Where Are You Staying for Nationals?

GRAPEVINE/COLLEYVILLE, TX - Now that plans are finalized, and Nationals is but weeks away, I’ll ask again: where are you staying for Nationals? (If you’re still looking for room shares, the The Victory Briefs Exchange is a perfect place to network.)

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Nationals: A Sense of the Judges

NEW YORK, NY - Nationals — the culminating forensics tournament of the season — is only a few weeks away. Victory Briefs Daily would like to help the qualifiers and their coaches get a better sense of who will be making up the judging pool. Who are you bringing to judge? How does that person judge rounds?

To those attending Nationals, we strongly encourage you to contribute your judging paradigms to the VBD Paradigm Archive. (Said archive will soon have a new and improved home.) If you’d like to have your paradigm appear in the archive, please send it to Jon Cruz.

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Across America: District Results Needed!

NEW YORK, NY - I am in the process of a large update of Qualifier Watch, but I need your assistance, dear readers. Please send in the results from your district’s qualifying tournament, or post them here, if they’re not already up.

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The Lead Up to Nationals: What Topic?

For today, though, I have a question. The resolution for Nationals is announced this Monday. What topic are you hoping for? The list of remaining potential topics is available here.

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Where Are You Staying at Nationals?

GRAPEVINE/COLLEYVILLE, TX - The Hyatt Regency Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Hotel is completely sold out. Where else are people staying for Nationals?

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Countdown to Nationals: A Week of Fun

GRAPEVINE, TX and COLLEYVILLE, TX - Historical attractions, local art, the Texas Motor Speedway, a nationally-renowned live country music show, a Schwan’s Party for students, and an open ceremony at Six Flags Over Texas: needless to say, Billy Tate, Scott Wunn, and tournament co-hosts Jane Boyd and Cindi Timmons are ensuring that this year’s Bluebonnet Nationals has both sponsored events and area attractions that will make it one of the best national tournaments in memory. When not competing, what plans have you and your team made for celebrating your success?

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Across America: Districts in Review

NEW YORK, NY - So many district tournaments were submitted to me this week that it was impossible to format all of them in the preferred “official” format I’ve developed for VBD. (Thus, please excuse the “list” format used for this week’s summary.) This is the space in which to congratulate your friends, students, children, and teammates who have qualified for Nationals. Complete, searchable results from all district tournaments submitted thus far are available on Qualifier Watch. (LD, policy, and Public Forum results are listed here, but I’d like to extend a special congratulations to James Logan High School for winning the qualifying spots in every single one of the Individual Events in the Golden Gate District!)

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