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Northfield Mount Hermon |
Dear Colleagues and Members of DANEIS,
You are invited to what we hope will be the 1st Annual Northfield Mount Hermon Public Speaking Tournament, to be held on April 2, 2017. It includes three speaking opportunities in this order:
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1. Interpretive Reading (mandatory)
2. After-Dinner or Persuasive Speaking (choose one)
3. Impromptu Speaking (mandatory)
We will be providing brunch in the morning, and a light meal after the third round of events. Event guidelines are enclosed and we hope will answer your other questions.
Each school is expected to bring at least one judge. You may register one or more speakers with a maximum of five speakers. If you wish to bring a fifth speaker, we ask that you provide a second judge. To be eligible for team awards, you must register at least four speakers. First, second, and third place awards will be given in each category. Team trophies will also be awarded to first-, second-, and third-place schools. A “best speaker” will also be named. Please read event guidelines carefully. We would ask that all After-Dinner and Persuasive speeches have been created within this academic year. Impromptu speeches must actually be impromptu…please no canned speeches!
Should you have last minute changes to your team, please contact Peter Weis on the morning of the tournament at (413)-325-3299.
Please respond by Friday, March 24. We look forward to hosting you in April.
Sincerely,
Chloe Shaw, Society President
Peter Weis, ’78, Advisor to the Debate Society
Margaret Eisenhauer, Assistant Coach
Officers: Ellery Ketchum, Stephanie Lee, Indigo Pellegrini, Lydia Smith, Trowbridge Weed
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St. Sebastian’s – February 19, 2017
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Dear Fellow Debaters:
The St. Sebastian’s Debate Team cordially invites you to participate in our eighteenth annual Parliamentary Extemporaneous Debate Tournament on Sunday, February 19, 2017. The tournament will consist of three rounds of Parliamentary debate, in both novice and advanced divisions. We will be debating straight resolutions and using only points of information (no points of order, personal privilege or heckling). Each school may register one four-person novice team and one four-person advanced team (teams should include a judge as well; St. Sebastian’s will not provide judges). Schools should register by e-mail to: michael_nerbonne@stsebs.org. Please reply by Friday, February 3. Fees for the debate are $75 per team and $15 per observer. Checks should be made payable to St. Sebastian’s School. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us at 617-462-3651. We also request that you call us at 617-462-3651 on the morning of the tournament, between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00, to report any changes in your final registration.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Registration in the front foyer of the Birmingham Academic Building |
| 10:00 – 11:30 am | Brunch served in Ward Hall. Dinner will be available after 3:00 pm |
| 11:30 – 12 noon | Judges’ and Debaters’ Meeting in Ward Hall |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Round One |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Round Two |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Round Three |
| 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Dinner in Ward Hall |
| 4:30 – 4:45 pm | Presentation of Awards in Ward Hall |
The maximum length and order of speeches are as follows:
Prime Minister – 5 minutes
First Opposition Speaker – 8 minutes
Minister of the Crown – 8 minutes
Leader of the Opposition – 8 minutes
Prime Minister’s Rebuttal – 3 minutes
A 30-second grace period will be allowed for each debater, after which the speech will be terminated. The Government will be given 2 minutes to define the terms in the room with the Opposition and the judge, followed by a 10-minute preparation time for both teams. The Government Team should repair to the hallway for the preparation period. Debaters are strictly forbidden from consulting any reference materials during the preparation period or during the debate. Violation of this rule will warrant disqualification from the Tournament.
Directions to St. Sebastian’s School are available on our website. Please note that registration, meals and all of the debates will take place in the Academic Building.
Information on rules, scoring, points of information, etc. can be found in the rules section of our league website. Please see the five PDFs under the heading “DANEIS Parliamentary Debate with POIs.” We ask that your debaters and judges be thoroughly familiar with all of this information prior to the tournament as we will have just a short time for the judges’ and debaters’ briefing on the day of the debate. There are also a couple of helpful videos in the members’ section of the website.
We look forward to seeing you on February 19, and want to express our appreciation for your participation.
