APRIL 2, 2009 FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY

THE BEGINNING…

THE WELCOMING CEREMONY DFLL FACULTY AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTS WELCOME HIGH SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AREA SCHOOLS.

APPROXIMATELY 1,360 STUDENTS ATTENDED THIS YEAR’S EVENT.

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, RICK WILLIAMS, GUEST MASTER OF CEREMONIES

MORE WELCOMING FESTIVITIES

CALLIGRAPHY & ORIGAMI

YOUR NAME IN…

ARABIC

YOUR NAME IN…

JAPANESE WAITING FOR THE LINES TO FORM!

DR KIM WRITES A STUDENT’S NAME IN JAPANESE THE ALWAYS POPULAR CALLIGRAPHY TABLES

MORE CALLIGRAPHY ARTISTS

Your name in…

CHINESE AND KOREAN, TOO !

HAPPY CUSTOMERS

OODLES OF ORIGAMI!

ANOTHER POPULAR EVENT AT FLD

SOME OF OUR MANY TALENTED PRESENTER S

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS (PICTURED RIGHT): JACK ONIEVA, CARROLL BUITRAGO-LONG, AND HORUS COREA CAROLL BUITRAGO-LONG AND HORUS COREA DANCE FOR THE SPECTATORS (PICTURED FAR RIGHT).

LATIN AMERICA: LAND & MUSIC

LATIN AMERICA: LAND & MUSIC

CAROLL BUITRAGO-LONG DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

PRESENTERS: DR CAROLA DAFFNER AND SIU GERMAN STUDENTS GERMAN SCHILLER SKIT

SALSA DANCING WITH JULIO BARRENZUELA IS…

HOT, HOT, HOT!

SPECTATORS ENJOY THE BELLY DANCING PRESENTATION

LIDIA STAHL AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALEJANDRO CACERES PREPARE TO TANGO

SCHOLAR BOWLS!

WAITING FOR SCHOLAR BOWL TO BEGIN WONDERING WHAT TROPHY OUR TEAM WILL WIN THIS YEAR?

LET THE GAMES BEGIN… MARIA BELL AT A SPANISH SCHOLAR BOWL MATCH DR VERONIQUE MAISIER AT A FRENCH SCHOLAR BOWL MATCH

SOME SCHOLAR BOWL PARTICIPANTS

VERY SOON EVERYONE WILL HEAR… “AND THE WINNERS ARE…”

SOME OF THE VERY HAPPY WINNERS!

DIRECTOR OF LMC AND CHAIR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY, DR. THOM THIBEAULT JOINED THE FLD FESTIVITIES VIA SKYPE

STUDENT PICS WE’RE SO GLAD YOU CAME!

MANY THANKS TO OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS STEVEE MCINTRYE (LEFT) AND TUGIYANTO (RIGHT) AND TOBY MERRIMAN AN D THE LMC CREW SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ON APRIL 15, 2010! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!