2025 Texas Escalade
Invictus Fides (TX) · Mar 12-15, 2025
Texas Escalade 2025The Texas Escalade 2026 Website
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PLEASE JOIN US AS AN HONORED COMMUNITY JUDGE!
No Experience Required – Training Provided 2 to 3-Hour Time Commitment Select from a variety of judging times each day. March 12-15 Tournament Location Dallas Baptist University 3000 Mountain Creek Parkway Dallas, Texas 75211
Tournament Questions?Please contact Invictus Fides at registrar@invictusfides.org.
The Texas Escalade will feature Lincoln Douglas, Team Policy, and Parliamentary Debate and all Stoa Speech events.
Pattern A Speech Events Apologetics, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Expository, Impromptu, Persuasive Pattern B Speech Events Extemporaneous, Humorous Interpretation, Mars Hill, Open Interpretation, Original Oratory, Slam Poetry
If you would like to know more about Stoa events, please visit the Stoa website for event descriptions! |
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"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in Your sight, Lord." Psalm 19:14
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Tournament Fees $30 per family - Family Registration Fee $45 per debate event $30 for first speech event $15 for each additional speech event Students may not exceed four speech events per pattern. Drop fees begin February 21st. Please see Important Registration Information for more details. After February 7th, event fees are not refundable. All balances are due March 7th. Unpaid registrations will be dropped after this date. The Texas Escalade is an official Stoa qualifying tournament hosted by Invictus Fides Speech and Debate Club. |
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Expository Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
TP/LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Juniors
- Junior Debate Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 10:34 am Wed 01/08/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 12:00 pm Fri 01/31/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Fri 02/07/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Fri 02/28/2025 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Fri 03/07/2025 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sat 03/15/2025 (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.