SePA TOURNAMENT
SePA Speech and Debate Qualifying Tournament
March 26 - 28, 2008
Reading Area Community College
Ten South Second Street
Reading, PA 19603
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
1. CONTACT INFORMATION
Ken Hopkins, Tournament Director
Pam, Hopkins, Assistant Director
Phone 610-913-6033 Email hop8fam@dejazzd.com
Kathy Gieg, Tab Room Coordinator
Phone 610-913-6089 Email thegiegs@dejazzd.com
Kelly Bower, Jr. Tournament Director
Phone 610-488-9220 Email juniors@ccofpa.org
2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration will open Tuesday, February 26th at 12 pm. Registration will close Wednesday, March 5th at 5 pm.
3. REGISTRATION FEES
TP Debate - $50 per Team
LD Debate - $35 per Debater
IE - $15 for the first speech event and $10 for each event after that.
Jr IE - $10 for the first speech event and $5 for each event after that.
Any registrations accepted after registration closes will be subject to a $25 late fee.
4. PAYMENTS
The SePA Tournament will be using Paypal to process tournament fees.
5. MEALS
There are several meal options you can choose from. Lunches and dinners may be ordered in advance. See Meal Information Page for meal descriptions and pricing. You may bring food and coolers, to be eaten in the cafeteria, or you can check at the information table for a list of nearby restaurants.
6. JUDGE REQUIREMENTS
We require, as part of the registration process for your child, that you register to judge for 3 rounds per day. You will be able to do this on the judge registration page of the website. You must still be available for other rounds if needed.
7. DRESS CODE
The Tournament Director will adjudicate disputes regarding dress using Section III of the NCFCA Qualifying Tournament Participating General Rules. Participants should view this document prior to attending the tournament. It can be found at http://www.ncfca.org.
Competitors should stay in complete tournament attire, while at the facility, for the duration of the tournament.
8. HOST HOUSING
We have a limited amount of host housing available that will be provided on a first come first served basis. Please be aware that most of the host homes will be about 30 minutes away from the facility. Contact Teri Heck at 610-670-2929 or terri4gw@comcast.net for more information.
9. JR IE TOURNAMENT
We are pleased to announce the return of our Junior Division competition to be held on Friday, March 28, 2008. Students ages 7 - 12 are eligible to compete. This year's speech events are Dramatic Interpretation, Persuasive and Impromptu. There will be two rounds of competition that day. No script submission is required for the Junior competition.
Each Dramatic Interpretive and Persuasive speech should be approximately five minutes in length. There will be one round of abstract words and one round of sayings for the Impromptu event. Impromptu will be timed in the same manner as the competitive track, with a two minute prep time. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded for each category.
Dress code will be as follows -
Boys: dress slacks and shoes with either a sweater or shirt and tie. No suit coats are necessary.
Girls: dress pants and shoes with a nice shirt/sweater, or a dress or skirt outfit. Dresses and skirts should fall below the knees.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!! It's your time to shine (and get out of timing!)
10. DIRECTIONS
See Reading Area Community College Website at http://www.racc.edu/About/directions.aspx
11. ACCOMMODATIONS
The Abe Lincoln - Wyndham Hotel
100 North Fifth Street
Reading, PA 19601
610-372-3700
http://www.wyndhamreadinghotel.com
Mention CCofPA to get the rate of $89 per night. We have a block of rooms being held for booking by 3/15/08.
Country Inn and Suites
405 North Park Road
Wyomissing, PA 19610
610-373-4444
http://www.countryinns.com/wyomissingpa
Rate of $116.10 per night with AAA membership discount.
12. SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Scripts must be submitted for all platform and interpretive speech categories. Please refer to script submission guidelines available at http://www.ncfca.org/speech. Any competitor who fails to comply with these guidelines will be unable to compete in that category at the SePA tournament.