The Lac Tournament

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General information

This is a High School tournament in Wisconsin.

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This is the first annual Lac Tournament, and Fond du Lac High School is excited to be back to host a WFCA tournmanet. A special thank you to Neenah, Oshkosh West, and Oshkosh North for providing so much support and encouragement to make this happen.

We will offer three rounds of preliminary competition of all standard WFCA events, and if sufficient entries warrant, we will also offer Novice Prose and Poetry competitions.

The top three finishers in all events will receive individual trophies, and we will be awarding medals to all other finalists.  We will award trophies to the top three teams in three divisions.  We will determine divisions based on entries the week of the tournament.

We are running a WFCA tournament, but we invite both WFCA and WISDAA schools to attend! 

ENTRIES:  Teams may enter as many entries as they would like with up to the top 25 counting toward the team score.  We welcome triple-entries in any category, but we ask that no students cross enter in extemp and radio, simply because it requires too much time during a round and will put us behind.  Note: Novice Prose/Poetry are only open to students competing in their first year of high school forensics; not their first year in the category.    

RULES:  WFCA rules will apply in all events.  To accommodate the category differences between WFCA and WISDAA, Public Address competitors may enter as Oratory entries.  We will advise judges not to penalize speeches in Oratory that resemble WISDAA Public Address speeches.  But please note, no chairs in Group Interpretation or the Solo Acting categories are allowed.  We will also be observing the 10-minute time limit for Group Interpretation and Play Acting.  Additionally, only 1 student is allowed to compete in an Informative Speech that demonstrates.  We will not disqualify students in the speech categories who use notes, regardless if using more than one note card.  However, the use of notes is subject to critique.  If you have any questions about which category to enter your WISDAA students in, please reach out.  We will be happy to walk you through it.

JUDGES:  Please provide one qualified judge for every five entries or fraction thereof.  If you are short on judges, you may hire one of our independent extra judges at a rate of $150/judge.  You must provide the number of judges you indicate on your original entry as of February 16 at 10:00 A.M. and any additional judges to accommodate any late adds.  We will be using electronic balloting, which requires your judges to come equipped with a laptop/tablet that has Internet access and a Speechwire account.  If this is an issue for your judges, please contact us ahead of time so that we may accommodate.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  Wednesday, March 20 at 5:00 P.M. via Speechwire.com.  Coaches should manage drops on Speechwire through 10:00 A.M. on Friday, March 22.  Entry fees will apply to any drops after this deadline. 

CONFIRMATION:  We will send you a confirmation e-mail the week of the tournament.  Each team will need to confirm their entries with us via text, 920-327-0411, by 7:15 A.M. on Saturday morning so we can accommodate any last-minute changes while keeping the tournament on time!  We will only allow day-of adds if competition space and schedule availability allow.

FEES:  $10 per individual entry and $15 for each group entry (Duo, Group Interp, and Play Acting) as of your team’s registration on Speechwire through 10:00 A.M. on Friday, March 22.  Please make checks payable to Fond du Lac Forensics.  Registration fees will still apply to any entries dropped after 10:00 A.M. on Friday.

FOOD:  We will provide a complimentary breakfast and lunch to judges and coaches.  Students will be able to purchase breakfast and lunch items.  We will have more specific menu information closer to the tournament.

ACCESSIBILITY:  Please let us know if any students or judges require special accessibility needs, and we will be happy to accommodate. 

QUESTIONS?: Contact Andy Brault by phone 920-327-0411 or email braulta@fonddulac.k12.wi.us.

Schedule          -           Saturday, March 23, 2024

Prior to 7:15………Text-in confirmation (920-327-0411)

7:30-8:15…………….Registration

8:15…………………….Radio/Extemp Draw

8:45…………………….Round 1, All Events

10:00…………………..Round 2, All Events

11:15…………………..Round 3, All events

1:15…………………….Power Rounds

2:45…………………….Awards

We are counting down the days until we have the pleasure of hosting your Forensic teams.

Thanks!

Andy Brault                                                             Laura Johnson                       

Tournament Director, Forensics Coach                        Assistant Forensics Coach             

Manager contact information

Andy Brault
Email address: braulta@fonddulac.k12.wi.us
Phone number: 920-327-0411

Mailing address

Fond du lac High School
801 Campus Dr.
Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Important tournament rooms

Extemp/Radio Prep - 2793

Manager contact information

Andy Brault
Email address: andybrault@gmail.com
Phone number: 9203270411

Mailing address

801 Campus Dr
FOND DU LAC, WI 54935