Oak Grove High School

&

Warrior Debate

Present

The 17^th Annual Warrior Invitational

November 20-21, 2020

Dear fellow Speech & Debate Coaches, Students, and Parents,

The Oak Grove High School Speech & Debate Team is thrilled you have chosen to include us in your tournament season.  This is our 17^th Annual Warrior Invitational.  We hope you will enjoy yourselves as we take a weekend to enjoy each other’s company and begin another great competitive season.

The Warrior Invitational will offer Policy Debate, Varsity and Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Varsity and Novice Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate, and Varsity and Novice Extemporaneous Speaking as LIVE Competition Events as well as the following Individual Events (that will be asynchronous with uploaded videos):

FLIGHT A                                                                 FLIGHT B

Varsity Prose Interpretation                                     Varsity Poetry Interpretation

Novice Prose Interpretation                                       Novice Poetry Interpretation

Dramatic Interpretation                                            Humorous Interpretation

Original Oratory                                                       Informative Speaking

Program of Oral Interpretation                                 Declamation (9^th and 10^th only)

Duet Acting                                                               Duo Interpretation

We are also pleased to announce that the Warrior Invitational is a qualifying tournament for the 2021 National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) that will take place May 7-9, 2021 in Houston, Texas.

Please note that novice events exist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Prose Interpretation, and Poetry Interpretation.  Located in this program you will find the rules and regulations for the tournament including the current novice rules.  Please take the time to read through these so we may all do our best to make this the smoothest running tournament possible.  We hope you enjoy your time here in Warrior Territory and will join us every year for an exciting weekend of speech competition.

Sincerely,

Mr. Shane Cole

Director of Warrior Speech & Debate