2025 Carry the TORCH
TORCH (VA) · Mar 29, 2025
Completed
4:08 AM Eastern
Dress Code
Competition
During competition and awards ceremony, students must dress in modest, professional business attire.
Professional business attire for Gentlemen:
Suit, or slacks and blazer jacket. Collared shirt and tie. Professional dress shoes and socks.
Professional business attire for Ladies:
Skirt suit or pant suit; or professional slacks, skirt or dress with a blazer jacket. Leggings and tights are not to be worn as pants. Dress/skirt hemlines and slits should be no higher than the middle of the knee. Hose are not required. Business professional dress shoes.
Tournament Events
Speech
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
LD Debate
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 10:00 am Fri 02/14/2025 (Eastern)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:55 pm Fri 02/28/2025 (Eastern)
- Late fee will be applied at 11:55 pm Sun 03/02/2025 (Eastern)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:00 am Mon 03/10/2025 (Eastern)
- Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Tue 03/25/2025 (Eastern)
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 pm Fri 03/28/2025 (Eastern)
- Community Judge registration will close at 11:00 pm Sat 03/29/2025 (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.