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I'm not sure how to handle Tulane's date issue. If only two teams from each district go to LAAC, then Tulane might only lose a few teams on the 31st, which wouldn't hurt the turnout too much. If everyone competes at LAAC, then I have no clue how they should handle it. April 7th puts it the week bef...

Does Byrd do LAAC? Apparently the LAAC state championship is scheduled for the 31st, possibly eliminating yet another date for Tulane's tournament. Every team in North La does LAAC, because what else is there to do? Does anyone have info on how the LAAC championship actually works? In the past ther...

Naturally I'm going to suggest the 31st. New Orleans Rally being set up with only one event and everyone taking the test at the same time (I'm guessing, the other districts all have multiple sessions) makes it possible for those teams in New Orleans I guess, but that still requires compensating for ...

I was under the impression that there was no perfect day to host this any weekend after Mardi Gras--that many LA high schools would be busy in some way or another and unfortunately would not be able to make it. I emailed as many schools as I had contact information and asked which date would work b...

Updates: Yesterday was History Bowl at LSMSA in Natchitoches. Enjoyed it. Byrd won first place, a pair of brothers came from Baton Rouge Magnet (they were completely unaffiliated with the QB Team) and got 2nd. St. Mary's in Natchitoches is hosting a tournament on February 4th. I'm pretty sure there'...

I don't see how anyone could avoid Literary Rally and still make this. Our Rally has 3 sessions at approximately 9 AM, 10 AM, and 11 AM. I don't know how it works in the other districts, but I have trouble believing anyone could get there at a reasonable time after Rally. Even if they could, that wo...

Glad it went well, I was hoping we could make it to this tournament but we've already played the set. Hopefully we can make it next time.

I've been waiting on this thread forever, can't believe I missed it. LSU hosted an NAQT tournament on the 19th that we attended. So far this year I've only known of two LAAC tournaments (Alexandria A+ and Tal Atkins) and then the two NAQT Tournaments (Lafayette and LSU). I really want to host a tour...

What's the field for this looking like? We should be sending a team unless something goes wrong.

Along the lines of The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy and other books that cover the basics, "I Used to Know That (stuff you forgot from school)" is a great book for covering basics. It's 175 pages, novel sized. You could probably take away a third of that by removing the math sections th...

What exactly is the price on this? I keep seeing how expensive this is being thrown around and I haven't seen numbers anywhere. I think I might try to get my coach to talk to LAAC later in the year about getting a Louisiana team together depending on various things. Although we'd probably get destro...