THE HUGH MCEVOY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Saturday, OCTOBER 11, 2014 at Stuyvesant High School at 345 Chambers Street, New York City, NY 10282 Directions are available at:

Thanks so much to Ms. Sheinman and Stuyvesant for hosting us!!!!

CATEGORIES: Declamation (Beginner and Advanced Levels) – Please note NOVICE SPEAKERS at the time of registration; Student Congress (PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANY CONTESTANTS IN CONGRESS if you did not meet the deadline for submission of bills.)

The Congress Bill Deadline will be Monday, September 29^that 9:00pm.

Students in Declamation will compete together in pre-lim rounds. The top 8 speakers, regardless of level, will advance to finals. A separate final round will be held for eight of the next best Beginner Level dec’ers.

REGISTRATION: 9:00-9:30 on Saturday morning at Stuyvesant H.S..

LEGISLATION: You must submit up to 2 pieces of legislation for this tournament by Monday, September 29^th.

Legislation must be:

E-Mailed to Congress@NYCFL.org.

If you have not submitted legislation by the deadline, you will not be able to register speakers in Student Congress.

Bills will be finalized on Thursday, October 2^nd at 9:00am.

*** The bill packet is not finalized until it is noted on the WEB SITE. ***

PRE-REGISTRATION: The Pre-Registration Deadline is Wednesday, October 8^th.

You may pre-register in one of two ways (Telephone registrations will no longer be accepted):

1. Registration must be done on TABROOM.COM under Hugh McEvoy

The Number of Judges you will be providing

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS:

A) ONE qualified judge for every FIVE Declamation entries or fraction thereof.

A judge is qualified to judge at this tournament under NYCFL rules

If he or she is a college freshman or older;

AND

is the coach of a program, OR has judged before, OR participated in forensics as a student.

SENIORS MAY JUDGE DECLAMATION AT THIS TOURNAMENT

B) ONE judge if you are entering students in Congress. Please try to provide a judge is familiar with the category and who could function as parliamentarian.

** THERE IS NO FORMAL JUDGE TRAINING AT THIS CONTEST **

FEES: $4.00 per speaker from a member school. Non-member registration will not be accepted.

LUNCH: Stuyvesant will provide very light refreshments for all judges. Students should plan to bring lunch.

DROPS/ADDS: Call or text drops to (914) 649-8246 with drops as late on Friday night or Saturday Morning.

** REMEMBER **

Drops after the registration deadline of 9 PM on WEDNESDAY do not alter your judging quota.

Registration fees for drops on the morning of the contest must still be paid.

There are NO ADDS after the pre-registration deadline has passed.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Please use the following Number Sparingly

Cell Phone – (914) 649-8246 – Use if you have trouble getting to the tournament or last minute drops

Please DO use this number if any problems arise on the morning of the contest.

I look forward to seeing you on the 11^th at Stuyvesant H.S.! Please feel free to call if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Charles J. Sloat

Tournament Director, NYCFL