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Benton High School Rhetoric Rumble
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Dear Speech and Debate Coaches and Teams:
The Benton High School Chapter of the National Speech and Debate Association cordially invite you to our first annual 2024 BHS RHETORIC RUMBLE OPEN to be held on November 1st and 2nd. This year, we offer:
Events at the Varsity tournament will include: Lincoln-Douglas Debate Public Forum Debate Policy Debate Student Congress US Extemporaneous Speaking International Extemporaneous Speaking Humorous Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation Duo Interpretation Original Oratory Program Oral Interpretation Informative Speaking LIVE RADIO SPEAKING Poetry Prose Storytelling
Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: November/December Topic
Public Forum: Resolved: November/December Topic
Student Congress: October Legislation
We will guarantee 2 entries in each event and then all other entries will be waitlisted upon entry. Extra entries will be awarded as available. Entry fees will be $8.00/entry, $10/partner entry.
Submit entries on SpeechWire: Benton High School Rhetoric Rumble The deadline for entries is Wednesday, October 28th, 3 pm.
Please note: Though BHS is not completely inaccessible, it is not particularly wheelchair-friendly. If you have a student(s) who is wheelchair-bound and/or struggles with stairs, please let me know who and in what event(s) he/she will compete in, so that I may reassign rooms to better accommodate him/her.
Sincerely,
Main Tournament Contact: Dr. Shane Heard BHS S/D Coach shaneheard@sjsd.k12.mo.us 816.261.3358
Additional Contacts: Chris Thomas BHS S/D Coach christhomas@sjsd.k12.mo.us 816.279.1136 Emily Koehler BHS S/D Coach emilykoehler@sjsd.k12.mo.us 706.936.8743
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, November 1st (Individual Events) 12:30-1:30: Registration 1:30: Round 1 Extemp Draw 2:00: Round 1 Individual Events 3:00: Round 2 Extemp Draw 3:30: Round 2 Individual Events 4:30: Round 3 Extemp Draw 5:00 Round 3 Individual Events * 6:30 Finals Extemp Draw 7:00 Finals ASAP Awards: IE Awards, Overall Speech Sweeps Award *If event entry numbers allow for NIETOC SEMS qualification, a SEMS round will replace Round 3 for that event and that event only.
Saturday, November 2nd (Debate) 8:00: Round 1 Debate 9:45: Round 2 Debate 11:30: Round 3 Debate 1:15: Round 4 Debate ASAP Awards: Debate Awards, Overall Debate Sweeps Award and Overall Team Sweeps Award ASAP: Debate Sems Finals ASAP: Debate Finals
NIETOC: We anticipate having NIETOC bids in each of the events. Based on previous years numbers, we hope to qualify 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place NIETOC Bids. If number are a bit stronger than predicted, we may be able to Final or even Semi Final Round Bids.
General Information and Rules
Dr. M. Shane Heard Mailing address 5655 S 4th Street SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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