2024 Pumpkin Spice Parli & Prep
Arete-Zeteo (AL) · Oct 18-19, 2024
Dress Code
Dress Code
Dress Code and Code of Conduct
Dress Code
During competition, students must dress in modest, professional business attire.
Gentlemen: Suit or slacks and a blazer jacket; collared shirt and tie; professional dress shoes and socks.
Ladies: Skirt or pant suit; or professional slacks, skirt, or dress with a blazer jacket; professional dress shoes. Dress/skirt hemlines and slits should be no higher than the middle of the knee. Hose not required.
Awards Ceremony: Students must attend the awards ceremony in full competition attire.
Violations: If the competitor's attire at any time during the tournament is deemed a violation of the dress code, the competitor will be asked to come into compliance before being allowed to participate.
Code of Conduct
Tournament participants will exhibit kind, polite, and respectful attitudes toward each other and behave in a manner that brings honor to God.
Conflicts that arise mid-tournament will be resolved at the sole discretion of tournament leadership. Tournament leadership has final authority in all tournament decisions.
Tournament participants will adhere to the Peacemaker’s Pledge derived from Matthew 5:23-25 and 18:15-17. This principle dictates that if an offense occurs, the offended should go directly to the offender to resolve the issue; no gossiping or discussing with another person. We seek to restore relationships. A third party may be necessary to resolve issues.
Tournament Events
Speech
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
LD/TP
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Junior Speech
- Cold Reading Juniors
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
- Salesmanship Juniors
- Story Book Reading Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 am Sat 08/31/2024 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:25 pm Thu 10/10/2024 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 6:00 pm Fri 10/11/2024 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 8:00 pm Fri 10/11/2024 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 9:00 am Fri 10/18/2024 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 10:57 am Mon 10/21/2024 (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.