2024 Gobbler Fest
Apex Speech and Debate Club (VA) · Nov 7-9, 2024
Paliamentary Debate
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
"Parliamentary debate is an activity in which teams of two students debate one another in an extemporaneous form of debate in which their topic is given just minutes prior to the round. Parliamentary debate asks competitors to develop and defend positions on a wide range of issues that could be fact, value, policy, or scenario in nature. Parliamentary debate (aka Parli) not only relies on quick thinking but also on an accumulation of general knowledge on a broad range of subjects." (Stoa)
Thursday, November 7th - Saturday, November 9th
Debate Check-In: 12:30 PM (Thursday, November 7th)
City Gates Church
9401 Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, VA. 22031
Timing:
Debate Competitors are expected to self-time their rounds and must plan to bring their own timer. Cell phones cannot be used as timers.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 10:00 am Mon 09/30/2024 (Eastern)
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Mon 09/30/2024 (Eastern)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:00 am Thu 10/10/2024 (Eastern)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:00 am Wed 10/23/2024 (Eastern)
- Meal registration will close at 10:00 am Fri 11/01/2024 (Eastern)
- Community Judge registration will close at 5:00 pm Sat 11/09/2024 (Eastern)
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.