The Montville Township High School Forensics Team would like to invite you to our annual Invitational Tournament on Saturday, January 18, 2025! 

 

Check-in time for all teams will be from 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM. There will be a mandatory judge meeting at 8:30 AM. Round 1 is scheduled to start at 9:00 AM, and we are planning to hold awards at 5:30 PM.

 

We will be offering competition in 14 different events:

Original Oratory (N, V)

Declamation (N, V)

Dramatic Interpretation (N, V)

Humorous Interpretation (N, V)

Oral Interpretation (N, V)

Program Oral Interpretation (N, V)

Impromptu Speaking (N, V)

Improvisational Acting (N, V)

Informative Speaking (N, V)

Duo Interpretation (N, V)

Extemporaneous Speaking (N, V)

Congress (V)

Public Forum Debate (N, JV, V)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate (N, JV, V)

Parliamentary Debate (N, JV, V)

 

 

Registration is now open! You can register a maximum of six entries per school per category.  Additional entries will be placed on a waitlist until January 13, 2025, when we can review additional entries based on tournament size.

 

 

DEADLINES

Registration Opens: Tuesday, December 16 2025 at 12 PM.

Entries Due: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 3 PM.

Add/Drop Fees Begin After: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 3 PM.

 

 

FEES

Checks should be made payable to Montville Township Student Activity Account (with Forensics 1949 in notes) and should be mailed to c/o Janice Nasisi, Montville Township High School, 100 Horseneck Road, Montville, NJ 07045.

 

School Registration: $30

Individual Speech Event: $15

Duo Entries: $25

Parli/PF Debate: $25

LD Debate: $20

Late Add Fee: $20

Drop Fee: $10

Judge Drop Fee: $30

Missing Judge Fee: $150

 

Payment after the tournament is acceptable.

 

 

JUDGES

Speech: One judge is required per 5 speech/congress competitors, or fraction thereof.  No student judges are allowed in speech.

 

Debate: One judge is required per 2 LD debaters, or fraction thereof.  One judge is required per 2 PF/Parli teams, or fraction thereof. Student debaters with at least 2 full years of experience may judge Novice LD, Novice PF, and/or Novice Parli only; however, these judges need to be marked as a "student judge" in their judge notes. Student judges cannot be used to fulfill obligations for varsity entries. Please let your judges know that they are obligated for the entire tournament, including potential final rounds. If you have judges who are able to judge without conflict, please mark them as "clean' in the drop-down menu.  Finally, in order to ensure a smooth experience, please train your judges in the category they are registered in prior to the tournament.

 

EVENTS

PF, LD, and Parli will have four preliminary rounds, with a possibility of finals if time permits.  All speech events will have three preliminary rounds and then a final round. 

 

NOTE: THERE IS NO DISTRICT CONGRESS AT MONTVILLE THIS YEAR!

 

Looking forward to you all!

 

James Grey, Head Coach

Ilia Pizarro, Assistant Head Coach

Montville Township High School

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