Nationals 2010: ARC Results
August 11, 2010
God blessed our 2009-2010 season immensely! Several ARCers had the privilege of competing at the National competition in June. Here are the final results:
Sweepstakes
14th Beth Maisano
Apologetics
2nd Beth Maisano
Original Oratory
14th Nathan Exley
Persuasive
9th Beth Maisano
14th Christina Hastings
Thematic
12th Daniel Gaskell
Lincoln Douglas
7th Anna MacDonald
11th Kathryn Clarkson
Lincoln Douglas Speaker
13th Avery Lill
18th Kathryn Clarkson
Team Policy
4th Snodgrass/Strack
23rd Maisano/Morgan
24th Lill/Upham
Well Represented At Regionals ‘10
April 23, 2010
Qualifiers to the Region IV invitational (which will be hosted here in Austin, May 5-8th) have been announced on the NCFCA website. A couple of our students have even qualified straight to the national competition. ARC has done very well, so let’s take a moment to celebrate how God has blessed this club, especially those who are going to their first Regionals…
Speech: Limited Preparation
Limited Prep events involves giving a speech on the fly with little preparation on a topic you probably weren’t expecting. 14 ARCers qualified over all three events in this category! This includes eleven who qualified in our signature event, Apologetics, where students learn how to defend and explain their faith on the fly.
To find out more about Limited Prep, check out our page.
Apologetics
Daniel Gaskell
Kathryn Grace Clarkson
Avery Lill
Anna Macdonald (First Time!)
Joshua Upham
Marshall Yaklin
Beth Maisano
Ben Snodgrass
Christina Hastings
Alex Billups (First Time!)
David Huber
Impromptu
Kathryn Grace Clarkson
Avery Lill
Ben Snodgrass
Daniel Gaskell
Christina Hastings
Willliam Umstattd (First Time!)
Extemporaneous
Ben Billups
Daniel Gaskell
Platform Speeches
A “platform speech” is usually what you think of when you hear “speech.” Students in this event persuade and inform their listeners in a conversational manor. Unlike in limited prep, the speakers must script their speech and have 10 minutes to make a difference!
Eight ARCers are competing in Platform speeches at the Regional Qualifier. Congratulations!
Original Oratory
Nathan Exley
Ben Billups (First time!)
Beth Maisano
Jonathan Morgan
Grace Einkauf
Marshall Yaklin
David Huber
Persuasive
Christina Hastings
Beth Maisano
Marshall Yaklin
Interpretation
Interpretation is a lot of fun. It’s like acting without props… in a suit. In these interpretive events, Austin Rhetoric Club Members take a piece of literature and interpret it using their body and voice, but without using any props. That even includes the floor and (in Duo) even the your interpretation partner!
14 students made in various interpretation categories. Way to go!
Thematic Interp
Paul Exley
Katie Morgan (First Time!)
Daniel Gaskell (Nationally Qualified!)
Alex MacDonald
Duo Interp
Exley/ Exley
Huber/ Huber (First Time!)
Morgan/ Morgan
Macdonald/ Macdonald
Hastings/Snodgrass
Dramatic Interp
Nathan Exley
Anna Macdonald (First Time!)
Grace Einkauf
Jonathan Morgan
Christina Hastings
Kathryn Grace C
Humorous Interp
Grace Einkauf
Marshall Yaklin
Nathan Exley
Kathryn Grace C
Paul Exley
Daniel Gaskell
Debate
Debate differs from speech in that it involves not only communicating and persuading, but also responding to objections. Throughout the tournament, students learn to present both sides of an important issue. In Team Policy, they also learn valuable teamwork skills with their partner.
Note: First time means that at least one of the members of the team is going in debate for the first time.
Team Policy
Gaskell/MacDonald
Billups/Billups
Maisano/Morgan (First Time!)
Clarkson/Exley (First Time!)
Lill/Upham (First Time!)
Snodgrass/Strack
Exley/Yaklin
Adkisson/Simmons (First Time!)
Harris/Snodgrass (??? – yeah, we’ll claim ‘em)
Lincoln Douglas
Kathryn Clarkson
Christina Hastings
David Huber (First Time!)
Avery Lill (going to Nationals!)
Anna MacDonald (First Time!)
Katy Maisano (First Time!)
What’s Important
More import than winning awards or recognition is the future. What are you going to do with these speeches and skills? At the Austin Rhetoric Club, we’re not training speakers who just show up at tournaments, but speakers who take the skills they’ve learned out into the world and shine their light Matthew 5:16 style!
If you would like to help train the christian leaders of tomorrow, please sign up to help judge at the Region IV Tournament in Austin.
Regionals in Austin
April 19, 2010
This year, the Region IV Invitational Tournament will be held at Concordia University right here in Austin, Texas. A tournament this big requires a whole lot of preparation and cooperation. One easy way to help out is by recruiting judges from the community–friends, family, or anyone else who might be interested. You can check out the information here.
Thanks in advance!
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.