2026 Christmas in the Ozarks
Surgamus Speech and Debate (AR) · Dec 3-5, 2026
Extemp Info

If you are an Extemp competitor, Extemp must take priority in your schedule for the pattern it is in. If you are in other speech events, schedule your time so you do not miss your draw time. The times are fixed, and if you are late to the prep room, your prep time is shortened. Speaker positions cannot be switched or changed.
If you do not manage your time well with Extemp and do not leave enough time at the end of a pattern to complete your other events for that pattern, you may have to forfeit those events to keep the tournament running on time.
✦ ✦ ✦
Liability
● Students must accept full responsibility for the safety and security of their electronic devices during the tournament. Because the Extemp Prep Room is a competition room during other patterns in the tournament, you must clear your Extemp materials from the Prep Room after each Extemp round.
● Tournament staff are not responsible for personal devices at any time.
● All electronic devices should be clearly labeled with the participant’s name and contact information.
✦ ✦ ✦
Please Read
The Extemp rules and the Extemp Prep Room Protocol can both be found in the Stoa Rulebook.

Surgamus Speech & Debate · Christmas in the Ozarks 2026
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Literary Interpretation Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Storytelling Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Expository Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Jr Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Duo Juniors
- Jr Impromptu Juniors
- Jr Individual Interp Juniors
- Jr Platform Juniors
- Jr Platform Apol Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 5:00 pm Sun 10/25/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:00 am Thu 11/05/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Thu 11/12/2026 (Central)
- Late fee will be applied at 8:00 am Tue 11/24/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:00 pm Thu 11/26/2026 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 9:00 pm Sat 12/05/2026 (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.