Contend Speech & Debate (CA) - Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2025 | Status: Open | 10:52 PM Pacific
Tournament Status will update to Open at 8:00 am Wed 01/15/2025 (Pacific)
Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 am Wed 01/15/2025 (Pacific)
Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:00 am Sun 02/02/2025 (Pacific)
Late fee will be applied at 12:00 am Sun 02/09/2025 (Pacific)
Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Thu 02/20/2025 (Pacific)
Tournament Status will update to Closed at 5:00 pm Mon 02/24/2025 (Pacific)
Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Thu 02/27/2025 (Pacific)
This status is used while the tournament is still being setup.
This status means tournament registration is open. Families can register for the tournament.
This status means only registration drops are allowed. There are no new entries allowed but families can drop entries.
This status means registration is currently closed for the tournament. There are no adds or drops allowed. Please contact the tournament director with any questions.
This status means the tournament is completed.
Apologetics
QualifyingDramatic Interpretation
QualifyingDuo Interpretation
QualifyingExpository
QualifyingExtemporaneous
QualifyingHumorous Interpretation
QualifyingMars Hill
QualifyingOpen Interpretation
QualifyingOriginal Oratory
QualifyingPersuasive
QualifyingSlam Poetry
QualifyingImpromptu
QualifyingWhat: All speech events EXCEPT Impromtu (Impromtu may be added later, if space allows)
When: Friday, February 28th - Saturday, March 1st
Where: First Baptist Church of Orangevale
8998 Central Ave
Orangevale CA 95662
Registration: Wednesday, January 15th @ 8:00am - Saturday, February 1st @ midnight.
At least one parent per family/household is required to be present and available to judge for the entirety of the tournament. Students attending without a parent will not be allowed to compete and no refund will be given. Please contact the tournament director if you have any questions about this policy.
*Please note that the dates are firm but the schedule is tentative; the schedule will be finalized after registration. This is a small facility so we have allowed 2 days in order to accomodate 3 patterns.
*We are limiting initial registration so that we can open up space, as needed, for popular events. If you are on the waitlist, hang tight, we will most likely get you in! (Except for Impromtu - probably NOT offering this event)
Script Submission: Scripts are due by Tuesday, February 11th @ midnight! Submitted scripts must be approved by 8:00 pm on Saturday, February 15th so please keep a close eye on your email to make sure that your script has not been sent back for corrections! If you'd like to request an extention for script submission, you must ask by February 9th (this is not a guarentee that you will get it).
Electronic Script Submission opens: Monday, January 20th @ 8:00am
Fees:
Family Registration Fee (non-refundable): $25
Per Student Fee (non-refundable): $5
Events Fees (refundable): 1-3 events - $20 each
4-6 events - $40 each
Late Fee (after Feb 8th @ midnight): $40
Self-drop fee (up until Feb 24th @ 5:00pm) - $0
Drop fee (after February 24th @ 5:00pm) - $50
After Febrary 27th @ 3:00pm there will be no refunds.
*Refunds will be applied after March 8th, 2025.