A VOUS LA
PAROLE
APRIL 21,
2009
( Oral French Contest
- Founded by Michel Monnot at Carleton College and sponsored annually by the MN-AATF
Minnesota
Chapter, American Association of
Teachers of French )

Winning T-shirt design
Impossible N'est Pas Francais
University of
Minnesota - T.C. east bank campus
Coffman Union

9:00 am -
1:30 pm
Registration 8:30-9:00
in Mississippi Lounge
Judges
Meeting 8:15-9:00
in room 333
Performances
9:00-1:00 in various locations
Room Description/Category
301 Prose
& Poetry (Cat. 2, 6 & 7)
302 Prose
& Poetry (Cat. 3 & 4)
303A Prose
& Poetry (Cat. 1, 5 & 8)
Pres. (332)
Theater (Cat. 9 & 10)
Theater
on 1st
Theater (Cat. 11)
Board (307)
Song (Cat. 14 & 17)
Miss.
(321)
Song (Cat. 15, 18 & some 16)
323 Song
(Cat. 13 & some 16)
303C Reading
(Cat. 20)
305 Reading
(Cat. 19 & 21)
303B Conversation
(Cat. 22)
304 prep.
room for categories 19-22
319 award
packet prep. room
324 quiet
rehearsal room
325 equipment/prop
storage room
326 viewing
of DVD entries
333 judges'
room (meeting and breaks)
Miss.
Lounge
morn. registration/t-shirt
pick-up
Photos courtesy of Traci Nelson
















Participating Schools
Academy of Holy Angels
Benilde-St. Margaretıs
The Blake School
Breck School
Central High School
Como Park Senior High
Cooper High School
Harding High School
Highland Park Junior & Senior High
Schools
Hopkins High School
International School of Minnesota
Lake Country School
Lakeville North High School
Lakeville South High School
Minnehaha Academy
Northfield High School
Perpich Center for the Arts High School
Rochester Public High Schools
St. Paul Academy & Summit School
Stillwater Area High School
The Awards
4 stars = excellent
(blue)
3 stars = tres bien (red)
2 stars = bien (white)
1 star = assez bien
There were 738 student entries
224 blue medals
359 red medals
139 white medals
were awarded.


The AVLP 2009 Committee
Clare Hagen
(overall coordinator, scheduling &
awards)
Betsy Kerr
(judges & on-site)
Anne Muske
(theme & t-shirts)

(l.) Traci R. Nelson, photographer
(r.) Clare
Hagen, Contest Coordinator
The Judges
Benjamin
Al-Hadad
Laura
Sbarra Anderson
Hanah
Berhane
Lydia
Belateche
Walter
Blue
Christina
Bouzouina
Marina
Calas
Anca
Coleman
Pat
Deckas-Becerra
Eugene
Edie
Courtney
Faragher
Isabelle
Fauchere
Shirley
Flittie
Nelly
T. Hewett
Mimi
Jennings
Holly
Kuisle
Christine
Lac
Sandrine
Micheyl
Vaara
Ostrin
Jane
Simon
Chichi
Steiner
Anna
Tahinci
Frederique
Toft
Annette
Thunnissen
Rick
Treece
Peter
Vantine
Trina
Whitaker
Mary
Lou Wolsey




Special thanks to:
Minnesota A.A.T.F. Lydia Belateche, Chapter president
U of M Department of
French and Italian (financial support)
Minnesota
State University, Mankato
Department of Modern Languages (monetary
donation)
Lakeville South French students
Alex Burniece, Megan Lavallee,
and Sarah Rosenthal
(logo design)
Traci Nelson (photography)
Brett Schneider, Amanda
Marthaler, Heather Hopkins, Periham MacDonald, Gabe Rurimnishiga, Jesse Loude,
An Phan & Chien Lee
(St. Paul Central High
School French students who served as award preparers)
Grand
Merci to Clare Hagen, contest coordinator par excellence!
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text edited and reformatted for mnaatf.org 24 avril & revised 3 May, 2009