Michael P. Nerbonne
Debate Coach
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Kingswood Oxford – February 5, 2017
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Schedule & Directions
Speaking Ballots (PDF)
Event Guidelines (PDF)
Dear Members and Friends of DANEIS,
We cordially invite you to attend the 2017 Kingswood Oxford Public Speaking Tournament on Sunday, February 5 in West Hartford, Connecticut. Each school may register up to eight speakers. Every speaker must compete in two rounds of two events, meaning that each speaker will compete in two events in a total of four rounds:
I) After Dinner Speaking or Persuasive Speaking
II) Impromptu Speaking or Ethical Dilemmas
Our goals in departing from the traditional three single-round events followed by finals are the following: to encourage students to prepare one event really well, to offer more opportunity for learning over the course of the day, and to balance out any potential anomalies by determining awards based on two sets of scores. Guidelines for all of the events are attached. Also attached are copies of all the ballots we will be using along with sample ethical dilemmas. If you require further information about any of the events, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We ask that each school entering bring at least one adult judge for its first four entrants and one additional judge (who may be either an adult or a senior with public speaking experience) for any additional entrants. Student and adult judges will work together; neither will judge any speakers from their own schools.
Although there will not be separate advanced and novice divisions, we will award distinguished younger speakers competing in their first public speaking tournament. Awards will be given to the top three speakers in each individual category, the top three overall speakers, and the top three schools. In order to be eligible for a school award, a team must consist of at least four speakers.
Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible to Heather Wayne. At that time, please let us know how many speakers you plan to bring, whether they will be entering After Dinner Speaking or Persuasive Speaking, Impromptu Speaking or Ethical Dilemmas. The deadline for entering is January 27. The registration fee of $18 per competitor (payable to Kingswood Oxford School) should be paid by check at the door. We look forward to seeing you on February 5.
Sincerely,
Michelle Schloss, Heather Wayne, Ted Levine, and Beth Repp, Forensic Union Coaches
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Loomis Chaffee – January 15, 2017
Sample Cross-Ex Ballot and Instructions for Judges
Directions to Loomis Chaffee
Loomis Chaffee Campus Map (PDF)
Greetings Fellow Debaters,
Please find above the invitation to Loomis Chaffee’s 35th Annual Debate Tournament to be held on January 15, 2017 (switch-side, cross-ex, policy resolution with a one-hour preparation period using a supplied packet of information). Details about the day and the style of debate are included in the invitation. Those who have been coming to our tournament in the past will recall that last year we made several modifications to the tournament while still preserving the style of debate. You should, therefore, read very carefully the invitation which outlines the format of this tournament (identical to last year – a change from all earlier years).
Briefly, our tournament will be, a cross-ex, switch side, policy debate, but where none of the participants will know the resolution prior to the day of the tournament. Shortly after the close of registration we will give out the resolution along with a 10 to 12 page research packet (given to each debater) to accompany that resolution. Debaters will have one hour to work together in teams (schools) in the dining hall to prepare their cases using the packet (but no other research materials of any kind) before the rounds of debate begin. Thus, teams have access to exactly the same information, so the debates will be assessing how well you can work with that information to produce & defend cogent, persuasive arguments on both sides of the issue. After the one hour preparation period, the debate competition will begin with each team debating both sides of the resolution. The first two rounds will be assigned (one round on each side) – for the third round the side will be decided in the room by coin flip.
We hope you share our enthusiasm for preserving this form of debate. We believe it will preserve some of the best features of the long tradition of DANEIS prepared cross-ex tournaments while eliminating the sometimes challenging research burden that was difficult for some in in mid-January. Full details on the day, as well as guidelines for judges, are included in the attached invitation.
Teams may enter up to two 4-person teams in each division (Advanced & Novice) and must supply a judge for each 4-person team entered. We ask that you reserve your spots in the tournament by January 8 (earlier if possible) and that you supply the names of your debaters by January 12 (earlier if possible). The cost for entering is $75 per four-person team – no additional charge for observers
Curt Robison, Advisor to the Debate Society
The Loomis Chaffee School
Windsor, CT 06095 (860 687 6122)
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Choate – January 8, 2017
The Choate Rosemary Hall Debate Team cordially invites you to the Choate Invitational Tournament on January 8, 2017. In both the novice and advanced division, the event will feature three rounds of parliamentary extemporaneous debate with straight resolutions.
Initial registration is limited to 3 four-person teams per school. Each school must register at least one team in both the novice and advanced divisions and must provide one judge per four-person team. Choate will be unable to supply judges. Our tournament will not have timers, so encourage your debaters to bring a self timing mechanism.
Registration fees are $75 per four-person team and $15 per observer. To register, please RSVP to Kailey Marottolo at kmarottolo19@choate.edu by December 15th, indicating how many observers and teams (novice/advanced) you plan to bring.
