January 2016

Welcome Coaches of Northern B-C!

We (Brynn, Pru, and Daniel) are so VERY excited to invite you to Divisionals. This will be a one
day tournament. Please read carefully as we have a ton of information in this letter. We broke
the letter up into bullet points to help make it easier to read!
**Most important part, to keep in the theme of the FUNKY Shelby Coaches, We are having an
Ugly Sweater Contest! Prizes to be awarded to coaches with the Ugliest Sweater**
1. Registration
a. Please fill out attached form and send back via email to
Brynn.Cadigan@shelby.k12.mt.us
1. All A-B-C events will be offered. A

maximum of three entries per event/school allowed, with no

double entries.
2. The current MHSA rules will apply
(Please see coaches handbook for more rules and regulations)
Linda Lett is on rules committee in our division. Tournament
Directors and Linda will be contacted if a question arrises.
b. Please have your entries to us by Monday January 19, 2015.
i.
If you have changes AFTER this date please email
Brynn.Cadigan@shelby.k12.mt.us We will NOT be using the sight for
drops, as we have found glitches.
ii.
$5.00 per event. There will be a drop fee for
anyone dropped January 23rd or 24th. In the past we have not assigned
drop fees, because this is a Divisional Tournament, we will be enforcing
drop fees.
2. Day of Divisionals
a. Registration will be from 7:00-7:30
b. Rounds are as follows:

Extemp Draw

Round

Debate

Speech and Drama

8:00 am

8:00 am

8:30 am

9:30 am

10:00 am

10:00 am

11:00 a.m.

11:30 am

11:30 am

12:30 p.m.

1:00 pm

1:00 pm

2:30 p.m.

Finals

3:00 pm

3:00 pm

Awards will be at 6:00pm or when we are ready! (hopefully sooner)

 Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic:

Resolved: Just governments ought to require that employers pay a living wage.
c. We will try VERY hard to stay on task and keep our schedule.
Please note, there might be changes the day of the meet that may cause us to
run behind.
d. Tab Room:
i.
Tab Room will be in the High School Library
1. We will be using computerized
tabbing written by Bonnie Ortner, she will be able to help us as
needed.
e. Tab Assignments: (If you are unclear on how to tab, PLEASE ask
for help! We used school names for assignments. If your school has more than
one coach, please choose which coach you would like to tab that event and do
not float events. If you are a veteran coach, we treasure your experience and you
may have been chosen to tab two events. If this is the case, your name will
accompany your school name next to the tab assignment. Thank you so much
for your assistance and patience, and for ensuring that Divisionals runs smoothly
and fairly for all schools involved!)
YES, there is a DROP round!
1. Expository Speaking- (Power and
CJI)
2. Extemporaneous Speaking- (Big
Fork and Cut Bank)
a. Draw:
i.
Round
1: Daniel (Shelby)
(8:00)
ii.
Round
2: Allie (CJI)
(9:30)
iii.
Round
3: Kelly (Eureka)
(11:00)
iv.
Round
4: Wayne (Conrad)
(12:30)
v.
Finals:
Cody (Choteau)
(2:00)
3. Impromptu- (Choteau and Great
Falls Central)
4. Lincoln-Douglas Debate- (Big Fork
and Cut Bank (Mark and Charlie)),
5. Memorized Public Address- (Malta
and Fairfeild),
6. Oral Interpretation- Serious- (Fort
Benton and Conrad (Wayne))
7. Oral Interpretation- Humorous(Conrad (Wayne) and Highwood)

8. Oral Interpretation- Spontaneous(Simms and Chinook)

9. Original Oratory- (Denton/Stanford
and Simms)
10. Pantomime- (Sunburst and Malta)
11. Policy Debate- (Big Fork and Cut
Bank (Mark and Charlie));
12. Classical Duo- (Denton/Stanford and
Malta)
13. Humorous Duo- (Great Falls Central
and Eureka (Kelly) )
14. Serious Duo- (Hobson/Moore/Judith
Gap and Chinook)
15. Humorous Solo- (North Star and
Denton/Stanford)
16. Serious Solo- (Eureka (Kelly) and
Conrad)
a. We will also have
checkers, so:
i.

1 will

ii.

2 and

iii.

3 and

iv.

4 and

v.

5 and

vi.

6 and

vii.

7 and

check 16; 16 will check 1

15 will check
14 will check
11 will check
13 will check
12 will check
10 will check
viii.
8 and
9 will check
ii.
Sweeps
1. Speech- Linda, Bonnie, & Kelly
2. Drama- Allie, Mark, & Wayne
f. Round Review:
i.
Before posting rounds will be checked by the
following people:
1. Bonnie, Charlie & Linda
3. Coach of year ballots
a. C will check and tally B and B will check and tally C
i.
Fort Benton & Power will count and check B
ii.
Fairfield & Malta will count and check C

1. Results will be given to Pru and/or

Brynn to get award ready
Information for students:

We ask that coaches monitor their students at all

times. All students are guests of the school and should respect both the
public and private properties of the school and the classrooms.

Full concessions will be available all day.

Students can hang out in the student area by the gym. Please
stay OUT of gym as the floor is not covered.
Dress appropriately while out of costume, students are
representing their schools.
NO CELL PHONES or electronic devices are allowed during
tournament/rounds.
Do not enter rooms without a judge! VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!
Please do NOT touch or deface objects or rearrange rooms
(Shelby, almost did not get a meet because many rooms were rearranged and
teachers things were missing or defaced!)
Computers are OFF LIMITS! Students may not touch computers.