[CX-L] Big Bronx XXXV: Register Today!

[Jon Cruz]

Dear colleague,

The Bronx High School of Science cordially invites you and your team
to participate in the thirty-fifth annual Big Bronx New York City
Invitational. We are delighted to restore our tradition of offering a
challenging and competitive tournament early in the year. Our
significant revamping of the tournament will mark a new beginning for
a competition with a long history of excellence and prestige. The
enlarged, six-round Lincoln-Douglas Debate tournament and the new
Public Forum tournament will take place on Friday and Saturday,
October 14-15, 2004. The newly-expanded policy tournament--now
featuring seven preliminary rounds--will take place on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, October 14-16, 2005. The latter tournament has a
finals bid to the Tournament of Champions.

Information about the event--including details on registration,
special community honors, planned awards, the tournament's history,
and our new, unprecedented hospitality program ("Tastes of the
World")--can be found online at Joy of Tournaments
(http://www.joyoftournaments.com), if you scroll down to the listing
of tournaments.

This is an exciting year for Big Bronx. Following the New York City
Invitational, the Bronx Round Robin will bring together some of the
finest Lincoln-Douglas debaters in the nation for two days of intense
competition. These rounds are sure to be highly educational and are
open to the public. The restoration of the round robin--combined with
the projected size and strength of our judging pool and our
competitive pool, as well as our new judge strike system and mandatory
paradigm disclosure--guarantee this year will be one of the finest in
the tournament's history. Similarly, our expanded policy schedule and
the addition of a Public Forum Debate tournament will bring together
many of the finest competitors both inside and outside the Northeast.
All in all, across the three events, we anticipate participation from
across the East Coast and from throughout the country, including teams
from such states as California, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Texas, and
beyond.

Registration will be entirely online at Joy of Tournaments. I
encourage you to register early, as we anticipate a large, diverse,
and highly competitive field. If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me at the e-mail address found below.

We hope to see you and your team in New York this October as we
restore a legacy.

Yours,

Jon Cruz
Coach & Tournament Director
Bronx High School of Science
joncruz at bxscience.edu