Comments on: Becca Traber, Madeline Vuong Win Lone Star Round Robin Titles

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:21:26 +0000

Nice Job Madeline! I knew it all along…

By: quinn olivarez

quinn olivarez — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:41:40 +0000

congrats to everyone for doing well, especially to rachel for proving you can roll with the best. and special thanks to stacy once again for hosting my favorite tournament of the year, way to host a great event and bring all different members of the community together.

By: Rebar Niemi

Rebar Niemi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:45:37 +0000

becca, duh on my part! maj congs.

By: Rebar Niemi

Rebar Niemi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:44:50 +0000

in a year of good omens, this was great.

big congratulations madeline.

By: Hailey L

Hailey L — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:52:13 +0000

Congrats to Becca and Madeline on winning
As well as Carson!
It was such an awesome event and a wonderful weekend.

I want to thank Ms. Thomas for hosting it, it’s definitely been the highlight of my debate career and while I’m sad it’s ending, I hope something better comes out of it in the future.

By: Stacy Thomas

Stacy Thomas — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:07:53 +0000

two finallys… oops, plus I forgot to thank our guest speaker, Kimberly Simpson for working a Sunday presentation into her schedule as a very busy business woman.

By: Stacy Thomas

Stacy Thomas — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:05:06 +0000

I’m not sure who all is still reading this, but I wanted to say some thank yous that I forgot to say publically this weekend due to being so out of it (lack of sleep). Huge appreciation goes to Nathan Abell, BobieJo Ferguson, and Wes Craven who served as volunteers this weekend so that we could reduce judging fees for some participants who needed the help. Thanks to Ernie Rose, Kristen Ray, and Kris Wright for putting together wonderful lectures for the debaters. All the feedback I got was that these lectures were highly educational and interesting. Thanks to Steffany Batik of Colleyville-Heritage for running tab, and Daryn Paciotti for running the ballot table. You kept us on track and allowed me to simply enjoy this last year of the event. Thanks to my students (especially Berenice Villela and Jenny McCartney who were in charge of food and transportation) and Tom Evnen for all the hard work they did to make this weekend happen. Thanks to the parents who attended and participated. I love seeing parents at this event and was able to have some wonderful conversations with them. It added a lot to our weekend. Then, there are the Hockaday parents/families who housed everybody, provided transportation, cooked food, etc. This support is the only way this round robin happens, so I’m very grateful.

Several people asked us where we got our timers, so I wanted to give out the information of the company we use. They gave us a great deal and did a terrific job with the art. We use http://www.promopeddler.com. Our sales rep is David Robinson.

Finally, to those at the event in general (from debaters to judges to observers), personally this was the most special weekend of my debate career, and it is because of you. Thanks to everybody who had conversations with me — until all hours of the morning — and to everyone who has been so supportive over the years of this event, whether it be driving down from Austin to help with our judging pool or staying to help me clean up when I’m exhausted on Sunday despite the fact that you aren’t even my student (thanks Rahim and Ryan and others).

Finally, congrats to Becca and Madeline. I heard nothing but amazing things about both of you from everyone who watched you debate. Great job to all the other semifinalists and participants. Judges repeatedly told me that the rounds they saw this weekend were incredible.

By: nathan abell

nathan abell — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:45:01 +0000

oh, ps, i DEF second michael’s comment about next year and jes, and rachel vogel should probably be added to that list as well.

By: nathan abell

nathan abell — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:43:48 +0000

GOOD JOB VIVIAN AND CARSON.
and good job to, like, everyone else.
and also (just btw) alex ackroyd had an INTENSE ac. seriously, it was awesome. you should ask her about it. since its awesome.

and the weekend was absolutely delightful and i hope it comes back sometime in the future, even though not next year

By: liz

liz — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:42:24 +0000

I am terribly sad that I couldn’t make it out to this tournament. It was wonderful last year and I’m sure it was equally great this year. Congrats to everyone!