2002 COMPETITION RESULTS

FRENCH SKIT COMPETITION
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE  – Everett High School (A. Reneé Lyons: "La Nouvelle Librairie")
SECOND PLACE TIE – Bay City Central High School (Kim Dodge:  "Le petit prince") and Gratiot Isabella RESD (Andrea Dykstra/Gereon Methner:  "Au Restaurant")
THIRD PLACE  – Houghton Lake High School (Erin Glomski: "Festival of Fools")

FRENCH SONGS
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Grand Ledge High School (Susan Sowle:  "Le Petit Navire")
SECOND PLACE  – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz:  "Amour a pouvoir")
THIRD PLACE – Garber High School (Carole Sauve:  "S'il suffisait")

FRENCH POETRY-INTERPRETIVE READING
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz: "La Belle et la Bête")
SECOND PLACE – Owen-Gage High School (Sandy Juengel: "Tin tin en Aménique")
THIRD PLACE  – Everett High School (A. Reneé Lyons: "Le boteau lure")

GERMAN SKIT COMPETITION
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Lakewood High School (Erin Wacyk: "Max und Moritz")
SECOND PLACE  – Caro High School (Erica Johnson:  "Können wir Freunde sein")
THIRD PLACE  –  Lake Orion High School (Mark Reierstad:  "Stephan Arnold Show")

GERMAN SONGS
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Grand Ledge High School (Jackie Jancek: "Liechtensteiner Polka")
SECOND PLACE  – Frankenmuth High School (Friedhelm Illian: "Ständchen")
THIRD PLACE – Caro High School (Erica Johnson: "Ruhe")

GERMAN POETRY-INTERPRETIVE READING
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Frankenmuth High School (Friedhelm Illian: "Erlkönis")
SECOND PLACE  –  Lakewood High School (Erin Wacyk: "Freiheit")
THIRD PLACE –  East Jordan High School (Nathan Tarsa:  "Das Kleine Mädehen")

SPANISH SKIT COMPETITION I/II
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE - Garber High School (Amy Kreitzburg:  "La invitación a la fiesta de quince años")
SECOND PLACE – Pinckney High School (Martin-Carney:  "Jeopardy")
THIRD PLACE TIE – Garber High School (Amy Kreitzburg:  "Arnoldo el enamorado" and Coleman High School (Susan Walton:  "Un cuento soñoliento") 

SPANISH SONGS I/II
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Pinckney High School (Jeff Lampi:  "La plena de Pinckney")
SECOND PLACE  – Brethren High School (Stacey Massey: "Héroe")
THIRD PLACE – Garber High School (Amy Kreitzburg: "Cuando calienta el sol")
HONORABLE MENTION – Everett High School (Alfonso Salais Jr:  "Tú y las nubes" Instrumental)

SPANISH POETRY-INTERPRETIVE READING I/II
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Caro High School (Matt Salogar: "Mi último adiós"-abridged version)
SECOND PLACE – Buena Vista High School (Maria Arebalo: "Vida")
THIRD PLACE – East Jordan High School (Merri-Sue Cardwell: "El hipopótamo amarillo")

SPANISH SKIT COMPETITION III/IV/V
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Lakewood High School (Mary Roessler:  "Lupita y la Virgen de Guadalupe") 
SECOND PLACE  – Everett High School (Alfonso Salais Jr: "La Bamba")
THIRD PLACE  – Everett High School (Pam Schafer-Brown: "El mago de Oz")

SPANISH SONGS III/IV
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE –  Lakewood High School (Mary Roessler:  "La Bamba las mañanitas")
SECOND PLACE  –  Kingsley High School (Maria Suomi:  "Moscas en la casa")                                                            THIRD PLACE TIE –  Ludington High School (April Quisenberry-Alvarado:  "Cielito lindo") and Vestaburg High School (Karen Nickerson:  "Como una Flor")

SPANISH POETRY-INTERPRETIVE READING III/IV/V
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE –  Midland High School (Heather Avilés: "Selection from Pablo Neruda")
SECOND PLACE –  Lakewood High School (Rouesseler:  "Nocturno")
THIRD PLACE  –  Midland High School (Heather Avilé:  "Huevos verdes")
HONORABLE MENTION – H. H. Dow High School (Janet Sanborn:  "Arbolé, Arbolé")

DANCE
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – H. H. Dow High School (Connie Blanchard: "Español en fuego")
SECOND PLACE TIE – Croswell Lexington High School (Colleen Maki:  "Je t'aime") and Garber High School (Rodrigo Barassi: "Bomboleo")
THIRD PLACE – Lakewood High School (Mary Roessler: "Si ya se acabó")

DANCE II
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE –  Frankenmuth High School (Friedhelm Illian: "Schuplattle")
SECOND PLACE TIE – Grant High School (Colleen Comstock: "Tilingo, Tilingo") and East Lansing High School (Merry Jo Hill: "Cuban Medley")
THIRD PLACE – Ellsworth High School (Sonja Thibert:  "Los Gitanos")

POSTERS
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Mesick High School (Christi Hulett:  "A Whole new world")
SECOND PLACE – Cheboygan High School (Maggie Sturvist:  "Tossing together a world of languages")
THIRD PLACE – Kent City High School (Melissa Rich:  "Languages build bridges")

DISPLAYS
HONORABLE MENTION – Sacred Heart Academy (Lisa Gilbert:  "Flags of the World") and Grant High School (Carol Korenstra:  "Roman Aquaducts")

FRENCH
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz:  "Eurotunnel Vision:   Realizing Cross Cultural Dreams")   
SECOND PLACE – Garber High School (Carole Suave:  "Cities in France:   Cultural Awareness through Rengional Cities")
THIRD PLACE TIE – Bay City Central High School (Kim Dodge: "Cities of France") and Cheboygan High School (Maggie Sturvist: "History of France")          

GERMAN
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Atlanta High School (Michele Eising:  "The Brandenburg Gate")               
SECOND PLACE  – Caro High School (Erica Johnson: "History of the Swastika")  
THIRD PLACE  – Caro High School (Erica Johnson: "German Chocolate Display")

SPANISH
FIRST PLACE PLAQUE – Garber High School (Amy Kreitzberg: "Oaxaca's Beauty:   Wood Carvings")
SECOND PLACE TIE –  Kingsley High School (Maria Soumi: "Una ventana al alma de México:  El día de los muertos") and Pinckney High School (Ms Ruggero: "El baile de Flamenco")                                                           
THIRD PLACE TIE –  Kingsley High School (Maria Soumi: "The tradition of faith in México:  The aztecs through modern Catholicism") and White Cloud High School (Julie Sidlauskas: "Día de los muertos")