2025 Western Slope Rendezvous
Spur Speech & Debate Club (CO) · Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2025
We are so excited to bring a Stoa Tournament to the Western Slope of Colorado!
We have a fantastic facility, thanks to Canyon View Vineyard Church graciously hosting us. Their address is 736 24 1/2 Rd, Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction is a great town with plenty of amenities.
Please check out the links at left for particular details regarding HOST HOUSING & OTHER ACCOMODATIONS, SCHEDULE, SCRIPT SUBMISSION, JUNIOR TOURNAMENT DETAILS, MEALS, ETC. A few highlights/details are listed below that may differ from typical tournaments.
- We are not offering Parli, but will have a full set of outrounds for both speech & debate on Saturday.
- If you are a parent who will sign up to judge at least 4 rounds each day, your meal expenses for lunch and dinner will be covered!
- And we will have a tournament-wide ballot party after the awards ceremony with an ice cream sundae bar, compliments of the the hosting club, Spur Speech & Debate!
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our tournament director, Rebekah Zeerip at pampushka@hotmail.com.
We hope you'll join us!
VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY JUDGES: thank you so much for helping us! There is a link to the left where you can watch a short video hearing from other community judges & where you can find the link to sign up for judging slots! We couldn't do this without you!
Tournament registration is now closed. If you need to drop an event or cancel a registration please contact the Tournament Director.
Tournament Events
Speech A
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Speech B
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Persuasive Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Junior Tournament
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Duo Interp Juniors
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
- Junior Interp Juniors
- Junior Platform Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Mon 12/02/2024 (Mountain)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 6:00 pm Mon 12/30/2024 (Mountain)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:00 am Mon 01/06/2025 (Mountain)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:00 am Mon 01/13/2025 (Mountain)
- Meal registration will close at 5:45 pm Sun 01/19/2025 (Mountain)
- Community Judge registration will close at 9:00 pm Sat 02/01/2025 (Mountain)
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.