On behalf of the faculty, staff, students, parents, and the Montgomery Academy Speech & Debate Team, we would like to welcome you and your students to The Big GUMP Classic.

This will be an in-person tournament on the campus of Montgomery Academy located in Montgomery, Alabama. We will offer you and your students competition in the following events:

Public Forum Debate

Big Questions Debate

Congressional Debate

World Schools Debate

Original Oratory

Informative Speaking

Impromptu Speaking

Extemporaneous Speaking

Dramatic Interpretation

Humorous Interpretation

Prose Interpretation

Poetry Interpretation

Program Oral Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Our tournament is a TOC Qualifying Tournament at Finals (Gold Bid) and serves as a qualifying tournament for all the speech events for the TOC in Kentucky provided the numbers support said bid.

Come to the city that has the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum, the Rosa Parks Museum, the Hank Williams Sr. Museum, and the Zelda & F. Scott Fitzgerald Museum. Montgomery is the birthplace of both the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, home to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Air War College of the United States Air Force, and Minor League Baseball’s Team, the Montgomery Biscuits.

Goo!
Jay Rye, Chris Colvin, Evan Price