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The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Monmouth College cordially invite you to the Wisconsin-Ilinois (W.I.) Love Fest. The Grace Walsh Individual Events Tournament (affectionately called the G.W.I.E.T.), hosted by UW-Eau Claire will be held on Saturday, February 10^th. Monmouth will host the Fighting Scot Invitational on Sunday, February 11^th. Both tournaments will be held on the UWEC campus in Eau Claire. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, your team can participate in many “love” activities. We will crown a “Love King” and “Love Queen” for the G.W.I.E.T. All of the proceeds from our love festivities will go to a charity.

Both tournaments will offer two preliminary rounds and finals in all NFA events. Awards will be given to finalists in each event and to the top five teams. Team sweepstakes and quadrathon awards for the swing as a whole will also be awarded on Sunday.

And, as always, UWEC will continue their traditional GRACE WALSH AWARD -- be sure to read and complete the special insert attached to this invitation.

We would love to have you join us for “Love Fest.” For the love of forensics, come join us in Wisconsin where the weather is cold, but the people are warm.

Deadline for entries: Tuesday, February 6 at 5:00 pm CST - No entries will be accepted after this deadline!

Fees assessed: Wednesday, February 7 at 12:00 pm CST - Drops after this time will be charged a fee.

SCHEDULE - Sunday, February 11, 2018 (Monmouth College at UWEC)

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

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

8:30 am Round I A

9:45 am Extemp Draw

10:00 am Round II A (Extemp @ 10:15 am)

11:15 am Lunch Break

12:00 pm Round I B

1:15 pm Round II B

2:30 pm Extemp Draw for Finals

2:45 pm Finals A (Extemp @ 3:00 pm)

4:30 pm Finals B

ASAP Awards –Dakota Ballroom (Davies 3^rd Floor)

** On Sunday we will attempt to collapse finals

PATTERN A: Extemp, Persuasion, POI, Poetry, ADS, Duo

PATTERN B: Impromptu, Informative, Prose, DI, CA

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

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

Sunday—Rd 1 (Single Word), Rd 2 (Ethical Dilemma), and Finals (Hall of Fame Quotations)

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 7^th at 12:00 noon. Drops made after noon on February 7^th will be assessed $10.00 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 morriskr@uwec.edu. For questions regarding the Fighting Scots Invitational, email Rebecca Buel Young at rbuel@monmouthcollege.edu.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Our traditional hotel (Clarion) is used for overflow for UWEC residence halls this year. As such, we will be moving to Holiday Inn-South as the tournament hotel. However, this means we don’t have the room for the Karaoke this year. We hope to have it next year.

Holiday Inn –South

Official Love Fest Hotel