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News and Updates
Changes and updates for 2024 (new!)
Contest
Promo Video #1 (students from one school tell why they
love contest)
Contest Promo
Video #2 (one student tells why she loves contest)
Teacher-to-Teacher Tips
"Texas State German Contest at 40" newsletter
series (full of tips for contest prep and Pass auf!
study material)
Houstonfest Scholarships
Scholarships at State
State Promo Video Contest
Tips for Pair Discussion
Arrival at Heights High School
Lunch options
Daily log of changes to
state-qualifier list
Photo Gallery
Important Dates
Tue., Jan. 16, 2024, 11:59
p.m.: Houstonfest registration
spreadsheet due for regular price of $12/student (payment does not have
to be mailed until 1/22).
Mon., Jan. 22, 2024, 11:59
p.m.: Houstonfest registration spreadsheet
due
for late price of $15/student. Deadline to postmark Houstonfest payment.
Sat., Jan. 27, 2024, 9:00 a.m.:
Submission of entries in the 7 virtual Houstonfest events due (get link to
Google Form from your teacher).
Tue., Jan. 30, 2024, 11:59 p.m.: Remote
judging of the 7 virtual Houstonfest events ends.
Wed., Jan. 31, 2024, 9:00 p.m.:
Houstonfest changes (adds,
drops, substitutions) due. After this point, no more changes will be allowed.
Sat., Feb. 3, 2024:
Houstonfest,
Heights High School, Houston.
Fri., Feb. 9, 2024, 11:59 p.m.: State
online registration due for "early bird" price of $12/student (payment does not
have to be mailed until 2/14).
Wed., Feb. 14, 2024, 11:59 p.m.: State
online registration due
for
regular price of
$15/student. Deadline to postmark State payment.
Sat., Feb. 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m.:
Submission of entries in the 7 virtual State events due (get link to
Google Form from your teacher). Also,
Mary El-Beheri Memorial Scholarship
applications due.
Mon., Feb. 19, 2024, 8:00 p.m.:
Entries in
promotional video contest
due to State director.
Tue., Feb. 20, 2024, 11:59 p.m.: Remote
judging of the 7 virtual State events ends.
Sat., Feb. 24, 2024:
Texas State German Contest, Texas State
University, San Marcos.
Sat., Mar. 2, 2024, 11:59 p.m.:
Houstonfest Scholarship applications due.
Sun., Mar. 10, 2024:
Gail Cope
State Scholarship applications due.
Tue., April 30, 2024:
Gail Cope Teacher Grant applications due.
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Schedule
Printer-friendly schedule -
Word
Printer-friendly schedule -
PDF
(fits on one page front-and-back;
will be posted a few days before contest)
Arrival instructions
Map of the Heights campus (will be posted a few days before contest)
Judging assignments -
PDF
Instructions for
judges of virtual events
Instructions for
judges of in-person events
(other than Pass auf! and written-test
proctors)
| General Schedule
2023 |
|
7:15-7:30 a.m. |
Judges who are not teachers
check in and pick up judging packets in the Teaching Theater. Complimentary donuts, kolaches,
fruit, coffee, juice,
soda, and
water will be served.
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|
7:30-8:00 a.m. |
Teachers check in and pick up judging packets
in the Teaching Theater. |
|
8:05-8:20 a.m. |
Brief but important
judges' meeting in the Teaching Theater. |
|
7:30 -
8:30 a.m. |
Students
should set up their art entries in the designated rooms and sign up for times to compete in
these events:
classical ensemble, contemporary music, directed dialogue, duet acting,
extemporaneous speaking, pair discussion, poetry memory, polka band, prose
memory, scavenger hunt, sight reading, and vocal solo. The sign-up lists will
be posted next to the doors of the rooms. |
|
8:30 a.m. |
Competition begins.
