A Vous la Parole
Minnesota-AATF
Oral French Contest
April 10th, 2008
(Founded
by Michel Monnot & sponsored annually by the MN-AATF)
9:00 am - 1:30 pm
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities, East Bank
Coffman Union
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Participating Schools
Academy
of Holy Angels
Blake
School
Breck
Middle School
Breck
Upper School
Central
High School
Chaska
High School
Como
Park Senior High School
Cooper
High School
Edina
High School
Harding
High School
Hidden
Oaks Middle School (Prior Lake)
Highland
Park Junior High School
Highland
Park Senior High School
Hopkins
High School
Kennedy
High School
Lake
Country School
Lakeville
South High School
Marcy
Open School
Minnehaha
Academy
Northfield
High School
Prior
Lake High School
Rosemount
High School
St.
Paul Academy
Stillwater
Area High School
Washington
Tech Magnet Middle Sch (St. Paul)
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Lydia Belateche, U of MN TC, MN-AATF President, Moderator
Sing-a-long led by
Laurent Dechery, Gustavus Adolphus, Immediate Past-Pres. 
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The Ratings
**** excellent (bleu)
*** tres
bien (rouge)
** bien (blanc)
* assez bien
Registration 8:30-9:00 in the
Great Hall
Judges Meeting 8:15-9:00 in room 333
Opening Ceremony 9:00-9:20 in the Great Hall
Performances
9:35-1:30 in various locations
Room Description
301
Prose
& Poetry – French I
302
Prose
& Poetry – Fr. II & III
303A Prose
& Poetry – Fr. III & IV
303B Prose
& Poetry – Fr. III, V & special
332
- Theater - Beginning
and Advanced Theater
– Intermed.
and Advanced
325 Song
– Beginning Solos
321 – Miss. Song
- Beg. & Adv. Small Groups
307 – Board Song
– Adv. Solos & Adv. Sm. Groups
Great Hall Song
– all Large Groups
303C Reading
– Beginning and Advanced
304 prep.
room for extemp. categories
305 Reading
– Intermed. and Conversation
326 viewing
of video/DVD entries
Miss. Lounge open
area
323 open
area
324 open
area
319 Awards
room
333 Judges'
room (meeting and breaks)
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More than 600 students
(some of whom presented in more than one category) gathered in Coffman Union on
the University of Minnesota campus the morning of April 10th to compete in the
2008 A Vous la Parole oral contest.
A total of 697 medals
were awarded: 296 blue, 300 red and 101 white) in the various categories of
prose/poetry, song, theater, reading, conversation and (original DVD =
submitted in advance).
A special thank you to
Lydia Belateche for emceeing the opening ceremony and Laurent Dechery for
leading a sing-along before the judging began.
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Random AVLP 2008 Contestants
AVLP 2008 Organized
by
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Clare Hagen, coordinator, scheduling
& awards
Betsy Kerr, judges & on-site
Anne Muske, t-shirts
Special
thanks to -
*University of
Minnesota Department of French and Italian
*Minnesota AATF Board
*Minnesota State
University, Mankato - Dept. of Modern Languages
(donation of money towards door prizes)
*Rosemount High School
Students (collection of judging
sheets and preparation of awards packets)
Habeeba
Afzal, Shelby Gamache, Jill Judy, Kacey Kujala,
Eva Li,
Courtney Marti, Jana Shurts & Ashley Wolfgang
*Lydia Belateche (this
year's theme)
*Yevette Willaert from Lakeville South High School (logo
design)
Clare Hagen & helpers in the Awards Room
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Judges
Ruth Aaskov Eugene Edie
Edward
Stafford
Laura Anderson Mary
Jo Eide Anna
Tahinci
Gaelle Berg Nelly
T. Hewett Jerry
[Wagnild] Tarmann
Lydia Belateche Betsy
Kerr Annette
Thunnissen
Celine Braun Stephanie
Lohse Sophie
Toner
Karine Cantin Patricia
Mougel Rick
Treece
Anca Coleman Vaara
Ostrin Peter
Vantine
Coleen Colton Jane
Simon Mary
Lou Wolsey
Laurent Dechery Eileen Sivert
JUDGES' ROOM
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