Dear Participants of 2005: Year of Languages in Taste of Greater Hartford,

I wish to thank you all for promoting world languages yesterday at The Taste of Greater Hartford. During a very hot and muggy day, you were dedicated and showed interest in promoting the cause of 2005: The Year of Languages. You presented diverse aspects of learning and loving languages. I know we made a difference. I appreciate all your talents and time, both on stage, at the table and the students who fanned out in the crowd. I have kept your many brochures and flyers to use again at our next endeavor of "Boats, Books and Brushes" that will be held on September 17th in New London.

Thank you to the students, teachers and parents of the following schools:

If you have any ideas or feedback to make our experience better the next time, please send me a note. Have a great end to the school year and remember to tell people about languages whenever the occasion arises.

Sincerely,

Christi Moraga

CT Committee for 2005: The Year of Languages

Connecticut teachers, parents and students promoted world languages at the “Taste of Greater Hartford” on June 11. They presented songs, dances, stories and anecdotes on the stage, as well as handed out stickers and flyers at their booth.  Children made their own sticker of “Bon Appetit” in a wide variety of languages.  Top left: Christy Brown and Christi Moraga join multilingual fathers, from Belgium and Benin, in a rendition of “Sur le pont d’Avignon.”  Top right: Famous storyteller, Raouf Mama, tells a story from Benin in French and English.  Center:  Students from Storrs cheer for UCONN in Spanish.  Bottom right: Chinese alphabet is recited by mother-daughter team.  Bottom left: Children from The German School of Connecticut perform their rhyme, “Ich flieg mit meinem Flugzeug” (I fly in my Airplane) from the COLT Rhyme Celebration.

 

Top left: Madrigal singers, from Bristol High School,  sing in several languages. Three photos on right side : Nobuko Tsuji and students from East Hartford-Glastonbury Magnet School sing about fruits in Japanese.  Center: Leander Adifon, father in Farmington school system, converses in Italian with Carmela Pesca, Coordinator of Italian Resource Center, Central CT State University, Bottom left: Students from AI Prince Dance Troupe perform meringue with accompaniment of bongos.

Top left: Belgian born Frederick DeBaeck reads a story in Flemish to his family (children in the Farmington school system).  Center Left: Kathy Siddons directs her students from Goodwin School, Mansfield,  in a medley of Spanish songs.   Center right:  A couple from the group “Danzas Peruanas”  in connection with the Institute for Community Research demonstrates the traditional dance of “La marinera.”  Bottom: Christi Moraga, coordinator of “2005: The Year of Languages” participation in the Taste of Greater Hartford, poses with her student who sang on stage in Spanish.  Amanda Robustelli hands out YOL stickers to passers-by. Two children make their own sticker of “Bon appétit” in the language of their choice.

 

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