Yellow Rose District Tournament
2023 — TX/US
Yellow Rose District Qualifier
for the 2023 National Tournament
Yellow Rose District Schedule
YELLOW ROSE DISTRICT SCHEDULE
Please note the following:
· This schedule is subject to change depending upon entries, qualifiers, etc.
· All Speech events will have three preliminary rounds. If there are more than seven entries, the top 25 percent or top six students will advance to elimination/final rounds, whichever is greater.
· All Debate events will have four preliminary rounds. All debaters with a winning record (3-1 or 4-0) will advance to elimination rounds.
· GENERALLY SPEAKING, the top two contestants in each event will qualify for nationals. House will have more qualifiers, and any event with 30 entries or more will have more qualifiers.
· We will ADVANCE the schedule as much as possible to finish earlier on Friday.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15
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TIME |
DESCRIPTION |
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8 a.m. |
REGISTRATION |
|
9 a.m. |
Big Questions Round 1 |
|
9:45 a.m. |
Congress Swearing In |
|
10 a.m. |
Congressional Debate Session 1 |
|
1 p.m. |
Lunch |
|
2 p.m. |
Congressional Debate Finals/Session 2 |
|
5:30 p.m. |
Big Questions Round 2 |
|
6:30 p.m. |
IE’s (Oratory, Informative, HI, DI, Duo, POI) Round 1 |
|
7 p.m. |
Extemp Draw for Round 1 |
|
7:30 p.m. |
Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) Round 1 |
|
8:30 p.m. |
IE’s (Oratory, Informative, HI, DI, Duo, POI) Round 2 |
THURSDAY, Feb. 16
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TIME |
DESCRIPTION |
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8:30 a.m. |
Extemp Draw for Round 2 |
|
9 a.m. |
Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) Round 2 |
|
10 a.m. |
Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 1 |
|
11:30 a.m. |
Big Questions Debate Round 3 |
|
12:30 p.m. |
Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 2 |
|
2 p.m. |
IE’s (Oratory, Informative, HI, DI, Duo, POI) Round 3 |
|
3 p.m. |
Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 3 |
|
4 p.m. |
Extemp Draw for Round 3 |
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4:30 p.m. |
Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) Round 3 |
|
5:30 p.m. |
Debate (LD, PF, Policy) Round 4 |
|
7 p.m. |
Big Questions Round 4 IE’s Semifinals (as needed) |
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7:30 p.m. |
Extemp Draw for Semifinals (as needed) |
|
8:03 p.m. |
Debate (as needed) QUARTERFINALS |
FRIDAY, Feb. 17
|
TIME |
DESCRIPTION |
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8:30 a.m. |
Extemp Draw for Finals |
|
9 a.m. |
Extemporaneous Speaking (USX, IX) FINALS |
|
10 a.m. |
Debate (LD, PF, Policy) SEMIFINALS |
|
11 a.m. |
Big Questions Debate SEMIFINALS |
|
12:30 p.m. |
IE’s Finals as needed |
|
2 p.m. |
ANY EVENT Finals as needed |
|
3 p.m. |
AWARDS (may be advanced if possible) |