“Depending on your location in the United States, Declamation might not be an offered event for your league. Or if it is offered it might be an event only available for freshmen or sophomores to compete. Certainly every league has their rational for their opposition to carry (or marginally offer) this event. Perhaps it is because Declamation is often seen as a precursor for Original Oratory. Maybe it is because the National Forensics League does not even acknowledge its existence. Whatever the cause, Declamation is beyond a supplemental or consolation event--it is a renegade that manages to surface among the”
