Come join us at Lee's Summit HS on 7-8 February 2025 for the February Frenzie Speech/Debate Invitational!

 

This tournament is for FIRST AND SECOND YEAR competitors!

We welcome all your novices and still-kind-of-novices at our tournament. This will accomplish two things:

 

   1. Allow schools to bring some "nearly varsity" competitors that aren't going to UCM for the varsity tournament.

   2. Open up the competition for novices.

 

ENTRIES:

Each entry will be charged a flat rate of $8.00.

Entries dropped after 4 Feb will incur a drop fee of $4.00 (instead of the initial entry fee).

Entries dropped the day of the tourney wll incur a drop fee of $8.00 (the same as the original entry fee).

 

Please enter by 29 January 2025 to receive priority.

All entry requests are placed on the waitlist. Entries are lifted from the waitlist once judge capacity makes the event allowable.

You can continue to add, modify, and drop entries at will. Registration will never close.

 

 

JUDGES:

Please bring 1 qualified person (adult or 3rd/4th year competitor) as an official school judge. This can be you as the coach, though that's not what any of us prefer.

Schools bringing entries in excess of 40 should plan on bringing 2 said persons as judges.

 

***** If you bring judges, I'll give you a credit on your invoice. Each judge you bring me will give you a $16 fee discount (applied after the tourney). I'll count up to three judges for a discount.

 

 

Event rules are governed by the NSDA and/or MSHSAA.

 

We'll have 3 preliminary rounds of IE's + Finals, all on SATURDAY.

We'll have 5 rounds of Debate competition, with three rounds on FRIDAY and two on SATURDAY.

 

 

AWARDS:

The top 8 competitors will receive an award in IE's, including Congress! We intend to break 8 to finals.

The top 8 teams/entries in Debate will receive an award, based on total competition record in all five rounds.

 

Sweepstakes:

Schools will be automatically entered for the Sweepstakes trophies. Points are earned based on a school's TOP TWO ENTRIES/EVENT, up to your best 20 entries overall. Entries earn points by winning debate rounds and being ranked highly in IE rounds. Points are also given based on placement.

 

LOGISTICS:

Hospitality will be provided to coaches, bus drivers, and adult judges.

Concessions will be provided for students. We'll keep the cost as low as possible, and will employ Square. Cash or card can be accepted.

Wifi will be available. We cannot guarantee specific connectivity with your device, but from experience, our wifi tends to be pretty robust.

 

 

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Got questions?  -- just ask!

nate.smith@lsr7.net or 816-785-3976.

 

(vr24)