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February 18, 2026

Dear Coach:

You and your team are invited to the Halstead High School Dragon Forensics Invitational to be held April 4.

HEADS UP: We are under some bond issue construction. We will not have the use of a few rooms in the high school and we also do not have a FACS kitchen, meaning hospitality will be pizza.

Please register online at http://hhs4n6.tabroom.com/. Entries are $6 for individual events and $12 for partner events. Schools are allowed up to 20 entries but will be given extras based on space and judge and space availability. In general, I work really hard to ensure that no matter our numbers, we find space and judges for your kids. That being said, PLEASE DO NOT PUT IN ENTRIES AS PLACEHOLDERS. This messes with my planning quite a bit and reducing the size of my tournament by 150 entries in the last four days makes me want to say words that I shouldn’t say around small children. I don’t want an extra 40 entries at the last minute either, but please just make sure entries reflect reality.

Sweeps will be based on 16 entries but may be adjusted later based on the size of the meet. If the size of the meet warrants it, we will break 8 to finals instead of 6. We also traditionally use our middle school building in addition to our high school building, so your students might have to do some hiking across the parking lot.

We will offer the following events unless entry levels require otherwise:

Humorous Solo Acting Serious Solo Acting Duet Acting

Improvised Duet Acting Prose Poetry

Extemporaneous Speaking Oration Info 7

Impromptu Speaking POI Info 10

Middle School Division

WE WILL ALSO HOST A MIDDLE SCHOOL FESTIVAL-STYLE DIVISION.

• ONLY students who are in 8th grade or younger may enter

• Students may enter into any event you would like them to do. They will perform three times. Instead of a rank, they will receive a “rating” for each time they perform. They may spectate during finals. Middle schoolers will be recognized at the award ceremony.

• You can enter Middle School information here

Saturday Schedule (subject to change based on tournament size):

Registration: 7:00 am to 8:00 am

Round one: 8:00 am to 9:30 am

Round two: 9:45 am to 11:15 am

Round three: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Lunch (concessions offered)

Final draw: 1:30 pm

Final round: 1:45 pm

Awards: ASAP

Final Entries are due by Friday March 27.

See you soon!