Welcome to the Fremont High School Speech Tournament!
The Fremont High Speech Team cordially invites you to attend the Fremont Speech Tournament to be held on Friday, Jan. 21st, 2021. We will have three preliminary rounds and then finals.
Please read over the invitation and call or e-mail if you have questions at: tina.cope@fpsmail.org or 308-430-5061 OR aaron.pierce@fpsmail.org
ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 4:00 p.m. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th
EVENTS and RULES
We will offer the following events: Informative, Persuasive, Entertainment, Poetry, Humorous, Serious, Extemporaneous, Duo, OID, and Impromptu.
We will be following the NSDA rules for all of the events, though Duet Acting entries can be entered in Duo.
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 or Tina Cope with any changes at:
402-727-3050 (school)
402-705-6253 (Aaron's cell)
308-430-5061 (Tina's cell)
**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
Ribbons will be awarded in preliminary rounds for first place. 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
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
1:45 Registration on stage in the auditorium
2:30 General Meeting in Auditorium
2:30 Extemp. Draw--Round 1
3:00 Round 1 All events
4:00 Extemp. Draw--Round 2
4:30 Round 2 All events
5:30 Extemp Draw--Round 3
6:00 Round 3 All events
ASAP Finals posted in main entry way of school
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
Tina Cope
Email address: tina.cope@fpsmail.org
Phone number: 308-430-5061
Mailing address
1750 N. Lincoln Ave.
Fremont, NE 68025