with external speakers will be allowed at any time in the student area.  No guitars or any other musical instrument is to be played in the student area.  Headphones are acceptable.

13.  A Northside police officer and a Tom C. Clark Administrator will be on campus throughout the duration of the tournament. 

14.  The use of tobacco (in any form), drugs, or alcohol is prohibited on all Northside ISD property and ANYONE caught using these substances will be turned over the Northside ISD police. 

15.  Any defacing or damaging school property will result in instant disqualification of that student and team.  The incident will be reported to the authorities and students will be subject to arrest. 

16.  Coaches please confirm all of your students are off of the Tom C. Clark campus before you depart the tournament site.