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Qualifying Tournament Opening Ceremony Script Template

Speaker Dialogue Blocking Notes

Open the ceremony with a Parade
of Teams. (Optional)

A/V: Play some fun music as the

teams parade in – Emcee can
introduce each team, or teams can
introduce themselves).
Emcee Welcome to the [Insert Tournament Name]! Today, we
are here to celebrate the achievements of these
FIRST® LEGO® League teams! To open this event,
please stand for the WELCOME TO COUNTRY
(Please use your local protocol).
Emcee My name is [insert Emcee Name] and I will be your
Master of Ceremonies. We have special guests who
are joining us today. Please welcome [Introduce –
FIRST LEGO League Partner, tournament director,
sponsors, host site administrators, game announcer,
guest speaker, including titles and affiliation]
Emcee Let’s get the excitement building for the CITY
SHAPERSM Challenge!
Emcee In this year’s season, FIRST RISE powered by Star
Wars: Force for Change, teams around the world are
exploring what is means to imagine and build a city of
the future.

Here’s an exciting video from our friends in the

upcoming film, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, to
tell us more about this year’s season and the CITY
SHAPER Challenge.

Video A/V: Play video provided by FIRST

Package and Lucasfilm

Emcee This is an official FIRST LEGO League CITY SHAPER

Challenge tournament. FIRST and The LEGO Group
partnered to create this program in 1998. FIRST
LEGO League started that year with 200 teams. This
season, more than 320,000 kids in 100 countries are
participating around the world! FIRST LEGO League
teams prepared for this tournament by working on the
 Robot Game and a Innovation Project, and developing
their Core Values and teamwork.

For the CITY SHAPER Project, teams were challenged

to identify a problem with a building or public space in
their community, design a solution, and share their
solution with others. In the Robot Game, teams can
earn points during a 2.5-minute match.
Emcee The Robot Game and Innovation Project are what we
do. Our FIRST Core Values support how we do what
we do. When things get tough out there today you
never want to forget about Gracious Professionalism®.
It means competing like crazy against the clock, but
treating each other with respect. Keep that in mind if
you get a little tired or if something goes wrong. We all
have more fun – teams, coaches, parents, and
volunteers – when we treat each other with Gracious
Professionalism.
Emcee Let’s meet our judges! Would all of the judges please
stand? The judges evaluate teams in three areas –
Robot Design, Project, and Core Values. [Insert Name
of the Judge Advisor] is the Judge Advisor for this
tournament. Please give our judges a huge round of
applause.
Emcee Judges are great, but what about the folks dressed in
the black and white stripes! Would the referees please
stand! The referees serve as the Robot Game
officials. [Insert Name of Head Referee] is the Head
Referee. Please give our referee team a round of
applause.

Emcee This tournament is only possible due to the hard work

and dedication of our volunteers who have come out in
force to support this tournament. Volunteers, please
stand, or if you are already standing, please wave!
Thank you for your service. Let’s hear it for our
volunteers!

Emcee We also want to take a minute to give a nod to our

FIRST LEGO League Global Sponsors: NI, Rockwell
Automation, 3M, John Deere and of course, the
LEGO Group, in addition to our wonderful national
sponsors, whose support has made this tournament
possible. They are: Google, LEGO Education,
Macquarie University, Ford, The Walt Disney
Company, Lucas Film, and Bechtel.

Optional: We would also like to thank our local

sponsors [Insert names of local sponsors here]
Emcee shares any emergency
 procedures or housekeeping
information with the audience and
informs the audience where to get
information. Some information to
keep in mind that you might want to
add here:
a) Maintain respect for the
building and others
b) Keep areas clear and free of
clutter
c) Schedule information
d) Clarification about where
spectators can visit and
where they can’t (like team,
coach, and volunteer only
areas)
e) Locations of various
Outreach Activities (including
FIRST® LEGO® League Jr., if
applicable)
f) Where the Information table
is located
g) How to find the food and
vending areas
h) Promote sportsmanship and
have fun!
Emcee Good luck teams! Let the games begin!
A/V - play energizing music

 Total time for Opening

Ceremonies –
o Script time: 10 –
15 minutes,
excluding the
Parade of Teams.
o Parade of Teams:
Add 30 seconds
per team (optional
addition)
o Guest Speaker:
Add 5 minutes per
speaker – provide
the speaker with a
time limit and/or
prepare some
remarks to help
control the time
 You can always add a guest
speaker (related-Challenge
expert or other VIP, i.e.
major sponsor
representative or
spokesperson for the host
site). The speaker can be
placed following the national
anthem or later in the
ceremonies. Try not to bog
down your ceremonies with
too many talking heads.
 You can play an audio
recording or video of the
national anthem or you can
invite a singer to sing it or a
musical group to perform it.
(Per local protocol)
 Bottom line? The
ceremony is yours to create.
This template was created to
make the process easier for
you.