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This tournament will be in-person and is open to all levels of middle school students.

This tournament will follow all NSDA rules, timing, and ballots for the offered events. Students cannot double-enter.

Event Offerings:

Original Oratory

Informative

Program Oral Interpretation (Varsity Interpretation)

Poetry Interpretation (Novice Interpretation)

Impromptu

Novice Public Forum (Middle Schoolers within their first year of competition)

Varsity Public Forum

For Debate, we will be using the September/OctoberNSDA Topic:

Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

Fees:

Each student entry is $5.00. Fees are payable online with the provided link and through cash or check. Check your school's individual invoice for more details for payment.

Judge Obligations (and perks):

Please bring your own judges to cover entries. As the host school, we will do our best to provide as many judges as possible to keep the tournament running smoothly, but, to ensure a tournament that runs smoothly and on time, please be mindful of the following obligations:

1 Judge per every debate entry.
1 Judge per every 6 speech entries or fraction thereof.

All judges will receive free meals, snacks, beverages, and our team's endless gratitude and appreciation.

Schedule on Tournament Day:

Judge Training at 4:00

Round 1 - 4:30 to 5:30

Round 2 - 5:45 to 6:45

Round 3 - 7:00 to 8:00

Finals (if needed) - 8:00 to 8:45

Awards - 9:00 to 9:30