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Barkley Forum Information

Mario Herrera — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:34 +0000

This weekend we will be attending The Barkley Forum. The tournament is quite different from other Georgia tournaments, so I want to make sure details are known. Student attending include: Stephanie Styles, Tyler Olson, Emily Atkinson, Scott Bremer, Matt Ward, Taylor Walker, Hannah Snowden, Hannah Mitchell, James Holland, John Holland, Michael Barlow, Erin Dabbs, Kaylin Morton, JP Patterson, Grayson Blake, Lucas Bailey and Mike Robinson. This is a TWO DAY tournament (at miminum), meaning students will need to get to the tournament on Friday. WE WILL NEED PARENTS FOR DROP-OFF AND PICK UP!! Here is a break-down of event locations: Policy Debate will be held at Georgia State. Public Forum will be held at Druid Hills HS. All IE’s, Duo, Congress and LD will be on the Emory University Campus. Here are directions to the BF, Georgia State parking instructions and the parking letter and pass for Emory University. Here is the parent permission form If you would like to see the schedule, go to www.joyoftournaments.com and look for January 23-25 and then “Barkley Forum.” You will see a link that says “Schedules.” Click on this and look for the appropriate event. And, as always, call if you have any questions.

2009 LD Round Robin Field Released

Brandon Sheats — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:01:27 +0000

The coaching staff of Grady High is proud to announce the eight competitors in our 2009 Round Robin, The Joust.

Sam Hobbs, The Montgomery Academy, AL
Justin Jensen, Dulles HS, TX
Jeff Sinard, Alpharetta HS, GA
Eric Bogert, Fayette County HS, GA
Coral Rojas, Ft. Lauderdale HS, FL
Tyler Olson, Henry W. Grady HS, GA
Logan Laduke, Mountain Brook HS, AL
Nicholas Gorman, St. James School, AL

Life, Peachy-Results, Sweet

Mario Herrera — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:59 +0000

The Peach has never been sweeter...

Hello to all! This weekend, we will be attending the largest speech and debate invitational in Georgia. Carrollton High School/Carrollton Middle School will co-host the Peach State Classic this Friday and Saturday, November 21-22, 2008. We are taking 86 students to the tournament! Policy debaters will leave from Grady HS at 2:30pm on Friday. Those students in Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Duo Interp, Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, Impromptu, Prose/Poetry, Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Public Forum Debate will leave from the Eighth Street parking lot at 6:30am. Students should arrive at 6:15am. Cost is $10.00. This information is also on the parent permission forms. If you child is in policy debate, then you want download the permission form by clicking here. If your child is any other event, click here for that permission form. Let’s go get ‘em!

Rather than have a long list that goes on forever, results are listed as a normal post, with events in caps and in bold. POLICY DEBATE: Kenny Cochran and Sharon Moore, Octofinalists in Novice; John Holland and Michael Barlow, Quarterfinalists in Varsity; Lauren Scott and Jasmine Burnett, Semi-finalists in JV; Ben Dean and Holden Choi, Finalists in JV; Ngoc Vu, 5th place Speaker in JV. PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE: Jonathan Patterson and Grayson Blake, Quarterfinalists; Ben Power and Nick Miller, Quarterfinalists; Kaylin Morton and Erin Dabbs, Co-Champions; Mike Robinson and Lucas Bailey, Co-Champions. LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE: Zak Fields, Co-Champion in Nov

An Autumn Argument- The Results

Mario Herrera — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:47:52 +0000

Sequoyah Stars

This weekend we are attending the “Autumn Argument” at Sequoyah High School in Canton, GA. We have 30 students attending, and I know someone is bound to forget it, so here is the Sequoyah permission slip. Pertinent information regarding the tournament can be found if you scroll down a little bit more.

