Summary of New Braunfels Tournament
October 20, 2008
Howdy all! ok, so, hot off the press, here’s some info on the last debate tournament in New Braunfels.
Who: ARC, HCC, and STAR debate clubs all participated. I’m not sure if there where any more.
When: It was on Saturday earlier in the morning at around 9 am to about 5 pm.
Where: New Braunfels
What happened: We came, we saw, we debated. 
It was a smaller tournament, no more than 16 debate teams. There where 4 rounds of Team Policy debate, and also there was an impromptu round. They did not tab the events.
It was a TON of fun and i would like to thank everyone who participated for making it an exciting, uplifting, and educational experience for all!! I hope to see everyone at the tournaments and round robins to come!
-Your President,
Ben
1Cor 13:11
Economics Workshop this Friday
October 2, 2008
Hello everyone!
This is a reminder about our coming economics workshop put on by Greg Rehmke this Friday from 1:30-8:30. Mr. Rehmke does extensive research each year pertaining to the NCFCA debate topics coming from the perspective of economics. In the past, we’ve covered the historical background of the topic, current events, and even some case ideas.
Why should I come? Because cool people are coming. Okay, so there’s better reasons to come. If you are at all interested in debating this coming year (which I hope most of you are), this workshop will give you some great background knowledge and also a broad understanding of current events surrounding India. And if you’re not planning on debating, come anyway! You can still learn a lot!
When and where is it? This coming Friday, Oct. 3rd, 1:30-8:30 pm at Hope Chapel.
How much does it cost? For students ages 12-18, $20 for the first student and $10 for each additional student. Parents are free (cool!). For paying students, dinner will be included in the cost, so if parents or younger siblings would like to be included in the dinner plans you can order that as well at the workshop.
So there you have it folks. I’ve personally attended these workshops for the past few years and it’s been fascinating learning in greater detail about the debate topics. I highly recommend that you try to come if at all possible, and look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions feel free to email me at speakingmusically@gmail.com or another officer or coach, and we’d be happy to help.
God bless,
Toni
Round Robin and Workshop with HCC.
September 29, 2008
Wow! What a fantastic weekend! A sincere thank you to everyone who
sacrificed to help the new club Hill Country Communicators in Comfort,
Texas! It was a major success and an all-around blast for everyone
involved. For all of you who couldn’t make it, here’s a brief synopsis.
Thursday night, we arrived at Comfort to meet, and talk to the new
club about the classes that we were to teach the following day. The
Jumas’s and the Clark’s where kind enough to open their homes to us
and allow all the ARC teachers to stay with them.
The following day, we taught a workshop with a large variety of
classes including Introduction to Topic, How to Research, and How to
Cut an Interpretation to name a few. All the students were very
attentive, and eager to learn. Each ARC teacher paired up with another
member from HCC to teach the classes, in order to give the HCC members
a chance to teach.
On Saturday, we had a 4 round practice debate tournament. There were
about 16 teams from a few different clubs including, ACTION, ARC, and HCC.
The whole weekend was very well organized, with a lot of credit
towards Thomas Umstattd Jr. for being in charge and actually working
out most of the details. Thank you so much Thomas for your great
leadership, time and the opportunity for ARC members to get involved
in such a great project! I understand that ARC was actually developed
in such a way, and it has been a terrific experience to have the
opportunity to be used by God to help develop this club.
I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Friday for Debating Badly and
the Economics workshop afterwards! If you have any questions about
either activities, contact me or Mr. Umstattd. 
you can contact me
by cell phone or e-mail, whichever is more convenient.
Thanking God,
Ben Chambers
Speech & Debate Workshop – September 6th
August 30, 2008
**Copied from the Yahoo! Group**
The Austin Rhetoric Club would like to invite you to come learn how to deliver excellent speeches, and get started in NCFCA debate. This workshop is designed for beginners but experienced students have a lot to learn as well. These hands on classes will be taught by experienced homeschool debaters. This is a great chance to learn the basics of speech and debate and see if it will work for you and your family.
Where:
Hope Chapel
6701 Arroyo Seco
Austin, TX 78757
When
Saturday September
6th 8am – 5:30pm.
Cost
- $10 per student
- $25 per family
- Parents & under 10 free
Speech Classes
- Intro to individual events.
- How to cut an interpretive speech.
- Benefits of speech and debate.
- Speech games
Debate Classes:
- How to research for debate.
- Stock issues and logic
- Intro to a debate round.
- Intro to this years topics.
Parent Classes
- But wait, I don’t know what I’m doing!: How to coach your student even with no experience.
- Beyond Debate: Individual Events
- Judges Orientation
The classes are subject to change.
Contact
For more info or to signup contact:
- Thomas Umstattd
- ThomasUmstattd.com
- AustinRhetoricClub.org
-Thomas
P.S. Don’t forget to reserve your spot by letting me you can come.