2025 Colonial Classic

Verity Speech & Debate Club (VA) · Mar 13-15, 2025

Completed 11:26 PM Eastern

Varsity Speech Events

We are offering the following Varsity (ages 12-18) speech events:
For Junior and JV speech and debate events please see the Junior/JV Tab.

Interpretive Speeches
Duo Interpretation
Humorous Interpretation
Open Interpretation
Dramatic Interpretation

Limited Preparation Speeches

Mars Hill (Current Film and Television, Current Music, Classic Film and Television)
Apologetics (categories 2, 3, 4)
Impromptu

Platform Speeches
Original Oratory
Persuasive

Wild Card Event Speeches

Slam Poetry

For more information about the Stoa events, please visit the Speech events page of the Stoa website.

There will be a maximum of 3 speech events per pattern for each student.

Each event must have at least four competitors. If an event does not have four competitors, we may cancel that event.

We will be following the protocol set forth by Stoa for NITOC by having visible timepieces in all rooms. With the ability to see the timepiece when speaking, the competitor will receive a 1 rank penalty if their speech is over time by 15 seconds or more (per Stoa rules).

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