Dear Coaches: 

 

On behalf of Florida Blue Key, it is my pleasure to invite your team to participate in the 33rd Annual Florida Blue Key Speech & Debate Tournament. This year's tournament will be held October 28th-30th, 2016, at the University of Florida. 

We have many exciting changes for the 2016 tournament. This includes moving Congress from the Law School to the newly renovated Reitz Union, holding elimination and final rounds in the Reitz Union, expanding the Round Robin to include Dramatic Performance, and bringing in even more esteemed judges to enhance the quality of our judge pool. 

Additionally, we are proud to announce that we will continue to have a Semi-finals Tournament of Champions bid in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Octafinals bid in Public Forum Debate and a Semi-finals bid in Congressional Debate. We are also a Tournament of Champions tournament in Individual Events. 

Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas will use the November topic.

The Round Robin will be held in the J. Wayne Reitz Union on Thursday, October 27th, and will include Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, Congressional Debate, Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking, and Dramatic Performance divisions. The Round Robin is application-based, applications will be due September 29th and participants will hear back by October 3rd. For questions about the Round Robin, please email Isabella Paretti at roundrobin@fbk.org. 

For more details regarding our tournament, please visit our website at www.fbkdebate.com. It contains all of the important information you'll need to know about the tournament while you are preparing to attend. Please be sure to review: 

2016 Official Rules

Registration Page

Event Pages

Hotel Information

FAQ Section

And please check back for frequent announcements and tournament updates.

Registration will open September 1st, and close October 14th. We strongly encourage coaches to utilize eRegistration by mailing checks to: 

 

Florida Blue Key 

3160 J. Wayne Reitz Union

Gainesville, FL 32611

 

For eRegistration, checks must be received by Florida Blue Key no later than October 14th. 

If you have any questions or need additional information, please email Director of Registration, Zach Morris (registration@fbk.org). 

We wish your team luck during the upcoming debate season, and look forward to welcoming you to the University of Florida!

Respectfully, 

Lauren Amos

Chairperson, Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament

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