On the morning of the tournament, please call our team adviser, Neil Shimmield, at (203)-843-7743 between 8 AM and 10 AM to let us know you are on your way.
Sincerely,
Neil Shimmield, Debate Adviser
Kyra Jenney, Debate Advisor
Anselm Kizza-Besigye ‘17, Tournament Chair
Hannah Paridis ‘18, Tournament Vice Chair
Kailey Marottolo ‘19, Tournament Associate Vice Chair
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Hotchkiss – December 4, 2016
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Dear Members of DANEIS,
We cordially invite you to the Fifteenth Annual Parliamentary Debate Tournament at The Hotchkiss School on Sunday, December 4, 2016.
Each school may register up to four four-person teams, with no more than two in either division (advanced and novice). Space will be given on a first-come, first-served basis, due to limited classroom space.
The cost will be $75 per four-person team. We ask that schools bring a judge for each four-person team entered. Unfortunately, we cannot provide judges. In accordance with DANEIS league rules, student judges will not be permitted to judge advanced debates. Parents of students debating in the advanced division should judge in novice. We also ask that any students judging in the novice division be experienced debaters who have competed in DANEIS tournaments at the advanced level. Please be sure to brief your judges thoroughly prior to the tournament. Materials are available on the DANEIS website.
There will be three rounds of debate. Resolutions will be straight. We will be folllowing the standard DANEIS rules used this year and will use the standard score sheets. These rules can be found on the DANEIS website.
Registration will be open from 10:15 to 11:00 a.m. in the entrance to the Main Building and brunch will be available in the dining hall at that time. Briefings for judges and debaters will begin promptly at 11:15 and Round 1 will commence at 12:00. Dinner, drinks, fruits and snacks will be available after the third round.
Please RSVP no later than November 18 via email to dconti@hotchkiss.org with the number of teams you would like to enter. Early RSVPs are greatly appreciated.
Directions can be found on our website. We look forward to seeing you here in Lakeville!
Yours,
David Conti and Paula Russo
Coaches, Hotchkiss Speech & Debate
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Phillips Exeter – November 8, 2016
View Schedule and Debate Format
Dear Debaters,
Phillips Exeter Academy’s Daniel Webster Debate Society cordially invites you to its Parliamentary Extemporaneous debate tournament on Sunday, November 6, 2016. The debates will be over straight resolutions and will incorporate the usage of Points of Information (POIs). (Points of Order, Points of Personal Privilege, and heckling will not be permitted.)
The tournament will consist of three rounds of debate. Information on rules and scoring can be found in the rules section of our league website at www.daneis.org. We ask that your debaters and judges be thoroughly familiar with the rules prior to the tournament. As with all DANEIS tournaments, debaters may not consult reference materials of any kind (electronic or otherwise) during the debate rounds. Teams that violate these rules will be disqualified from the tournament.
The tournament will have both novice and advanced divisions. Schools may bring up to two four-person teams in each division. However, there is a maximum capacity of 50 teams at our tournament. Therefore, once the cap of 50 teams is reached, an email notification will be sent out to indicate that registration has been closed.
The registration fee is $70 for each four-person team and $20 for each observer. Please send a check made out to PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY or bring one on the day of the debate. Each four-person team must supply a judge. In accordance with DANEIS league rules, student judges will not be permitted to judge advanced debates, and students judging in the novice division must be experienced debaters who have competed in DANEIS tournaments at the advanced level. Parents of students debating in the advanced division may judge ONLY in the NOVICE division. All schools are expected to brief their judges thoroughly on the rules, format, and the scoring techniques for Parliamentary Extemporaneous debate.
Please plan to arrive no later than 10:30 AM on the morning of the tournament. Breakfast will be available for debaters, judges, coaches, and observers until 10:00 to 11:00 AM. There will be lunch available after the conclusion of the three rounds. We expect to finish the day by 5:00 PM.
Please RSVP by email to blutherhillman@exeter.edu by Thursday, October 27, indicating how many advanced and/or novice teams you plan to bring and the names of the debaters. Regarding any questions, problems, or changes before the tournament, please email blutherhillman@exeter.edu. Regarding any questions, problems, or changes the morning of the debate, please call (603) 247-3875 or (617) 504-3489. This will help us to expedite the registration process.
