Hello, Discoverers!
While spring activities are in full swing, one season has just come to its close. The Spanish 4 and Spanish 5 classes competed at the annual UNL Language Fair last Thursday.
Now, you may be asking yourself, “What is the UNL Language Fair?” Essentially, it’s a large event hosted at UNL once a year where students from all over Nebraska come to compete in the various foreign languages they learn at school: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. There are numerous events that students can take part in. For non-live events (ones that students turn in prior to the event), there is a poster/painting contest, as well as a short film contest. For live events, there is music, drama, folk dance, and poetry. Most CHS students prepare one non-live event and two live events. This year, the theme of the competition was the beauty of the world.
Prior to the event, I interviewed a few students to ask how they were feeling. Overall, it’s a mix of nerves and excitement.
Jose Rojo noted, “I’m very nervous, but I’m also very excited to see our hard work come together! I’m really excited to see all the other events and what other schools have done.”
JaRae Nickolite said, “I’m a little nervous since it’s my first time competing, but I’m really excited to see how we do.”
Jack Baptiste remarked, “I feel that we’ve put a lot of time and effort into practicing, and we are prepared to compete. I’m most excited to perform my play with Sadie [Luebbe], JaRae, and Makenna [Inman] in front of the judges.”
As for the results? CHS brought home many trophies!
Taylor Alexander competed in both a play and a dance. She did the play with Emily Mowrey, and they both did the dance with Aliyah Betz and Tressa Kucera. Alexander remarked, “Competing was scary, but it wasn’t that bad when I got into it. I’m very happy with how we did—although it could’ve gone a little better. But we won both! It was shocking to all of us, but it was a really nice feeling, especially considering Emily didn’t think we would.
Emily Mowrey said, “I was absolutely shocked that I won. I made a few mistakes, and I thought the others were good.”
Jack Baptiste remarked, “It was scary to perform, especially since it was our first time at the competition. But overall, I think we did well, although we didn’t win the play. However, my group won the short film, and I was excited about that because we were not expecting it.”
That’s a wrap on the Spanish competition season! Now the upper-level Spanish classes can celebrate their hard work and get ready for their final project: teaching in the elementary schools, a favorite of students!
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