2008 Foreign Language Day Results
Posters
1st Place – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz - Max Holmes “Bridge the Gap”)
2nd Place – Kalkaska High School (Mrs. Lugiewicz - Andrea Gilman & Jesi Tahtinen
“The Few Things that Hold Us Together”)
3rd Place – Carson City-Crystal High School (David Tharp – Alexa Tredenick
“The Branches that Bring the World Together”)
FRENCH
Dance
1st Place – Standish-Sterling High School (Mme. Lowrie – “L.O.V.E.”)
2nd Place – Kalkaska High School (Mrs. Lugiewicz – “Je lui dirai”
3rd Place – Bay City Central High School (Mme. Dodge – “Á cause des garçons”)
Displays
1st Place – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz – “Les Phantômes du Louvre”)
2nd Place – Garber High School (Carole Halaka – “L’Impressionisme du 19e Siecle”)
3rd Place – Garber High School (Carole Halaka – “Les Châteaux du Val de Loire”)
Poetry/Interpretive Reading
1st Place – Everett High School (Renée Lyons - “Déjeuner du matin”)
2nd Place – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz – “Correspondances”)
3rd Place – North Muskegon High School (Mme Billock – “La Cigale et la fourmi”)
Skits
1st Place - Caro High School (Ridge Seitz – “Le Bistro Monumental”)
2nd Place - North Muskegon High School (Bernadette Billock – “Blanche Neige”)
3rd Place – Croswell-Lexington High School (Colleen Maki – “Le Docteur Philippe:
Aimez vos amis”)
Songs
1st Place – North Muskegon High School (Bernadette Billock – “Ce rêve bleu”)
2nd Place TIE – Caro High School (Ridge Seitz – “Après un rêve”)
AND Garber High School (Carole Halaka – “Amour a pouvoir sur les dieux”
3rd Place – Grand Ledge High School (Susan Sowle “Il était un petit navire”)
GERMAN
Dance
1st Place – Lakewood High School (Erin Stepek – “Sonauschwäbischer Tanz”
2nd Place TIE – Bay City Central High School (Mrs. Elder – “Indigo Swing”)
AND Caro High School (Mr. Omstead – “Moskau”)
3rd Place – Bay City Central High School (Mrs. Elder – “Du erkennst mich nicht wieder”)
Display
1st Place – Bay City Central High School (Susan Elder – “Eine Zerissene stadt”)
2nd Place – Gladwin High School (Andrea Kistler – “Es War Einmal”)
3rd Place – Bay City Central High School (Susan Elder – Schloss Neuschwanstein”
Poetry/Interpretive Reading
1st Place – Bay City Central High School (Susan Elder – “Max und Moritz”)
Skits
1st Place – Lakewood High School (Erin Stepek – “Deutschlands Ungewöholiche
Geschichte in fünt Minoten”)
2nd Place – H.H. Dow High School (Herr Smith – “Doktor Eisenbart, das Musical”)
3rd Place TIE – Caro High School (Herr Omstead – “Tristan und Isolde”)
AND Midland High School (Herr Lopez – “Ein Tag in Der DDR”)
Songs
1st Place – Midland High School (Herr Lopez – “Millionär”)
2nd Place – Grand Ledge High School (Amy Lago – Sommerliebe”)
SPANISH
Dance
1st Place – McBain High School (Gary Vana – “El buledo de los viejos”)
2nd Place – East Lansing High School (Merry Jo Hill – “Salsa Rueda”)
3rd Place – Bullock Creek High School (Teresa Hahn – “El Mambo”)
Displays
1st Place – Kingsley High School (Maria Suomi – “Mi vida con le ole”)
2nd Place – Gaylord High School (Laura Hotelling – “El día de los muertos”)
3rd Place – East Jordan High School (Merri-Sue Cardwell – “Quipu-Inca Accounting”)
Poetry/Interpretive Readings I/II
1st Place – Garber High School (Mr. Barassi – “Una carta a dios”)
2nd Place – Kingsley High School (Mrs. Suomi – “Puedo escribir los versos”)
3rd Place – Kingsley High School (Mrs. Suomi – “Las tela rañas de Carlota”)
Poetry/Interpretive Readings III-V
1st Place – Lakewood High School (Mary Roessler – “Romance Sonámbulo”)
2nd Place – Midland High School (Patti Borus – “Guerra”
AND “Estoy triste y mis ojos no lloran”)
3rd Place – Montabella High School (Nikki Battjes – “Arte Poética”)
Skits I/II
1st Place – East Jordan High School (Merri-Sue Cardwell – “Caperucita Roja Mexicana”
2nd Place – McBain High School (Gary Vana – “El callejón del beso”)
3rd Place TIE – Montabella High School (Nikki Battjes – “Papel higiénico”)
AND Garber High School (Mr. Barassi – “Carta a Díos”)
Skits III-V
1st Place – H. H. Dow High School (Mary Wazny – “”Zorro”)
2nd Place – Midland High School (Patti Borus – “Clase de Baile”)
3rd Place – Lakewood High School (Mary Roessler – “Una Rosa Blanca”)
Songs I/II
1st Place – Arthur Hill High School (Roxanna Chantaca – “El Toro Relato”)
2nd Place – Coleman High School (Susan Walton – “One Semester of Spanish:
Spanish Love Song”)
3rd Place – Gladwin High School (Andrea Kistler – “Ríu, Ríu, Chíu”)
Songs III-V
1st Place – St. Patrick School (Jennifer Leon – “En mi viejo San Juan” – Puerto Rican
Song)
2nd Place TIE – Clare High School (Mrs. Schmidt – “Mi plegaria”)
AND Midland High School (Patti Borus – “A la nanita nana”)
3rd Place – Beaverton High School (Kristen Haskin – “Si una vez”)