METRO’s 1st ANNUAL
“Snow Place Like the Internet”
VIRTUAL VARSITY TOURNAMENT 2022
Hosted by
Metro Academic and Classical High School Speech & Debate Team
4015 McPherson Ave. Saint Louis, MO 63108
November 15, 2021
Metro Academic and Classical High School would like to invite you to attend our first annual Virtual Varsity Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament on the 12th-15th of January. We will be using Speechwire and Zoom to host rounds. This tournament will be run as a round robin.
We shall offer competition in the following events: Original Oratory, Radio Speaking, Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Storytelling, Informative, Duo, POI, Lincoln-Douglas Debate (5 rounds), Policy Debate (5 rounds), and Public Forum Debate (5 rounds). We will be enforcing a cap of FIVE entries per event given the virtual format.
Also, please note the judging obligations for each school, noted below. Please fill out our ONLINE JUDGING FORM for ALL of your school judges.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. My cell phone number is 314-570-7875. You may send tournament-related emails to me at Laura.Trieschmann@slps.org. E-mail is the best method of communication and shall be answered within 24 hours or less.
Entries shall be accepted until Friday, 7th January 2022. We would appreciate your confirmed entry no later than Monday, 10 January 2022 - drops after this time forfeit the entry fee. Drops on the day of the tournament will result in a deduction of five sweepstakes points per entry.
We would like to extend our gratitude to Cara Borgsmiller and the Parkway West Speech and Debate team for putting together the norms, policies, and procedures the Saint Louis area is using for virtual tournaments. As always, we are incredibly grateful for Cara’s leadership and service to this activity and our district.
We look forward to welcoming you for a weekend of exciting virtual competition!
Thank you,
Laura Trieschmann
Head Coach
Clarisse Aasgaard, Evey Ohs, Zukai Sagan, Helen Schiller, and Thalia Vincent
Metro Speech and Debate Board