48th Annual Laird Lewis Invitational at Myers Park HS

2021 — NSDA Campus, NC/US

Congressional Debate

Abbreviation CON
Format Congress
Entry Fee $25.00
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

Congressional Debate will follow NSDA rules for evidence, speech times, and scoring. Rules are available in the HS Unified Manual accessible on speechanddebate.org.

Congressional Debate will utilize direct questioning in all sessions, preliminary and final.

Congressional Debate will elect 2 presiding officers per session, who will serve for 1.5 hours of debate each.

Legislation in Congressional Debate will be assigned to each session. There will be 3 pieces of legislation per session, which may be debated in any order. Debate on each piece of legislation will be limited to 1/3 of the total session time (1 hour per item).

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Location
Myers Park High School
Contacts
Katie Dunn
General Info
Invitation Homepage Email Archive Events & Divisions Institutions In Attendance
Events
Congressional Debate
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Public Forum Debate
Declamation Dramatic Interpretation Extemporaneous Speaking Humorous Interpretation Informative Speaking Original Oratory Program Oral Interpretation
Circuits
NatCir – National Circuit (US HS) NC – North Carolina Past Years' Editions

Dates & Deadlines

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Tournament Dates Jan 9 to Jan 10 2021
Registration Opens Sun Nov 1 at 12:00 AM
Registration Closes Mon Jan 4 at 5:00 PM
Fees Freeze After Tue Jan 5 at 5:00 PM
Judge Information Due Tue Jan 5 at 5:00 PM
Drop online until Fri Jan 8 at 8:00 PM
Change fees apply after Fri Jan 8 at 8:00 PM

These deadlines are set in Tabroom for technical purposes. Always consult the invitation or tournament notices for official policies about deadlines and procedures.