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Delta Phi Alpha - Rutgers University

Drama and Poetry Declamation Competition

 
     
 
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 3pm
 
 
 
 
Rutgers University
   
     
 
10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick NJ
   
 
Register online by April 15, 2008.
   
       
 
Last year, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of this special event sponsored by the Rutgers chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the national honor society for students of German. Over 30 students from area middle and high schools took part and entertained a standing-room-only crowd with performances of songs, poetry and scenes from various German-language plays.
   
     
     
  GENERAL INFORMATION
(Please note modified performance standards adopted in Spring 2005.)		  
     
 
  1. Students are encouraged to recite a poetry or prose selection OR to perform a dramatic scene or song.
  2. Selections should be appropriate for the student’s interest and ability.
  3. All selections must be memorized and delivered in German.
  4. For group performances, each participant must have a speaking role.
  5. No amplification (other than the microphone provided) is allowed.
  
     
 

Each teacher is allowed to register up to two performances in competition category:

BEGINNER: students in their first year of German study

ADVANCED: students in their second year or higher of German study

  
     
 

All performances must be registered by April 15, 2008.

  
     
 
 
 
if the above link does not work, please copy the following url into your browser: http://german.rutgers.edu/forms/form4.html
  
     
  Please direct any questions to Professor Martha Helfer at mhelfer@rci.rutgers.edu  
     
   
     
     

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