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The Fremont High Speech Team cordially invites you to attend the Fremont Speech Tournament to be held on Friday, January 11th, 2025. We will have three preliminary rounds and then finals.

Please read over the invitation and call or e-mail if you have questions. Aaron can be reached at aaron.pierce@fpsmail.org or by phone at 402-705-6253. Tina can be reached at tina.cope@fpsmail.org or by phone at 308-430-5061

ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 4:00 p.m. ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th

EVENTS and RULES

We will offer the following events: Informative, Oratory, Entertainment, Poetry, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Extemporaneous, Duo, OID, and Impromptu.

We will be following the NSDA rules for all of the events, though Duet Acting pieces may be entered as Duos.

Additionally, as per NSDA rules, Informative Speaking will also have a ten-minute time limit, as opposed to eight minutes.

ENTRIES and FEES

Students may triple enter. However, we will not hold a round if they are running late.

Entry fee will be $8.00 per event (Duo counts as one event).

Any entry not covered by your judges will cost an additional $30.00 per entry.

LATE CHANGES

After the deadline, please contact Aaron Pierce with any changes at:

402-727-3050 (school)

402-705-6253 (cell [texting preferred])

aaron.pierce@fpsmail.org

**There will be NO refunds for drops after your entry has been received**

JUDGES

You must provide one qualified judge for every five (5) entries.

Any entry not “covered” by your judges will cost an additional $30.00 per entry.

Please try to cover as many judges as possible.

ALL JUDGES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR FINALS.

AWARDS

Plaques will be awarded to the champion in each event with medals for 2nd–6th place. Sweepstakes will be awarded to the top two teams.

CONCESSIONS

There will be a concession stand and a judges and coaches lounge provided all evening.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY SCHEDULE (subject to change)

7:30 Registration on stage in the auditorium

8:30 General Meeting in Auditorium

8:30 Extemp. Draw--Round 1

9:00 Round 1 All events

10:00 Extemp. Draw--Round 2

10:30 Round 2 All events

11:30 Extemp Draw--Round 3

12:00 Round 3 All events

ASAP Finals posted in common areas across the building.

ASAP Awards

**We will send six students in all events to finals, and if entries allow six to honors finals, and 6 to merit finals in all events EXCEPT OID, which will only have champs and honors (with 4 teams in each).

**Ties in finals will be broken on the following criteria:(1) Judges preference, (2) Reciprocals, (3) Total Points**

We look forward to a great tournament and to seeing all of you!

Aaron Pierce, FHS Speech Coach, Tina Cope, Director of Forensics, and the Fremont Speech Team

Manager contact information

Aaron Pierce

Email address: aaron.pierce@fpsmail.org

Phone number: 402-705-6253

Tina Cope

Email address: tina.cope@fpsmail.org

Phone number: 308-430-5061

Mailing address

1750 N. Lincoln Ave.

Fremont, NE 68025

Aaron Pierce
Email address: aaron.pierce@fpsmail.org
Phone number: 402-705-6253