Fort Benton High School is pleased and excited to invite you to the FBHS speech, drama, and debate meet on Saturday, December 9, 2023.

Registration can be done on tabroom at http://fortbenton.tabroom.com Preliminary registration will be open on November 6^th. Due to space and time constraints, no double entry is allowed and you can register up to three students in each event. I will be limiting this tournament to primarily Northern B/C schools with a few exceptions. If you are interested in attending our meet and are not in the Northern B/C, please reach out to me to see if we have room for you – I will do my best to work your team in! Most events will be limited to one section of 8 entries due to room availability, but I will consider opening a second section of some events if the need arises. Some events with low numbers will be combined.

No new schools will be allowed after Friday, December 1^st. Please complete all drops and adds by noon on Wednesday, December 6^th. Please call/text (406) 621-0428 after Wednesday. Check-In will be at Fort Benton High School main office from 7:30-8:30.

Fees: Entry fees will be $5.00 per slot filled (i.e.a policy debate team will be $10). A list of all entries and charges will be emailed out by Thursday, December 7^th at 6:00 and are also available on the Tabroom “fees” page. There will be a $5.00 school (team) fee.

All MHSA b/c rules apply.

All events will be held at Fort Benton High School. Concessions will be available at the High School from 11:30 until 2:00 with payments due at the time of purchase. Please note that no tabs will be allowed.

A full hospitality room will be available to coaches, judges, and drivers in the High School FACS room.

Student commons will be in the lower bleachers of the gym at the high school. Students must wait until judges are present to enter competition rooms. Finals will have 3 judges and students must wait until all 3 are present to enter the room.

Preliminary rounds are planned for 9:00, 10:30, and noon, with finals at 2 p.m. Extemp draw will begin a half-hour before the round. Finals will be held for all speech and drama events with awards (optimistically) at 4:00 in the high school gym. If there are 3 or fewer competitors in any given speech or drama event, we will hold finals as long as we have judges available. Any debate events with 3 or fewer entries will be a round robin competition, with no finals. .

We will be tabbing on computers in the high school library. Sweeps will be split into three; Speech, Drama, and Debate

PLEASE NOTE: The Lincoln/Douglas Debate and Public Forum Debate will use the November/December topic.

Any questions or concerns please contact Coach Amy Hanson. We look forward to seeing you and your team!

Coach Amy Hanson

Fort Benton High School

Speech & Drama Head Coach, MS/HS Secretary

(C) 621-0428 (W) 406-622-2200 email: ahanson@fortbenton.k12.mt.us