FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY

• APRIL 2, 2009

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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 YEARS EVENT.
EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, RICK WILLIAMS,
GUEST MASTER OF CEREMONIES
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MORE WELCOMING FESTIVITIES
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CALLIGRAPHY ORIGAMI
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THE ALWAYS POPULAR CALLIGRAPHY TABLES

• Your name in

• Your name in

JAPANESE

• ARABIC

WAITING FOR THE LINES TO FORM!
DR KIM WRITES A STUDENTS NAME IN JAPANESE
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MORE CALLIGRAPHY ARTISTS
Your name in CHINESE AND KOREAN, TOO!
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HAPPY CUSTOMERS
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OODLES OF ORIGAMI!
ANOTHER POPULAR EVENT AT FLD
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SOME OF OUR MANY TALENTED PRESENTERS
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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).

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LATIN AMERICA LAND MUSIC
CAROLL BUITRAGO-LONG
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
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GERMAN SCHILLER SKIT

• PRESENTERS DR CAROLA DAFFNER AND SIU GERMAN
  STUDENTS

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SALSA DANCING WITH JULIO BARRENZUELA IS
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HOT, HOT, HOT!
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SPECTATORS ENJOY THE BELLY DANCING PRESENTATION
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LIDIA STAHL AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALEJANDRO
CACERES PREPARE TO TANGO
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SCHOLAR BOWLS!
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WAITING FOR SCHOLAR BOWL TO BEGIN
WONDERING WHAT TROPHY OUR TEAM WILL WIN THIS YEAR?
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
MARIA BELL AT A SPANISH SCHOLAR BOWL MATCH
DR VERONIQUE MAISIER AT A FRENCH SCHOLAR BOWL
MATCH
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SOME SCHOLAR BOWL PARTICIPANTS
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AND THE WINNERS ARE
VERY SOON EVERYONE WILL HEAR
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SOME OF THE VERY HAPPY WINNERS!
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DIRECTOR OF LMC AND CHAIR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DAY, DR. THOM THIBEAULT
JOINED THE FLD FESTIVITIES VIA SKYPE
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STUDENT PICS
WERE SO GLAD YOU CAME!
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MANY THANKS TO OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
STEVEE MCINTRYE (LEFT) AND TUGIYANTO (RIGHT)
AND
TOBY MERRIMAN AND THE LMC CREW
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ON APRIL 15, 2010! MARK YOUR
CALENDARS!