Welcome to the2024 Westlake Thunderdome Speech and Debate Invitational

General Information:

Dates: October 4th-5th, 2024

Location: Westlake High School

99 S 200 W Saratoga Springs, Ut 84045

Tournament Host/Director: Kimber Rodeback, krodeback@alpinedistrict.org

Cost: $25/day ($50 both days)

$4/person per event

Judges: Speech 1:6, Async 1:6, CX 1:2, Debates 1:4, Congress 1:6

(Judges can judge both speech and debate events)

Students may double enter in Speech Events (except for extemp)--at their own risk. The tournament will not be held up for double entries. They may only participate in one Debate event, but there are several async event options!

We are scheduling a food truck

A variety of concessions are available with debit/credit cards or Apple Pay only! No cash accepted!

Speech and Debate shirts will be sold on-site!

Events

Friday: Novice and Varsity Speech Events

Novice

• Mixed Extemp

• Impromptu

• Interps (HI/DI/DUO/POI--Depending on number of entries will determine if they are combined or held separately.)

• Oratory

• Informative

Varsity

• Mixed Extemp

• Impromptu

• Interps (HI/DI/DUO/POI--Depending on number of entries will determine if they are combined or held separately.)

• Oratory

• Informative

Saturday: Debate Events

Novice (Both novice and varsity will use the open topic)

• Public Forum

• Policy

• Lincoln Douglas

• Big Question

• Congress (First session will be a learning session as needed for novice)

Varsity

• Public Forum

• Policy

• Lincoln Douglas

• Big Question

• Congress

Async Events

• Lip Sync

• Newscaster

• Original Poetry

• Declamation

• Story Telling

Schedule

Friday:

• 2:30-3pm Online Check-in

• 3pm Judge Instructions in Judge/Coach Lounge

• Extemp Prep to Start at 3:15pm and 15 min before the start of each round.

• 3:30pm Round 1

• 5:30 pm Round 2

• 6:30 - 7:30 Dinner (7:15 extemp prep start)

• 7:30 pm Round 3

(We will run rounds faster if possible)

A food truck will be available between 4pm-7pm.

Concessions will be available all day!

Saturday:

• 8-8:30am Check-in

• 8:30am Judge Instructions in Judges/Coaches Lounge

Debate (Double flighted PF/LD/BQ) Congress

Round 1 9-11am Session 1 9-11:30

Round 2 11-1pm

Round 3 1-3pm Session 2 12-2:30

A food truck will be available between 11am-2pm.

Concessions will be available all day!

Awards on Saturday at 4:30 pm

Awards for the Top 3 in each event! The top 5 will be announced!

*School Size will be determined by number of students entered per school for the Large School Sweepstakes Award and Small School Sweepstakes Award.

*Sweepstakes will be done using NSDA points

Speech: Points by placement per round

Debate: Points by win/loss per round

Congress: Points by placement overall