2026 ARCH Madness
ARCH St. Charles (MO) · Feb 5-7, 2026
Dress Code
Dress Code
Tournament Dress Code
It is the desire of Stoa and ARCH Speech and Debate Club, hosts of this Tournament, to promote professionalism and modesty in behavior and dress for our tournaments.
Some of the specifics of Stoa's and ARCH's Big Muddy Bash Tournament Dress Code are also below:
For the duration of the tournament students must dress and remain dressed modestly, neatly, and cleanly in their tournament attire.
Competition: During competition, students must dress in professional business attire.
Gentlemen: Suits; slacks and a sports coat, with a shirt and tie, and dress shoes.
Ladies: Skirt or pant suits; slacks, skirts or dresses with jackets, and professional dress shoes. Hemlines are to be at least to the knee. Nylons are not required.
Awards Ceremony: Students must attend the awards ceremony in full competition attire.
Violations: If the competitor’s attire at any time during the tournament is deemed a violation of the dress code, the competitor will be asked to come into compliance with the dress code.
A student will not be allowed to participate in competition or awards without compliance.
Junior Dress Code Requirements
--No jacket required for Junior Boys, although they are free to wear one if they want.
--A nice dress will suffice for Junior Girls.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- Junior Duo Interpretation Juniors
- Junior Expository Juniors
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
- Junior Individual Interpretation Juniors
- Junior Story Reading Juniors
- Juniors Platform (OO and Persuasive) Juniors
Junior Debate
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Fri 12/19/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:36 pm Fri 01/16/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 9:05 am Mon 01/19/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:00 pm Tue 01/27/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will open at 5:21 pm Wed 01/28/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will close at 5:22 pm Wed 01/28/2026 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Thu 01/29/2026 (Central)
What the statuses mean
- Setup
- The tournament is still being set up.
- Open
- Registration is open — families can register for the tournament.
- Drops Only
- No new entries are allowed, but families can drop existing ones.
- Closed
- Registration is closed — no adds or drops. Contact the tournament director with questions.
- Completed
- The tournament is finished.