Welcome to the 2024 MDTA Jamboree

On behalf of the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association, we cordially invite you and your team to the MDTA Jamboree. This year the Jamboree will be held in person on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Wayzata High School.

For the full calendar of MN Debate Tournaments make sure to check out the MDTA Website.

As has been the tradition at this tournament, one of our main goals is to provide novices an opportunity to learn about debate by watching a moderated demonstration round and analyzing the debate with a post round question and answer session. We are excited to be able to offer that opportunity again this year. In addition, we will be offering an abbreviated session of Congressional debate and then having time for a tutorial for novice debaters. You should register your novice and JV Congressional debaters in the House.

In addition to providing learning opportunities for our communities' newest debaters, we will also be offering judge training for all categories of debate. As the needs of our newest debaters continue to change, we are asking that all available judges join our judge training opportunities on Saturday morning.

For your convenience, specific information related to the Jamboree is provided on the separate pages on the right of our main tournament page. Please refer to those pages for more specific information. If you have further questions, please contact DJ Brynteson at dj@brynteson.info for tournament assistance.

Topics:

CX: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

LD: The United States ought to require that workers receive a living wage.

LD Novice: In the United States, national service ought to be mandatory.

PF: The United States federal government should substantially expand its surveillance infrastructure along its southern border.

Congress: coming soon...

Demo Rounds:

Judge Training: