• Instant Challenge Day-Monday, Feb. 17 at Groton Elementary from 1pm-4pm.  The Groton DI teams and a few from another school in our region will be attending.  This is a great learning experience for our DI kids!  Each Team Manager has an instant challenge prepared and will be located in different rooms in the school.  The teams then rotate to the different instant challenges (about 15-20min. in each IC).  This is beneficial for the teams as they experience different challenges and comments from the "appraisers" (team managers).  RISING STARS TEAM WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE INSTANT CHALLENGE DAY-
• Sunday, Mar. 2-Dessert Theater 2-4 (approx.) at Groton Elementary Gym  -  All Groton DI teams present their performance, giving them a "trial run" in front of an audience before regional tournament.  Each team provides 2-3 desserts and desserts are served with a free will offering taken.  This is a great way for the kids to have a practice before regions and an opportunity for the community to see what DI is all about and watch all the teams!
• Regional DI tournament - Saturday, March 8 in Aberdeen @NSU
• State DI tournament - (for those teams placing 1st or 2nd at Regional Tournament) Saturday, March 29 in Pierre at Riggs High School  --Rising Stars team does not have to worry about this date