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. Margarets
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
