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 -
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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