2025 Western Slope Rendezvous

Spur Speech & Debate Club (CO) - Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2025 | Status: Completed | 9:40 PM Mountain

Tournament Time
9:40 PM Mountain

As a Stoa endorsed event, the Stoa Student Code of Conduct will be observed during WSR. The code of conduct is outlined here: https://www.stoausa.org/membership

Additional expectations for Western Slope Tournament:

FOR COMPETITORS & NON-COMPETING SIBLINGS (NCS):

No money or goods will be bet or exchanged during recreational games. This prohibition includes not only exchanging money or goods during games, but any kind of payment towards "buying seats" or saving places in particular games or "rental" of devices. Poker games are permissible with poker chips.
The student area will be maintained BY THE STUDENTS: When not being used in a round, keep all debate boxes, notebooks, bags, computers, and personal belongings in the student lounge area and students are expected clean up their area immediately after eating.
Students will honor and abide by directions given to them by ANY staff member. If they receive conflicting directions, they may appeal to their parents who, in turn, can bring it to the attention of tournament authorities.
No running anywhere in the main building.
Library-level voices in the hallways and open spaces of the main building.
The kitchen will be used exclusively by tournament staff. No access to the microwave or other kitchen appliances will be available for competitors or families.
Please obey all posted signs inside and outside the building and stay out of restricted areas.
Stay out of all competition rooms when they are not in active use for a round. Students are expected to spend their non-competition time watching others' rounds or in the student lounge area. If a room is dark and empty, it is not space for students.
Students may have ONLY WATER in closeable bottles (no open drink containers) in the competition rooms and main building. No other food or beverages are permitted.

COMPETITORS:

Attendance at morning announcements and devotional time is mandatory.
Competitors may only eat in the student lounge area.
Competitors are permitted to remove ties, dress shoes and/or jackets in the student lounge area (modesty is still expected), but must be in compliance with tournament attire requirements anywhere else on the premises during the tournament.

NON-COMPETING SIBLINGS (NCS):

NCS will be supervised at all times by an adult. This includes when they are in the student lounge area.
NCS who have tournament meals purchased will eat in the student lounge area.
Other food (provided by the family) for NCS may be eaten in the following designated areas: student lounge area & judge refreshment/eating area.

Corrie Ten Boom tells a story in her book The Hiding Place about when she was young and asked her dad a question about a topic that was beyond her innocence and years. She recounted,

"[My father] turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but, to my surprise, he said nothing. At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case from the rack over our heads, and set it on the floor.

"Will you carry it off the train, Corrie?

"I stood up and tugged at it. It was crammed with watches and spare parts he had purchased that morning.

"It's too heavy, I said.

"Yes, he said, and it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It's the same way, Corrie, wth knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you."

I Cor. 8:9 (NLT) "But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble."

At WSR, we understand that many speeches that are impactful and important *may* contain information or portray scenes that, while true, contain themes and/or words that are not appropriate for all ages and audiences.

Examples of this include, but are not limited to: stories of torture or imprisonment (even Christian ones), stories involving topics like suicide, drugs, violence, or abuse (even if they are part of a Christian testimony), examples of modern day slavery/trafficking, or stories involving any kind of vulgar language.

We are not trying to close every loophole in this short explanation, rather we are asking our competitors to err on the side of caution in a spirit of Christian love. With this in mind, if there is ANY REASONABLE POSSIBILITY that a speech may contain words, themes or scenes that may not be appropriate for every age and maturity level, the competitor is required to give a speech disclaimer before beginning their speech regardless of the age or number of peope in the room.

The speech disclaimer is as follows: “This speech may contain content not appropriate for all audiences."

If there appear to be any children in the room, please give them and their parents a moment to choose whether to exit before continuing.

2025 Western Slope Rendezvous

Speech A

Duo Interpretation

Expository

Humorous Interpretation

Impromptu

Mars Hill

Slam Poetry

Speech B

Apologetics

Dramatic Interpretation

Extemporaneous

Open Interpretation

Original Oratory

Persuasive

TP/LD

Lincoln Douglas

Team Policy

Junior Tournament

Junior Apologetics

Junior Duo Interp

Junior Impromptu

Junior Interp

Junior Platform