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Thanks, and hope everyone is ready for another amazing year!

With 411 degrees, Myers Park is number 30 on the NFLs list of strongest programs. Congratulations to the team on this huge accomplishment.

The Desert Lights Las Vegas Nationals was a successful and exciting one for Myers Park Debate. To begin, we qualified more people to this Nationals, eleven, than any other before. In addition, we took home the prestigious Schwan School of Excellence in Debate Trophy, awarded to only eleven schools.

A special congratulations to Lucas Scholl who broke to finals in the Senate and the Public Forum Teams of Ramy El Kalioby & Lee Schuitema and Sean Ege & Everett Lozzi who broke to rounds 9 and 8 respectively. Congratulations to Roshan Sadanani, Sean Ege, Geoff Yost, and Mike Griggs who had success in their supplemental and consolation events.

Our Coaches, Andrew West and Jason Kline were both awarded with new diamonds this year. Mr. Kline earned his first and Mr. West earned his third. The picture below shows Mr. West accepting his third diamond plaque.

Myers Park was proud to cheer on other North Carolinians at the tournament. North Meck’s Dallas McKinney and Raina Enand were 11th place in Duo Interpretation. Meredith Potter & Caleb Frye of Pinecrest were the national champions in Public Forum. Arjun Chandran of Cary Academy was fourth place in Lincoln-Douglas.

Thanks to Mrs. K for writing and providing this video of the 2008 Spoof Duo from the Debanquet.

Those students who qualified to nationals will be catching their planes today for Las Vegas and a week of intense competition against others from around the country. We’ll probably post updates here on the homepage as they come. Wish them luck!

The Debanquet will be June 5, 2008 at 6:30 in the Cafeteria NOT TOMORROW AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED. It is pot-luck. Further Details To Come.

More then 20 students and coaches will be traveling to Appleton, WI for NCFL Grand Nationals this weekend.

We will keep you updated with results! You can track who advances to elimination rounds at www.foxcitiesncfl.org

Because of their continued exemplary performance and their emergence as a leader over the past year, the coaches and officers of the Myers Park High School Speech & Debate Team announced today the following individuals as 2008-09 officers. They have the dedication, maturity, responsibility, and attitude necessary to lead our program.

Co-Presidents: Elena Botella & Rasesh Joshi
Vice-Presidents: Adam Levinson & Elise Smith
Senior Officer: Simon Scholl
PF Captain: Lee Schuitema
LD Captain: Lucy Beirer
IE Captains: Hannah Ignasher & Fara Soubouti
Congress Captains: Hannah Hindel & Vicky Cheng
Extemp Captain: Elizabeth Merritt
Director of Recruitment: Hoke Pittman

Congratulations! Our 44th season will be amazing with this leadership!

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!