Mario

Results from the tournament:

Varsity Policy Debate-

9th place Speaker- Ngoc Vu

Lincoln-Douglas Debate-

3rd place: Markeith Conley

2nd place: Tyler Olson

1st place: Lucas Bailey

Public Forum-

1st place: Jonathan Patterson/Grayson Blake

Duo Interp-

2nd place: Laquitta Pearson/Kourtney Outlaw

1st place: Wesley Powell/Hannah Mitchell

Humorous Interp:

3rd place: Wesley Powell

2nd place: Matt Ward

1st place: Hannah Snowden

Dramatic Interp-

3rd place: Marius Jackson

2nd place: Taylor Walker

1st place: Hannah Mitchell

Original Oratory-

2nd place: Jake Simonds-Malamud

1st place: Scott Bremer

Extemporaneous Speaking-

3rd place: Leith Meador

2nd place: James Holland

1st place: Emily Atkinson

Impromptu-

2nd place: Emily Atkinson

1st place: Scott Bremer

Northside HS Participants

Mario Herrera — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:24:29 +0000

Per parent request, here is a list of students attending the tournament this weekend, October 24 and 25, at Northside HS in Warner Robins, GA. Also, here is the link to the permission form for the tournament.

Ollie Aberle-Grasse,

Jennifer Alexander

Emily Atkinson

Lucas Bailey

Michael Barlow

Mac Barrineau

Willamae Boling

Scott Bremer

Eve Brown

Austin Burch

Jasmine Burnett

Samantha Chiang

Holden Choi

Markeith Conley

Dylan Coyle

Ana Cunningham

Molly Daniel

Ben Dean

Zak Fields

Maragh Girvan

Kahlil Griffin

Asha Haki-Tyler

Zoe Hamilton

Shanise Hodges

James Holland

John Holland

Andrew Jackson

Marius Jackson

Brad Jessup

Taylor Jones

Marquis Junior

Laura King

Max Kocsissozucs

Scottie McWilliams

Leith Meador

Damon Melton

Nick Miller

Sam Moore

Hai Nguyen

Lukas Olson

Tyler Olson

Kourtney Outlaw

Jonathan Patterson

Laquitta Pearson

Myers Pierce

Ben Power

Mike Robinson

Jordan Ross

Lauren Scott

Perth Silver

Jake Simonds-Malamud

Stephanie Styles

Ngoc Tran

Audrey Vaughn

Ngoc Vu

Joss Wakamo

Demarius Walker

Matt Ward

Queen White

Round Robin Update: A Week Ahead

Brandon Sheats — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:25:34 +0000

Since the last update, we’ve gotten a few questions:

1) How do I pay? – You can pay two ways: directly online at http://gradyspeaks.org/roundrobin/pay, or by making a check out to Mario Herrera, Henry W. Grady Speech and Debate.

If you are hiring a judge, the fee is $100. Partial judges are $50.

2) What is this about cars? – This is important. Atlanta has a ton of traffic. Just remember that. Otherwise, there is no “no-car” rule. Since we’re having the tournament at one location and the awards at Emory’s dinner on the 24th, you’ll need one.

3) Since the RR is small for PF, how does that work? – Each PF team will debate both sides of the resolution in a round-robin format. Each team will see each other twice, once on one side and the second time on the other. We had a full pool, then drops came around to bring us back to square one. From now on, this will be a Georgia RR with one out of state guest in PF.

4) Awards are at Emory, included as part of the BFHS dinner the night before the tournament. You will be around Emory debaters, and competitors at the Pace RR (Policy). It’s a pretty nice dinner, and includes the Georgia Speaker of the Year (a surprise).

Location update: The first night of the RR is going to be held at Grady High School.

Knights of the Round Robin: Still Taking Applications

Brandon Sheats — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:48:07 +0000

The staff at Grady Speech and Debate are still taking applications for the Knights of the Round Robin this January!

