BEST March National Tournament@Pazardzhik

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Intl-Bulgaria.

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Dear Speech and Debate Coach,

The Bulgarian English Speech and Debate Tournaments Foundation (BEST), in conjunction with “Bertolt Brecht” Foreign Language High School in Pazardzhik, invites all high school students to register now for the second BEST National Speech and Debate Tournament of the 2014-2015 season. The tournament will be held 7-8 March 2015 at "Bertolt Brecht” Foreign Language High School, Pazardzhik. Team check-in will take place from 6-8 PM on Friday, March 6. MANDATORY Judge Training will take place from 8-9 PM that same evening. The competition will begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday, March 7 and end by 1 PM on Sunday, March 8.  All teams should register no later than 8 PM on 6 March 2015. Please refer to the schedule for more details.  This competition will be a challenging, engaging, and fun opportunity for students to practice their public speaking and argumentation skills in English, as well as meet other motivated students from around the country.

Students can compete individually in the following events: Prose, Poetry, or Oratory. They can also compete in teams of two in Duo or teams of three in World Schools Debate. Detailed explanations and rules for each event are outlined in the Events Overview page. Participants are divided into Novice (Grades 8 and 9) or Varsity (Grades 10, 11, 12) divisions. Winners will receive medals, certificates, and local media publicity.

Please browse through the informational pages on this website (links available at the top of the page) for more information.  Please note, the dress code for competitors is business.  If a student does not have a suit available, they are welcome to wear their official school uniform.

Please register your students through the SpeechWire website. Registration will close on February 21, 2014 at 11:59 PM.  However, we urge you to complete registration by February 14 to qualify for the Early Bird Scholarship Pot. Please click here to access the Scholarship Application. Please direct any questions to teambestbulgaria@gmail.com

For more information and coaching tips, please refer to our website and Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.  For a tutorial of how to use SpeechWire to register, please see our YouTube page.

We look forward to seeing you and your students in Pazardzhik!

Manager contact information

Athena Lao
Email address: athena@bestfoundation.bg
Phone number: +359 894045251

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