It is our pleasure to invite you to NC’s Mustang Classic
Invitational Forensics and Debate Tournament. Enclosed is the information
regarding the Mustang Classic. Please read through the information carefully. If
you have any questions, contact:
We hope you plan to attend our tournament scheduled for February
5 & 6, 2010.
This year, we will again be using the Joy of Tournaments site for
registration purposes. Please feel free to make changes until the day of the
tournament. Sometime on Friday mid-morning, the website will close and the
entries will be pulled. After that time, if you still have last minute changes,
call Matt at 258-0974.
Here are a few reminders:
Please be diligent with the
drops and get them entered into the website ASAP so we can plan for
numbers.
Registration will be held in
the foyer in front of the auditorium. NCHS will dismiss at 11:25AM.
Registration will begin at 11:00AM and end at 11:45AM.
Entries are limited to six per
event, with the possibility of some additional upon request and as space
allows.
Schools are encouraged to bring
accompanying judges (former students, college students, etc.). We can
always use DEBATE judges! Please let us know if you are able to bring any
judges so we can schedule them. College judges will be paid $5.00
per debate round. Judges of varsity debate should be experienced
and at least two years removed from high school. Judges of novice policy
can be varsity students or first year college.
Food and refreshments will be
provided for coaches and judges in the faculty lounge.
A concession stand will be open
during the tournament. We will NOT accept school vouchers at the
concessions stand. Please also remind participants that the pop machines
and vending machines will be turned off. There will be NO REFUNDS for
money lost in machines.
NO PORTABLE STEREOS or boom boxes will be allowed inside the building.
Encourage your team members to use headphones so they don’t disrupt
others.
Food and drink must remain in
the cafeteria.
NO smoking will be allowed in
the building or on the school campus, this includes the parking areas.
Participants may double or
triple at their own risk. NO TRIPLING IN THE SAME PATTERN. Judges
will be told to wait 15 minutes. After that, the student will surrender
the round or take a no-show in the event.
In the individual events, the
lowest score will be dropped before tabulating for semi-finals.
The tab room will be open to
COACHES only.
Students should not enter a
room without a judge present.
The commons area will be
located in the West and East Cafeterias. Please ask your students to keep
the cafeterias clean.
A lost and found will be
located at the judge’s table in the foyer by the auditorium.
The NC Forensics team will be
providing a dinner Friday night. They will serve baked potato bar, salad,
and dessert for $6.00 per person. Lunch on Saturday will be a
sub sandwich, chips, dessert and soda. Lunch will cost $6.00 per person.
*Please sign up for your meals on the JOT website.
17.The cost for each individual entry is $6.00. (Duet will be $10.00.
Public Forum and CX will be $12.00.) Friday’s dinner, Saturday’s lunch and
entry fees may all be paid with one voucher.
