You are cordially invited to the FCDI Scrimmage at Christopher Columbus HS, 3000 SW 87th Ave, Miami, FL 33165, to be held Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

This tournament will be live and in person.

 

The Florida Civics & Debate Initiative Miami Scrimmage offers middle school, high school novice, and high school varsity competition. 

 

There will be TWO rounds of competition in all events except Congressional Debate, where there will be ONE two-hour session broken into two segments. Round 1 of the tournament will begin at 3:45pm Eastern time. Extemp Prep will begin at 3:15pm Eastern time. The full schedule can be found in the Schedule tab on the registration page for the tournament.

 

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE Monday, May 8, 2023, at 6:00pm.

 

EVENTS and DIVISIONS: We offer middle school, novice, and varsity divisions. If numbers allow, we will offer separate middle school and novice divisions. We reserve the right to combine divisions. If we combine divisions, we will offer a Middle School Champion Award in addition to the usual awards. "Varsity" is Year 2 of high school debate.

 

No Double Entry.  If a coach submits the same student for two events, that student will be automatically disqualified for both events.

OUR EVENTS INCLUDE:

Congressional Debate

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Public Forum Debate

Extemporaneous Speaking

Impromptu Speaking

Declamation

Dramatic Performance

Duo Interpretation

Program Oral Interpretation

Original Oratory

Extemporaneous Sports Analysis

Informative Speaking

Observers are allowed.

 

DEBATE TOPICS:

NOTE: Students will debate BOTH sides of the resolution.

Lincoln Douglas Debate: We are using the  2023 March/April Topic NSDA topic - Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited.

Public Forum Debate: We are using the 2023 April Topic Area: - Resolved: The United States Federal Government should ban the collection of personal data through biometric recognition technology.

 

Extemporaneous Speaking: (1) Biden Administration; (2) Europe

CONGRESS LEGISLATION: Submit proposed legislation in either NSDA or NCFL format (either is fine) to Apryl Taylor no later than noon Thursday, May 4. Apryl's email address is taylorfcdi@gmail.com.

Templates are under Files for Download.

JUDGES: Adults and coaches may judge any division. Qualified varsity with at least 75 NSDA points on record may judge the middle school and novice divisions. Judges need to be trained. They may take the NSDA judge training course if they did not attend any judge training. It is the affirmative duty of the coach to ensure that all judges (except students) must be approved as volunteers through their district’s volunteer system.

The judge ratio for this tournament is 1 judge for every two debate entries; 1 judge for every 5 speech/interp/congress entries.

COACHES: Coaches must be available for the duration of the tournament.

FEES: Please make checks payable to and mail to:

The Florida Debate Initiative

c/o Tara Tedrow

215 N Eola Dr

Orlando, FL 32801

BEFORE TOURNAMENT CONTACT:

 

David Fechtel, FCDI Program Manager

 

Email address: david.fechtel1@fldoe.org

 

DAY OF TOURNAMENT CONTACT:

 

Gabriel deTuya, SFCDI Ambassador

 

Phone number: 501-247-2249

 

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