The first of two sessions for Timed Writing begins. Judging of art events
begins. Once you have set up your art in the proper room,
please leave the art area. The art rooms are off-limits to everyone but
the
judges except when you are setting up or taking down your entry. When
judges are not present, the art rooms will be locked, except from 1:00
to 1:30 to allow everyone to retrieve their entries and again briefly
after the awards ceremony. |
|
9:00 a.m. |
Training for written-test proctors begins
in Room M326. The second of two sessions for Timed Writing
begins. |
|
9:30-11:00 a.m. |
Advantaged Speaker Test: All contestants MUST
arrive by 9:30; this is the only opportunity of the day to take the
test, and there is no late admission. |
|
9:30 a.m. -
2:00 p.m. |
Written testing: 9 sessions beginning 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00,
11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30. You do NOT have to sign up for a time. |
|
11:30 a.m. -
12:00 noon |
Most contests end. Varsity Pass auf! ends at
1:00. Written tests end at 2:00. |
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|
Lunch at our on-campus vendors. |
|
1:00-1:30 p.m. |
Retrieve
art entries (not earlier, not later; doors to the art rooms will be
locked at all other times except 1:00-1:30 and again briefly after the
awards ceremony). Gather in the auditorium. |
|
1:30 p.m. |
Entertainment by the band
Das ist lustig. |
|
~3:30 p.m. |
Announcement of awards in the
auditorium. |
|
~4:30 p.m. |
Immediately after the awards ceremony, the doors to the
art rooms will be unlocked to allow students to retrieve their art
entries as they depart. |
| Judging Assignments |
| Event |
Room |
Judges |
| virtual:
Digital Logo Design |
online |
Charlotte
Rissky,
Timothy
Swenson,
Denise
Tanner |
| virtual:
Oral Presentation 4 |
online |
Ashley Clewis, Heidi Keschenat, Nadja Springer |
| virtual:
Oral Presentation Advant. |
online |
Sylvia Ehret, Manuela Sieber, Alexandra Wirth |
| virtual:
Photo Essay |
online |
Barbara Lott, Friedhelm Luening, Alexia Uhlendorf |
| virtual:
Poetry Reading 1 |
online |
Taleed Atieh, Miranda James, Sarai Macedo |
| virtual:
Poetry Reading 2 |
online |
Elke Crow, Manuela Hammer, Martina Luke-Dorn |
| virtual:
Poetry Reading 3 |
online |
Diana Bangert, Laura Braun, Alex Loddoch |
| virtual:
Poetry Reading 4 |
online |
Julia Castillo, Sylvia Ehret, Kurt Strack |
| virtual:
Prose Reading 1 |
online |
David Brenner, Tara McMartin, Rachel Newman |
| virtual:
Prose Reading 2 |
online |
Katharina Kley,
Miriam Lacayo,
Braden Muscarello |
| virtual:
Prose Reading 3 |
online |
Stephanie Harris, Denise Tanner |
| virtual:
Prose Reading 4 |
online |
Pauline Fritze, Barbara Homann, James Howell |
| virtual:
Research Paper |
online |
Jana Enderlein, Lars Grabow, Zola Lopeman |
| virtual:
Video Show |
online |
Christiane Galvani, Kim Mickelson, Maike Nawroth |
| Advantaged
Speaker Test |
M229 |
Michael Miller |
| Classical Ensemble,
Polka Band |
M130 |
Robert Herridge, Valina Witte |
| Club Album |
A238 |
Sylvia Ehret, Jennifer Martin |
|
Contemporary Music |
MB 07 |
Leslie Friedrich, Bobby Gervais |
| Crafts |
A255 |
Kimberly McKean, Morgann Swenson, Tim Trunk |
| Culture |
M315 |
Adrian Babaev, George Rissky |
| Directed Dialogue 1 |
M211 |
Heidi Hoth, Michael Rossow |
| Directed Dialogue 2 |
M213 |
Elmy Biermanns, Juergen Mueller |
| Doll
Costume |
A253 |
Tamara Seely, Manuela Sieber |
| Duet
Acting Lower |
M214 |
Judy Herman, Miranda James |
| Duet
Acting Upper |
M216 |
Brenda Bauske, Kurt Bauske |
| Extemp.
Speaking facilitator |
M144 |
Michelle Durkee, Heights parent |
| Extemp.
Speaking 3 |
M142 |
Fynn Dreier, Stanley Stifflemire |
| Extemp. Speaking
4, Advant. |
M306 |
Hildegard Glass, Markus Hatzelmann |
| Folk Dance
(Einzeltanz), Folk Dance (Team) |
G216 |
Piper Brown, Zach Brown, Jacob Desporte,
Kaity Nelson |
| Gingerbread House
(Non-Trad.) |
A231 |
Sylvia Ehret, Linda Gabrielson |
|
Gingerbread House (Traditional) |
A201 |
Linda Jarvis, Laura Matre |
| Grammar |
M316 |
Connie Galloway, Shaane Zehra |
| Listening Comprehension |
M310 |
Aster Dyer, Bryan Galloway |
| Needlework |
A238 |
Siobhan Madden, Bianca Reich |
| Original
Models |
A212 |
Bernard Gordon, Sarai Macedo |
| Pair
Discussion |
M215 |
Astrid Krenn (subbing for Victoria Henecka), Fred P. Reinhard |
|
Pass auf!