Directions: From I-95: Take Exit 2 (Route 101) in New Hampshire just before the I-95/Hampton toll plaza. Proceed through Rte. 101 toll plaza. Travel on Route 101 west to Exeter. Take Exit 9 (Route 27). Turn left at the end of the ramp onto Rte. 27. After approximately 2 miles, you will see the campus on your right. Stay on the main street and turn left on Water Street; then take the first right into the parking lot (marked with a PEA sign). (Please note, on the online campus map, this is labeled “Data Center Parking.”)
The Daniel Webster Debate Society hopes you will be able to join us. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, November 6, 2016.
Sincerely,
Arjun Rajan ‘17 (arajan1@exeter.edu), Captain of Tournaments
Ms. Betty Luther-Hillman (blutherhillman@exeter.edu), Club Advisor
Mr. Filip Sain (fsain@exeter.edu), Club Advisor
Dr. Hannah Lim (hslim@exeter.edu), Club Advisor
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St. Paul’s – November 13, 2016
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Fellow Debaters:
The St. Paul’s School Debate Team cordially invites you to attend our Seventh Annual Invitational Debate Tournament in Honor of Secretary of State John F. Kerry, to be held on Sunday, November 13, 2016.
The tournament is open to both advanced and novice teams, and you are welcome to enter no more than two four-person teams in each division. You must also provide one judge for each four-person team. In accordance with the DANEIS rules, only those who have participated in no more than six previous interscholastic tournaments, or those who have not debated in the last fifteen calendar months, may compete as novices. We do ask that coaches use their discretion.
The tournament will be Oregon-style Prepared, and will consist of three rounds. Pairs will debate on the same side of the resolution for all three rounds. The resolution is:
Again, each team shall consist of four students, accompanied by a judge. While experienced advanced debaters are acceptable as judges in the novice division, advanced teams must have an adult judge. We regret that we are unable to provide judges. ALL student and adult judges should be thoroughly prepared in order to ensure a fair and constructive tournament.
Registration fees are $70 per four-person team (including judge), with a $10 charge per observer to offset meal costs. Please let us know by October 25 how many advanced teams, novice teams and observers you plan to bring, by emailing Andrew Gray, agray@sps.edu. Once we hear from you and closer to the tournament date, we will send you a request for the names of participating students to enter into our scoring system.
If there are any changes in the number of teams, names of participants, or positions they are debating (affirmative or negative), please contact me as soon as possible prior to the tournament. If the changes are last minute, on the morning of the debate, it is imperative that you call my cell phone (617-800-7903) before you leave your school, so that the schedule of debates, and/or the appropriate information in our scoring database, can be adjusted in time for a smooth start.
Please refer to our directions below to St. Paul’s as GPS systems can often send drivers in the wrong direction! Silk Farm Road is CLOSED to traffic.
We hope that you can join us, and look forward to greeting you on November 13.
Sincerely,
Alejandro Maldonado, Anvesh Jain, and Max Baron, Debate Captains
Andrew Gray and Dave Camden, Coaches
IN HONOR OF SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN F. KERRY ’62
Sunday, November 13, 2016
BIRT: the U.S. should significantly increase its freedom of navigation operations by Air Force and Navy in the South China Sea.
Schedule of Events:
| 10:00 –11:00 | Registration, Coit Common Room |
| 10:00-11:00 | Brunch, Coit Upper Dining Hall |
| 11:00-11:30 | Joint Debaters’ and Judges’ Meeting, Coit Upper Dining Hall Timers’/Runners’ Meeting in Coit Common Room |
| 11:45 – 1:00 | Round One |
| 1:00 – 2:15 | Round Two |
| 2:15 – 3:30 | Round Three. Note: After Round Three snacks will be available back at Coit Upper Dining Hall. |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Awards Ceremony, Coit Upper Dining Hall |
Oregon Style Prepared:
| 1st Affirmative constructive | 7 minutes |
| 2nd Negative cross-examination | 3 minutes |
| 1st Negative constructive | 7 minutes |
| 1st Affirmative cross-examination | 3 minutes |
| 2nd Affirmative constructive | 7 minutes |
| 1st Negative cross-examination | 3 minutes |
| 2nd Negative constructive | 7 minutes |
| 2nd Affirmative cross-examination | 3 minutes |
| 1st Negative rebuttal | 4 minutes |
| 1st Affirmative rebuttal | 4 minutes |
| 2nd Negative rebuttal | 4 minutes |
| 2nd Affirmative rebuttal | 4 minutes |
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