You will find the State Debate Championship invite attached to this email.

A few things to note:

When I receive all of the congress bills I will send them out for a quick vote to help set the docket. Top vote getters will be in super/honors congress. The remaining bills will be for prelims. Each school will have a bill on the docket before any school's second bill is added.

NSAA State LD debate will be held on Friday, March 20. The Nebraska State Activities Association is in charge of that tournament. Your entries are due to the NSAA office by March 2. Your activities director will have the information for that tournament. The NSCTA tournament will start that evening (Friday) with POLICY ONLY. On Saturday morning we will continue the policy tournament and begin public forum and congress.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Toni

Hello Debate Coaches:

I am writing to let you know that we will once again be hosting a free (except for lunch, from Godfather's Pizza, which will be served on site for $5 per person, same price as last year) debate workshop, beginning with registration from 9-9:30 a.m. and ending at approximately 3:30 p.m. (the PF & LD sessions may end earlier) that afternoon.

You'll find registration, rules, points and other essentials to get your teams registered for this year's race.

Nebraska Debate and Congress Championship
March 17 & 18, 2006 University of Nebraska – Kearney

You and your students are invited to the Nebraska Speech Communication and Theatre Association’s Nebraska Debate and Congress Championships to be held on March 17 & 18, 2006 at UN-K. This year’s events are policy debate, student congress, and public forum debate. Registration will be held in Copeland Hall.

Schedule
Policy Debate	Congress	Public Forum
Friday Registration - 7:00 - 7:15
Rd. 1 - Fri. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday	Saturday	Saturday
Rd. 2 - 8:00 a.m.	Registration - 7:30 a.m.	Registration - 7:30 a.m.
Rd. 3 - 10:00 a.m.	Session I - 8:00 - 10:00	Rd. 1 - 8:00 a.m.
Rd. 4 - 12:30 p.m.	Session II -10:30 - 12:30	Rd. 2 - 9:00
Awards - 3:00	Lunch 12:30 - 1:30	Rd. 3 - 10:15
Semifinal - 3:45	Super Congress / Honors 2:00 - 4:30	Rd. 4 - 11:30
Final - 6:00	Voting - 4:45	Lunch 12:15 p.m.
		Rd. 5 1:00
		Quarterfinal - 2:15
		Semifinal - 3:30
		Finals - 4:45
Awards - 5:30

Entry Limits
Policy – 3 teams maximum
Congress – 6 entries maximum
Public Forum – 3 teams maximum

All Entries Are Due March 6, 2006. To register go to www.joyoftournaments.com/ne

Bills for Congress
The top five bills from the Nebraska NFL district and the top five bills from the Nebraska South district will be used for the docket. NFL Hole in the Wall and Non-NFL schools may submit bills to Skip Altig at North Platte High School saltig@nppsd.org 1000 W. 2nd Street, NE 69101-4699.

Bills must be submitted to district chairs or Skip Altig by Feb. 24, 2006. After NFL districts vote, the bills will be available on the Hastings High School Debate web page, www.hhsdebate.com.

Congress will be divided into three houses. The parliamentarian and point recorder of each house will select eight congresspersons to go on to super congress. The presiding officer will also advance. Additionally we will be offering two honor congress houses for those not breaking to super congress.

Entry fees
Policy debate - $35.00 per team/$25.00 for NSCTA members
Congress - $20.00 per student/$15.00 for NSCTA members
Public Forum - $35.00 per team/$25.00 for NSCTA members

Judges
All schools must provide a judge for every two debate teams or fraction there of.

It is not to late to join the NSCTA. You can find membership forms and other information on the NSCTA website -- www.nscta.info.

If you have any questions about the NSCTA debate and congress tournament, janet.rose@kearneypublic.org.

Thanks,

NSCTA Debate Commitee