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Summer 2018 Workshops

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While the debate & MUN season hasn’t quite wrapped for us, we are excited to announce our summer workshops! More information to come. In the meantime, please mark the dates:

Session I – July 30-August 3

Session II – August 6-11

We are fortunate to have Hannah & Harper returning to run these intensive on-road and boot camp workshops for new & returning debaters! Both debate on the national (and even international) circuits, and they have extensive high school & college MUN experience, as well.

Come one or both weeks. We find that those who are able to attend both weeks maximize their development, but we understand summer schedules are challenging.

HIVE ROCKS CDA 2017-18!

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CDA State Finals 2018 – Walsh, Burke, Bigham, Ringer, Hunt, Tanzer

 

CDA State Finals 2018 – Walsh, Burke, Hunt, Bigham, Tanzer
CDA State Finals 2018 – Hunt/Tanzer

The action began slowly at first: a strong novice scrimmage in September with a new cadre of debaters and a sleepy but earnest showing in October (Burke/Snyder: 3-0). Then, The Hive turned the corner in 2018 and snagged trophies at the same rate Nor’easters hit Connecticut this year!

January:         Burke/Walsh, 5th Place Novice Team

February1:     Bigham, 5th Place Varsity Speaker

February2:     Hunt/Ringer, 5th Place Varsity Team

March:            Hunt/Tanzer, 2d Place Varsity Team; Tanzer, 2d Place Varsity Speaker

A round of applause for these State Finals Qualifiers!!!

Yesterday, our teams were on fire at the State Finals! Almost 200 of Connecticut’s best debaters gathered to debate the timely Resolution: Individuals should be paid for the use of their personal data.

Team Burke/Walsh earned 6th Place Novice Team and was one of only 6 teams who won all 3 rounds!

Team Bigham/Ringer scored awesome speaker points, with Anna Bigham earning 10th Place Varsity Speaker!

The cherry on top was the Varsity Team Hunt/Tanzer earning one of two coveted spots in the final demonstration round (only 5 teams went 3-0 in prelims!). They lost in a split, 3-2 decision, bringing home the 2nd Place Varsity Team trophy.

The kudos kept coming, with Tanzer snagging a 4th Place Varsity Speaker award, and Hunt winning 1st Place Varsity Speaker.

We slept well last night.

Seriously, congratulate any debate kid you know. It takes real bravery to “step into the ring.” These kids take a tough policy topic, build cases for affirmative and negative, and then … debate! In addition to intellect, it takes strength and resilience of mind & heart to do this not only for a single round, but to keep at it week after week, year after year.

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CDA State Finals 2018: Tanzer/Hunt (Hive, left); Volpitta/Warneryd (St. Luke’s, right)