We need your help!  Bring your homeschooled teens out to watch some excellent speakers and debaters, inspire them to join in the fun in the future and help us out by judging the participants.  We need many local judges, no experience necessary!

You be the Judge!

How would you like to be a part of influencing the development of some of our nation’s future leaders by just investing a couple of hours of your time?
For the second year, Milestones Debate and Speech Club will be hosting a qualifying debate and speech tournament in Huntsville, Alabama. This year’s tournament will be held Monday, March 17th – Wednesday, March 19th at UAH. Over 150 students (and their families) from Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama will return to Huntsville to compete in two styles of debate and ten different speech events. Winners of the various events will qualify to compete in the Region VII Regional tournament to be held the end of April.
We would like to invite you to invest in the lives of these students by judging one or more of these events. We ask for only a three-hour commitment per event and promise you it will be time well spent amid your busy schedule. Snacks and beverages will be provided for our judges throughout the day, as well as a light meal for judges who are with us at the breakfast, lunch, and supper hours. I know that your schedule is hectic, but I know that these students will bless you...and you will bless them as well.
Monday March 17
Debate 1
7:30 am
30
Speech 1A
9:15 am
75
Debate 2
11:15 am
30
Speech 1B
1:15 pm
75
Debate 3
3:15 pm
30
Speech 2A
5:15 pm
75
Debate 4
7:15 pm
30
Tuesday March 18
Debate 5
7:15 am
30
Speech 2B
9:15 am
75
Debate 6
11:15 am
30
Speech A Semi’s 1:15 pm
39
Debate Octas
3:15 pm
24
Wednesday March 19
Speech B Semi’s
7:15 am
39
Debate Quarter-finals 9:15 am
24
IE Finals
11:15 am
30/50
Debate Semi’s
1:15 pm
12
Debate LD Finals
3:00 pm
5
Debate Team Policy Finals 4:00
5
The times noted in the chart are the time you need to arrive for your orientation. **The red number in the box is the number of judges needed for that round. **
It is our hope that one of these blocks of time will fit into your schedule. In past tournaments judges have been recruited from the local media, the court system, state legislature, legal firms, and the business sector. We have had retirees, housewives, store clerks, educators; people from all walks of life. Few have had experience judging or participating in tournaments such as this. We promise to provide you with sufficient orientation to enable you to make a fair and educated decision in the event you will be judging. Please consider investing a little of your time in the lives of these young people by judging an event for us. Documentation of community service hours will be available.
Please contact our Judging Coordinator, Jackie Arnold, at rocketcityblastjudges@gmail.com or by phone at: 256-339-2014.
PLEASE share this information with your friends, family and colleagues. It is something you will be glad you did !!!!!