The 2008 Debanquet will be held Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 6:00. The event will be located in the Martha Bowles Parish Hall at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Uptown Charlotte and will be catered by La-tea-da’s Catering and Events. Team members and class students and their families are invited.

As always, the banquet will celebrate our team – and our rich 43 year history. The banquet will feature performances from our IE team, recollections, pictures, funny stories, and, of course, the Westies.

A formal invitation will be mailed to your house with further information on the event, including information on tickets and reservations. Tickets and reservations are required; the cost (which is still being worked out) will be roughly $12 per person.

Reservations will be made online at www.mpdebate.org and will begin being taken Monday, May 12.

We hope to see everyone at this celebration May 28!

If you have any questions, please email Geoff Yost.

We will be having a Parent Booster Meeting this Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 PM in the Media Center. We will be electing officers and making plans for next year’s season. We encourage all parents to attend the meeting, even if you’re not interested in running for office!

Congratulations! The Governor’s Cup once again returns to Myers Park with the outstanding performance of the team April 17-18 at the Tarheel Forensic League State Championship in Greensboro. Pictures and full results are coming soon.

Dinner at the TFL State Tournament this year will be by Jason’s Deli, and each school is being asked to preorder the meals desired. We have created a signup on the website to facilitate this. Please sign up for your meal choice as soon as you can so we can get the order in to the States people. Note that the meal costs $7, and includes a sandwich (roast beef, turkey, ham, or vegetarian), chips, pickle, dessert, and drink. This will be the only dinner option available, meaning if you do not order food now, you will not have dinner Friday night. Also note that by signing up, you are agreeing to pay for the meal.

The link to sign up is accessible through the tournament signup link at the top of this page, or alternatively by clicking here.

We are dusting it off for kicks… Haha kicks (get it?)!

Myers Park had its best performance since 1996 by qualifying eleven students to the NFL National Championships in Las Vegas, NV, in June. Winning the District Sweepstakes trophy for the twelfth year in a row, the team was extremely successful in all events entered.

The students who qualified were:
Congressional Debate – Lucas Scholl (’08)
Dramatic Interpretation – Fara Soubouti (’09)
Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking – Kevin Zhao (’08)
Humorous Interpretation – Michael Griggs (’11)
Lincoln Douglas Debate – Roshan Sadanani (’08)
Original Oratory – Alex Kastanas (’10)
Public Forum Debate – Lee Schuitema (’09)
Public Forum Debate – Ramy El Kalioby (’10)
Public Forum Debate – Sean Ege (’09)
Public Forum Debate – Everett Lozzi (’09)
US Extemporaneous Speaking – Geoff Yost (’08)

Congratulations to Carolina West District Coach of the Year, Mr. Kline!

The team will be at the NFL District Championships this weekend which qualifies students to the National Championships in Las Vegas, NV, in June.

We will post updates as the weekend progresses. Good luck to the 30 Myers Park kids competing!

Myers Park Speech and Debate is now preparing for the most important two months of the forensics season.

This upcoming weekend, March 7-8, the team will be competing in the district qualifier for NFL Nationals. About 30 students will be competing for spots to Las Vegas in June.

April 18-19 will be TFL States. Myers Park has 84 people signed up for this event. The team has placed first at every local tournament we have fully attended this year, so capping it off with a team victory in Greensboro and coming home with the Governor’s Cup will hopefully occur!

May 3-6, select students who have qualfied to the Tournament of Champions will be in Kentucky for the most difficult tournament of the year.

May 24-26, over 20 students will be competing at the NCFL Grand Nationals in Appleton, WI.

June 15-21, is the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. Students who qualify will have all expenses paid for their one week stay for the Desert Light Nationals.

Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Ramy El Kalioby & Lee Schuitema (4-2, seed 57), Suman Sivasubramaniam & Vignesh Sivasubramaniam (5-1, seed 21), and Angelica Chavez & Jesse Schwab (5-1, seed 24) who broke to Triple Octafinals in Public Forum Debate at Harvard. The triples round is being held right now and results of these rounds will be released immediately following.

Geoff Yost & Allie MacKinnon were 4-2, missing the break by mere points. Sean Ege & Everett Lozzi and David Marshall & Sam Williams were both 3-3. Full preliminary results are here.

We are awaiting the results of congress semifinals and who will break to finals.

Congratulations to the 9 people from MP who broke in the most difficult Congress tournament in the nation. The following are semifinalists and will receive a bid to the Tournament of Champions.

Lucas Scholl
Brandon Huskisson
Hannah Hindel
Rafe Kettler
Priyang Shah
Zak Kobos
Tanvika Gupta
Elena Botella
Vicky Cheng

These students compete in semifinals tonight. LATE tonight we will know who breaks to finals.

We are awaiting breaks for LD, PFD, and some IE.