Red Rock Classic
2019 — Moab, UT/US
Character Congress
Event Description:
Character Congress
This speech event combines the argumentation skills of congressional debate with character
acting techniques celebrated in our interp events.
Before rounds begin:
â— Two pieces of legislation are selected for each round and posted online 2-3 weeks
before tournament.
â— During Friday registration, coaches receive name plaques in their welcome packet.
These plaques will have the characters’ names and pictures. Coaches will receive more
plaques than students entered in the event, so that each student should have 2-3
choices of what character they will portray. Students may decide to act as one character
for all three rounds OR take on a different character (from their choices) each round.
Coaches may give plaques to students on Friday to encourage students to prepare for
their delivery and even adapt arguments according to their character.
During round:
â— Students bring character name plaque they have selected. They may write their student
code on the back for the convenience of judges.
â— Students elect a chair; this should take no longer than 5 minutes.
â— Students run a session just like Congressional Debate for one hour focused on the two
bills pre-selected for that round.
â— Judge should evaluate students on argumentation, organization, and the student’s ability
to deliver as the character.