(Novice) |
M345 |
Brandon Collins, Sarah Murray |
|
Pass
auf! (Varsity) |
M346 |
Lauren Davis, Sarah Smith |
|
Photography |
A236 |
Margaret Molloy, Timothy Swenson |
| Poetry
Memory 1, 2 |
M317 |
Arthur Dittrich, Karen Schmidt |
| Poetry
Memory 3, 4 |
M321 |
Karen Frye, Sebastian Gobel |
| Poetry Memory
Advantaged, Prose Memory Advantaged |
M323 |
Kathrin Correll, Eric Linnes |
| Poster
Design |
A236 |
Isabell Brescia Berblinger, Svenja Karad |
| Prose
Memory 1, 2 |
M325 |
Julia Burke, Bryan Due |
| Prose
Memory 3, 4 |
M327 |
Charles Bearden, Alexandra Wirth |
| Puppet
Show Lower, Upper |
M247 |
Barbara Homann, Sylvia Longoria |
| Reading Comprehension |
M320 |
Elaine Dovzak, Larissa Lorenz |
|
Scavenger Hunt |
Teaching Theater |
Seth Hulse, Selina Struck |
| Shirt
Design |
A212 |
Linda Gabrielson, Hans-Martin Maurer |
|
Sight Reading 1 |
A210 |
Irene Reinhard, Günter Sundag |
|
Sight Reading 2 |
A213 |
Heinz Schmidt, Christina Tower |
| Sight
Reading 3 |
A215 |
Christiane Galvani, Friedhelm Luening |
| Sight
Reading 4 |
A217 |
Luisa Boettner, Tabea Münchrath |
| Skit 1, 4 |
M246 |
Elke Crow, Lisa Parrott |
| Skit 2, 3 |
M244 |
Burhanuddin Calcuttawala, Hannah Henry |
| Spelling |
M324 |
Hannah Klinger, Falk Langbein |
| Timed
Writing |
M314 |
Jana Enderlein, Lars Grabow |
| Vocabulary |
M326 |
Steffi Sladek, Markus Wimmer |
| Vocal Solo |
A233 |
Dustin Brown, Andreas Peschke, Alison Wimmer |
| Reserve
Judge Corps |
Elisabet Gonzalez (sick), Andreas Peschke (assigned as
third judge to Vocal Solo), Philine Peters (not assigned), Tim
Trunk (assigned as third judge to Crafts), Adrian Babaev (from Cult)
(not reassigned), Sandy Harvey for certain
non-language-based arts (not assigned), Selina Struck (from ScavH) (not
reassigned), any second proctors if they're there early enough (one
proctor COULD handle a test alone if necessary) |
| |
|
Director (Tabulation: Teacher Lounge) |
Rustin Buck |
|
Host |
Mark Johnson |
|
Assistant to Director and Host |
Henry Innes (KHS) |
|
Written testing supervisor (Scantron: M330) |
David Kniess |
|
Written testing assistants |
Beverly Randall, Amelia Spears (KHS) |
|
Breakfast, refreshment cart, proctor/tab
lunch |
Lisa Ganguly, Christian Brown (KHS), Valeria Ignatyev (KHS) |
|
Judge check-in, data entry |
Sandy Harvey, Yvonne Thomas |
|
Tabulation room (intake and bagging) |
Sarah Murray (after Novice Pass auf),
three Heights parent
volunteers |
|
Awards ceremony assistants |
Henry Innes (KHS), other KHS students |
|
Room
Finder
(This
list is a bit more user-friendly than the list above if you are looking
for a room number.) |
| Advantaged Speaker Test |
M229 |
|
Poetry Memory 3 |
M321 |
| Classical Ensemble |
M130 |
Poetry Memory 4 |
M321 |
| Club Album |
A238 |
Poetry Memory Advant. |
M323 |
| Contemporary Music |
MB 07 (Basement of M
bldg.) |
Polka Band |
M130 |
| Crafts |
A255 |
Poster Design |
A236 |
| Culture |
M315 |
Prose Memory 1 |
M325 |
| Directed Dialogue 1 |
M211 |
Prose Memory 2 |
M325 |
| Directed Dialogue 2 |
M213 |
Prose Memory 3 |
M327 |
| Doll Costume |
A253 |
Prose Memory 4 |
M327 |
| Duet Acting Lower |
M214 |
Prose Memory Advant. |
M323 |
| Duet Acting Upper |
M216 |
Puppet Show Lower |
M247 |
| Ext. Speaking - get topic |
M144 |
Puppet Show Upper |
M247 |
| Ext. Speaking 3 - judging |
M142 |
Reading Comprehension |
M320 |
| Ext. Speaking 4 - judging |
M306 |
Scantron Room |
M330 |
| Ext. Speaking Adv. - judging |
M306 |
Scavenger Hunt |
Teaching Theater |
| Folk Dance (Einzeltanz) |
G216 |
Shirt Design |
A212 |
| Folk Dance (Team) |
G216 |
Sight Reading 1 |
A210 |
| Gingerbread House (Non-Trad.) |
A231 |
Sight Reading 2 |
A213 |
| Gingerbread House (Trad.) |
A201 |
Sight Reading 3 |
A215 |
| Grammar |
M316 |
Sight Reading 4 |
A217 |
| Listening Comprehension |
M310 |
Skit 1 |
M246 |
| Needlework |
A238 |
Skit 2 |
M244 |
| Original Models |
A212 |
Skit 3 |
M244 |
| Pair Discussion |
M215 |
Skit 4 |
M236 |
| Pass auf!
