29^th Annual Tall City Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament

Sponsored by Midland Lee Rebels & Midland Trinity Chargers

“The human voice. It’s the instrument we all play. It’s the most powerful sound in the world. Probably the only one that can start a war or say “I love you.” And yet many people have the experience that when they speak people don’t listen to them. Why is that? How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world?” - Julian Treasure

Please accept this as your personal invitation to attend the 29^th Annual Tall City Invitational Swing, a pair of TFA vIQTs to be held October 15-17, 2020 online through the Classrooms.Cloud platform.

We are thrilled to offer your team an unparalleled schedule of events, high levels of competition, experienced online judging and as much fun as we can squeeze into the bandwidth provided this year. We hope you can participate!

We are happy to offer all the traditional TFA events including a 4-round prelim schedule for our debaters over Thursday and Friday with outrounds on Saturday.  No need to pull students out of class for our tournament!  

All IEs will be asynchronous EXCEPT for extemporaneous.

We do not accept independent entries.  A school coach or adult must enter students to the Tall City Swing.  A school authorized adult must be in attendance at all times at the tournament.

Sincerely,

Joshua Wimberley, Head Coach Midland Lee Rebels, joshua.wimberley@midlandisd.net

John Klassen, Director of Speech & Debate, Trinity School of Midland, jklassen@trinitymidland.org