Deer Lakes Invitational
2021 — NSDA Campus, PA/US
Congress SYNCH
Abbreviation
CON
Format
Congress
Entry Fee
$7.00
Overall Entry Limit
75
Entry
1 competitors per entry
Event Description:
We will essentially be following the new PHSSL rules for congress:
- calendar set by random draw by the parlis at the beginning of the first session - THIS CALENDAR MUST BE MAINTAINED!!!!
- first affirmative and first negative speeches have a mandatory two minute question period; all other speeches have a one minute question period -- NOT OPEN for amendment
- questioning is done in "direct question" fashion -- thirty seconds per questioner -- presiding officer keeps a separate recency tracking for questions -- NOT OPEN for amendment
- judges will rank the top nine students; parli will rank all the students