Clackamas High School

13801 SE Webster Road

Milwaukie, OR 97267

Dear Forensic Folks,

You and your squad are cordially invited to attend the Clackamas Edge Holiday Speech Tournament on December 9, 2000.

Registration- Unlimited but no conflicts with within patterns for debate nor any conflicts with congress. Conflicts allowed in IE's.

Divisions- Jr. & Sr. in all events. Events will be collapsed upwards and sideways as needed.

Pattern A: Dual Interp, Expository, Storytelling, Poetry, Impromptu, Public Debate

Pattern B: ADS, LDV, Prose, Humorous, Serious, Oratory

Student Congress all day--Conflicts with everything

Fees- No school fee. $3 per entry per individual event. Each duo team counts as one entry. Each Public Debate team counts as two entries. One judge covers 6 entries. $10 for each six entries uncovered by a judge.

Deadlines- Entries: December 7^th, 6pm. Drops: December 8^th, High Noon.

Rules- State rules in all events except Storytelling. NFL rules for Storytelling (a 4-minute maximum re-telling of a story).

Topic Areas- Public Debate Jr. Division: Current events and value issues from the Middle East, Asia Minor and southern Eastern Europe (Hungary to Yemen, Libya to Afghanistan). Storytelling: (This year's NFL Topic) "Tall Tales".

Food- A nice snack bar is on site. There are few eateries within walking distance.

Awards- First through third place in all events and an overall sweepstakes.

7-8am Registration Congress

8am Round I Pattern A Session 1 8-10am

9:15am Round I Pattern B Session 2 10:30am-12:30pm

10:30am Round II Pattern A Session 3 1-3pm

11:45am Round II Pattern B

1:00pm Finals Pattern A

2:15pm Finals Pattern B

4:00pm Awards and Clean Up

We look forward to seeing you.

Regards,

Clackamas Speech Team