(Novice) |
M345 |
Spelling |
M324 |
| Pass auf!
(Varsity) |
M346 |
Tabulation Room |
Lounge (1st Floor) |
| Photography |
A236 |
Timed Writing |
M314 |
| Poetry Memory 1 |
M317 |
Vocabulary |
M326 |
| Poetry Memory 2 |
M317 |
Vocal Solo |
A233 |
|
Advantaged Speaker Test Schedule |
only at 9:30 (lasting until 11:00) |
|
Listening Comprehension Schedule |
Lower Level (1 & 2): 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30,
1:30
Upper Level (3 & 4): 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 |
|
Spelling Schedule |
Lower Level (1 & 2): 10:00, 11:00, 12:00,
1:00
Upper Level (3 & 4): 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 |
|
Timed Writing Schedule |
Levels 1 & 2: only at 8:30 and 9:00 |
|
Culture, Grammar, Listening Comp., Reading Comp. |
all levels of each test given at 9:30, 10:00, 10:30,
11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30 |
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Group
Schedule |
|
Lower Puppets, Rm. M247 |
Skit 1, Rm. M246 |
Skit 4, Rm. M246 |
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8:40 |
Heights |
11:00 |
Jordan |
8:40 |
Tompkins |
|
9:00 |
Kingwood |
11:15 |
Tompkins |
9:00 |
Jordan |
|
9:20 |
Jordan |
11:30 |
Kingwood |
9:25 |
Heights |
|
9:40 |
Travis |
|
|
9:45 |
Bellaire |
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|
Skit 2, Rm. M244 |
10:10 |
Kingwood |
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Upper Puppets, Rm. M247 |
10:15 |
Kingwood |
10:30 |
Klein Oak |
|
10:20 |
Clements |
10:30 |
Taylor |
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|
|
10:40 |
Travis |
10:50 |
Tompkins |
Einzeltanz, Rm. G216 |
|
11:00 |
Jordan |
11:05 |
Jordan |
8:40 |
Tompkins |
|
11:20 |
Kingwood |
11:20 |
Heights |
8:50 |
Jordan |
|
|
|
|
|
9:00 |
Brazoswood |
|
|
|
Skit 3, Rm. M244 |
9:10 |
Kingwood |
|
|
|
8:40 |
Bellaire |
9:20 |
Tomball Memorial |
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Note: Students will choose their own times for the
other group events: classical ensemble, contemporary music, duet acting,
pair discussion, polka
band, and scavenger hunt. |
9:00 |
Tompkins |
|
|
|
9:25 |
Kingwood |
Team Folk Dance, Rm. G216 |
|
9:45 |
Jordan |
9:45 |
Tompkins |
|
|
|
10:15 |
Brazoswood |
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Novice Pass auf!
schedule
Varsity Pass auf!
schedule |
10:45 |
Kingwood |
|
11:15 |
Klein Oak |
Note:
Students in all drama events and folk dance MUST do everything possible to adhere to the
scheduled performance times. They should, in fact, arrive 10 minutes BEFORE
their scheduled time to get all props, etc. ready, so that when the previous
group finishes, they can march right in and get on with the show. The students
should structure the entire rest of their day around their scheduled drama
times.
If a
cast member is involved in a Pass auf! game when the drama event is
scheduled to start, he/she needs to leave the Pass auf! game and go to
the drama event. Pass auf! teams can continue to compete with fewer than
five members if necessary. |
When is the next Houstonfest?
Saturday,
February 3, 2024 Where
is Houstonfest?
Heights High School
413 E. 13th Street, Houston, TX
77008
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