2017 Wisconsin-Illinois Love Fest

UW-Eau Claire and Monmouth College

February 11 and 12, 2017

Entry Information: A Quick Overview

Deadline for entries: Tuesday, February 7 at 5:00 P.M. CST

NO Entries will be accepted after this date.

Fees are assessed on Wednesday, February 8, 12:00 noon CST

Drops made after this time will be charged a drop fee.

TO ENTER:

Go to: http://www.speechwire.com

Grace Walsh Individual Events Tournament (G.W.E.I.T.)

Saturday, February 11, 2017 (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)

8:00 am Registration and Breakfast (Davies Student Center—3rd floor)

8:30 am Extemp Draw –Ojibwe (Davies 3rd Floor)

9:00 am Round I A

10:15 am Extemp Draw

10:45 am Round II A

12:00 pm Lunch Break

12:45 pm Round I B

2:00 pm Round II B

3:15 pm Extemp Draw for Finals

3:45 pm Finals A

5:15 pm Finals B

6:45 pm Awards—Dakota Ballroom (Davies 3rd Floor)

9:00 pm Karaoke at the Clarion

Fighting Scot Invitational

Sunday, February 12, 2017 (Monmouth College at UWEC)

7:30 am Registration and Breakfast (Davies Student Center—3rd floor)

8:00 am Extemp Draw –Ojibwe (Davies 3rd Floor)

8:30 am Round I A

9:45 am Extemp Draw

10:15 am Round II A

11:30 am Lunch Break

12:00 pm Round I B

1:15 pm Round II B

2:30 pm Extemp Draw for Finals

3:00 pm Finals A

4:30 pm Finals B

6:15 pm Awards –Dakota Ballroom (Davies 3rd Floor)

** On Sunday….we will attempt to collapse finals into one pattern if sufficient judges are available.

Patterns

Pattern A Pattern B

Extemp Impromptu

Persuasion Informative

POI Prose

Poetry DI

ADS CA

DUO

**Rules for all Individual Events are consistent with AFA rule descriptions.

However NFA impromptu prompts will be followed. For examples of these prompts go to http://www.nationalforensics.org/

Saturday—Rd 1 (Quotations), Rd 2 (Questions), and

Finals (Hall of Fame quotation)

Sunday—Rd 1 (Proverbs), Rd 2 (Ethical Dilemma), and

Finals (Quotation in Context)

ENTRIES: Event entries per team are unlimited, though teams entering large numbers in certain events might anticipate competing against teammates in prelims. Students may enter no more than THREE events per bracket. All entries will be made online at http://www.speechwire.com/

AWARDS: Awards will be presented to finalists in all events. Team sweepstakes awards will be given to the top five schools. Sweepstakes points will be given for points accumulated in final rounds only. Quadrathon awards will be given to the top five students. A student may enter quadrathon by entering any combination of four events.

FEES: Fees are $8.00 per entry. Each judge will cover six (6) slots. Uncovered slots are $10.00 each. Entry Fees will be assessed as of Wednesday, February 8th at 12:00 noon. Drops made after noon on February 8th will be assessed $5.00 per dropped slot. Drops made at registration will be assessed $10.00 fee per slot and $50.00 per dropped judge. Please make checks for both tournaments payable to payable to Pi Kappa Delta.

QUESTIONS: For questions regarding the GWIET, contact Karen Morris at (715) 836-3305 or e-mail at . For questions regarding the Fighting Scots Invitational, email Rebecca Buel at