Some people have been confused about the Round Robin. Here’s more info:

The deadline is December 14th!
Everyone has to apply. There are no special slots given to any person or team. Get your application at GradySpeaks[.org]. It’s at the top of the page.
You don’t have to fill out the entire application.
If you don’t remember what restaurant you ate at, we won’t toss your application, same goes for trophy size. We just wanted something fun to read. Please note that the essay is preferred, though.
The Round Robin runs from the 23rd to the 24th of January. (The two days before the Barkley Forum.)
Thanks to the support of the Barkley Forum at Emory University, you can stay in the tournament hotel at the same rate for both the Round Robin and the Barkley Forum for HIgh Schools.
You can mail the completed appplication, or email it. Email it to us at roundrobin@gradyspeaks.org, or mail it to us at:

Mario Herrera
Henry W. Grady Speech and Debate
929 Charles Allen Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

Either way, we’ll confirm we got it by email.
The application is on the website, at the top of the page. There are two versions. One can be filled out and email back to us, and the other can be filled out by hand. Remember, the application has to include the tournaments, the basic info and the signature of a coach and the applicant.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all this January!

St. James: Grady Sweeps, Takes Public Forum!

Brandon Sheats — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:32:01 +0000

We’re on the road back from St. James, and Grady the only Georgia school at the tournament, took home the 3rd place sweepstakes trophy, behind Mountain Brook and Hattiesburg.

Mike Robinson and Demarius Walker took the championship trophy in the Public Forum final round, defeating Mountain Brook on a 3-0 decision.

Impromptu:
1st Demarius Walker
3rd Scott Bremer

Extemp:
1st Mike Robinson
3rd Scott Bremer
5th Emily Atkinson

Prose:
3rd Hannah Mitchell

DI:
3rd Hanna Mitchell

Georgia Forensics Daily Troubles

Brandon Sheats — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:39:58 +0000

So, on Monday, the 13th, the new Georgia Forensics Daily was due to appear. A couple of things happened as I was taking the final steps for it.

The style/theme (CSS) being used broke.
The database that’s used to run every post and all other content failed as well, causing me to go to a backup.
Our web host was experiencing various network/server balancing issues, causing performance to be slow overall.

The confluence of these three things, along with my issues (I can’t stand the University System of Georgia), made for an interesting three days.

So I personally want to apologise to all of you for the unintentional delay in the project. I am working, and our host is
working to solve the problem in the fastest manner possible. For any future issues, check this page: GradySpeaks Support. It has the latest updates on the status of the servers that make Georgia Forensics and GradySpeaks run.

Wishing myself luck,

Brandon Sheats

Web Designer/Editor, Georgia Forensics Daily

GA Forensics Daily: Clarifying Purpose (Admitting I was wrong…)

Brandon Sheats — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:00:06 +0000

There’s been a very important comment on the transition that’s underway, and I want to publicly address it, as it’s something that will make or break the partnership that we’ve created.

Georgia Forensics Daily is for all of Georgia to come together and form an online community that we can all engage in. One of the reasons that I asked to partner with Jeff is to help realize the potential that the site has, and to give back.

The idea that this site is primarily for those in the Atlanta area, or is run by people in the area could not be further from the truth. Comments that I may have made about south Georgia appeared to have rubbed people the wrong way, and I want to clarify. The idea of south Georgia as a ‘hotbed of discourse’ is nothing more than my attempt to express the passion and respect that I have for that region, and a call for more news. In fact, more news and more voices all around is the goal, and to make this work, they’re absolutely essential. Georgia is, in my opinion, the state to be in for speech and debate right now, and we need to make our presence known in every way possible, and make it that we make our opponents nationally feel the power that we collectively have.

To those that I have turned off, I apologize. I took my passion far, and obviously I did not respect those I was targeting. I look forward to your comments (and please comment lots), and look forward to releasing the new Georgia Forensics Daily to the Georgia circuit.

If you want to comment, simply email me at brandon [at] gaforensics.com, google talk me at brandon.sheats [at] gmail [dot] com, aim me (britishkid06), or leave a post on Facebook, Cross-X and this post.