FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY

APRIL 2, 2009

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

THE ALWAYS POPULAR CALLIGRAPHY TABLES

YOUR NAME IN…YOUR NAME IN…

ARABICJAPANESE

DR KIM WRITES A STUDENT’S NAME IN

JAPANESE

WAITING FOR THE LINES TO FORM!

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 PRESENTERS

LATIN AMERICA: LAND & MUSIC

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

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

CAROLL BUITRAGO-LONG

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!

GERMAN SCHILLER SKIT

PRESENTERS: DR CAROLA DAFFNER AND SIU GERMAN STUDENTS

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

“AND THE WINNERS ARE…”

VERY SOON EVERYONE WILL HEAR…

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

AND

TOBY MERRIMAN AND THE LMC

CREW

STEVEE MCINTRYE (LEFT) AND TUGIYANTO (RIGHT)

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ON APRIL 15, 2010! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!