Lawrence Free State Firebird Speech Invitational NIETOC

2025 — Lawrence, KS/US

Schedule

Friday, March 14th

We do not have school. Arrive early around 2p. We will publish Round 1 and 2 pairings ASAP once all schools have confirmed attendance. Delay power matched. The first speech should start Promptly at 3p on the dot (or earlier!). Pick up pizza dinner around Round 3 or 4. Each during dead time. Hustle!

LD/PF Single Flights
Round 1 - 3p
Round 2 - 4p
Round 3 - 5p

Round 4 - 6p

Congress:
Session 1 3p-4:45p
Session 2 5:15p-7p

Novice Speech:

Will follow LD/PF with section sizes of under 4 on one hour time blocks. IX/USX/IDA will have a hard max of a section of 3. We will make sure everyone gets 4 performances.

Awards ASAP!

Saturday, March 15th (All Typical IE's)

Multi-enter at your own peril. There should be plenty of time. Judges will be instructed to wait at least 1 hour and 45 minutes before leaving.

Draw for Extemp starts at 8a. Draw in order of your entry on the pairing offset by 10mins.

Round 1 - 8a

Round 2 - 10a

Round 3 - 12p

Semi-Finals 2p

Finals 4p/ASAP

Awards ASAP