2024 David Helton Fall Forensics Forum
Ambassadors for Christ (TN) · Nov 14-16, 2024
JR/JV Impromptu Rules & Ballot
JR/JV Impromptu
Description: This is a limited preparation event. The competitor will be given time to prepare a speech on a topic given to them by the judge when they enter the competition room. The topic will be either one abstract concept, e.g."freedom" or concrete concept word, e.g. “farm". The competitor will give an introduction that contains a hook to get their listener’s attention, develop several main examples or point, and give a conclusion.
Goal: The goal of the JV Impromptu speech is to give the student an opportunity to form a simple speech quickly and efficiently.
JR/JV Impromptu Rules:
1. Speaker will have 2 minutes of preparation time.
2. The JV Impromptu Speech is not to exceed 3 minutes. The Judge will time the event.
3. Notes may not be used during the speech.
4. The Speaker will receive three choices of topic and may choose the one they like the best.
5. Props and costumes are not permitted.
Preparation time – two (2) minutes. Speaking time – three (3) minutes. No minimum time.
Tournament Events
Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
JV Speech Tournament
- Bible Story Impromptu Juniors
- JR/JV Duo Interp Juniors
- JR/JV Expository Juniors
- JR/JV Original Oratory Juniors
- JV/JR Impromptu Juniors
- JV/JR Open Interp (includes Dramatic & Humorous) Juniors
- Platform Apologetics Juniors
- Poetry Interp Juniors
- Salesmanship Juniors
- Story Reading Juniors
JV Student Congress
- JR/JV Student Congress Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:00 am Sat 10/05/2024 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will open at 9:00 am Sat 10/05/2024 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:55 pm Sat 10/19/2024 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 5:00 am Fri 11/01/2024 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Wed 11/06/2024 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sat 11/16/2024 (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.