Houstonfest - Schedule

News and Updates

Important Dates

Mar. 2, 2012: Houstonfest Scholarship applications due

Mar. 9, 2012: Gail Cope Scholarship applications due

Jan. 14, 2013: Houstonfest e-mail registration due by 11:59 p.m. in order to qualify for regular price of $10 per student

Jan. 21, 2013: Last day to submit late registration ($12 per student) and last day to postmark payment check

Jan. 29, 2013: Proof sheet of entrants sent to teachers for final verification and changes

Jan. 31, 2013, 8:00 p.m.: Deadline to submit changes (adds, drops, substitutions). After this point, no more additions or substitutions will be allowed in individual events. Substitution of students in group events may continue in emergency situations.

Feb. 2, 2013: Houstonfest

Feb. x, 2013: State online registration due by 11:59 p.m. in order to qualify for regular price of $10 per student. Online registrations submitted after this point incur the late registration fee of $12 per student.

Feb. x, 2013: State payment check must be postmarked

Feb. 23, 2013: Texas State German Contest, University of Texas at Austin

Schedule

A link to a printer-friendly schedule will be placed here several days before contest.

General Schedule
7:30-8:05 a.m.	Teachers and judges report to the library, which is the first thing you see when you come in from the parking lot, to receive judging packets. Complimentary donuts, kolaches, coffee, juice, soda, and water will be served.
8:10-8:20 a.m.	Brief but important judges' meeting in the library. Once the judges disperse to their rooms, the refreshments will be moved to 1511 for the rest of the morning. If judges have down time, they are welcome to come to 1511 for refreshments. A refreshment cart will also make the rounds to the competition rooms around 10:00 for those judges who can't get away.
7:30-8:30 a.m.	Meanwhile, students can visit the concession stand for breakfast items. They should also place their art events in the appropriate rooms and sign up for times to compete in chorus, classical ensemble, directed dialogue, duet acting, extemporaneous speaking, poetry memory/reading, polka band, prose memory/reading, scavenger hunt, sight reading, and vocal solo. The sign-up lists will be posted on the doors of the rooms.
8:30 a.m.	Contests begin.
8:30 a.m.	Judging of art events begins. Research papers and videos must be turned in to director Rustin Buck in the teachers' lounge (1511) by this time.
9:00 a.m.	Pass auf! begins.
10:30 a.m.	Deadline to pre-purchase lunch combos from the concession stand.
~12:30 p.m.	Contests end (except Pass auf!, which last until 1:00, and folk dance, which lasts until 1:15). Lunch at the concession stand or off campus.
2:00 p.m.	Begin gathering in the commons (cafeteria) to wait for the awards ceremony, which will follow as soon as possible. Performance by the band Das ist lustig.
~3:00 p.m.	Awards ceremony in the commons (cafeteria).

Judging Assignments
Event	Room	Judges
Chorus, Classical Ensemble	1801	Cornelia Küffner
Club Album, Photo Essay	1327	Ineke Kerkhofs, Sylvia Wagman
Crafts, Original Models	1324	Elke Crow, Linda Gabrielson
Culture	1317	Sandy Harvey
Directed Dialogue 1	1135	Laura Felusiak, Elisabeth Thornton
Directed Dialogue 2	1133	Laura Braun (TWCP), Irene Pfingsten
Doll Costume, Needlework	1325, 1323	Tassa Arentsen, Michaela Ehrecke
Duet Acting 1, 3	1131	Matthew Braun, Hans Idlhammer
Duet Acting 2, 4	1130	Heinz Schmidt, Hanne-Lore Sunder
Extemp. Speaking 3, 4	1134, 1136	Jeremy Ortloff, Markus Wimmer, student help
Extemp. Speaking Advant.	1132	Trina Powers, Hans Sunder
Folk Dance	2410	Blitz Babilon, Joan Babilon, Erich Wolz
Gingerbread House (Nontrad.)	1227	Angela Dismukes, Anke Meyer
Gingerbread House (Trad.)	1227	Camryn Stoll, Delaine Jechow
Grammar	1313	Alan Brown
Listening Comprehension	1311	Christine Braun
Pass auf! (Novice)	2216	Pauline Sayers, Andrea Borck, student help
Pass auf! (Varsity)	2214	Kurt Bauske, Laura Braun (Tomball), student help
Photography	1326	Margaret Molloy, Michael Rossow
Play	1602	Niels Nielsen, Eric Linnes
Poetry Memory 1, 3	2316	Klaus-Jochen Gühlke, James Frankki
Poetry Memory 2, 4	2314	Leslie Decker, Andrea Morales
Poetry Memory Advant., Sight Reading 1	2312	Rebecca Weitzenhoffer, Hans-Martin Maurer
Poetry Reading 1, Prose Memory 2	2326	Heidi Kirby, Earl North
Poetry Reading 2, Prose Memory 1	2324	Alan Jones, G.W. Hippe
Poetry Reading 3, Prose Memory 4	2322	Judy Herman, Richard Guhl
Poetry Reading 4, Prose Reading 3	2320	Guenther Pfingsten, Yasemin Keskin
Polka Band	1803	Valina Witte, Sheila Lee
Poster Design, T-Shirt Design	1322, 1320	Twila Hamel, Natasha Pope
Prose Memory 3, Prose Reading 1	2317	Margarete Wendels, Barbara Lott
Prose Memory Advant., Sight Reading 2	2313	Yvonne Thomas, Christa Matthews
Prose Reading 2, 4	2315	Ursula Keierleber, Gretchen Hoffmann
Puppet Show (Lower)	1126	Klaudia Weston, Joe Modlich
Puppet Show (Upper)	1123	Sarah Smith, Stan Thornton
Reading Comprehension	1315	John Selmarten
Research Paper	Library by 8:30	Whitney Cleland, Kathryn Walters
Scavenger Hunt	1121	Denise Tanner
Sight Reading 3, 4	2311	Julie Schneller, Katharina Upchurch
Skit 1, 4	1127	Jürgen Müller, Keri Bell
Skit 2, 3	1125	Jo Brugger, Jochen Olbricht
Spelling	1312	David Kniess, Juliana Berger
Video	Library by 8:30	Mark Johnson, Marlene Robben
Vocabulary	1314	Beverly Randall
Vocal Solo	2514	Anna Altan, Skyler Anderson-Westgarth

Director		Rustin Buck
Tabulation room assistant		Anne Beckman
Tabulation room student assistants		Lizzie Jones, Chelsea Matthews, student help
Written testing supervisor		Ann Marie Schrock
Written testing assistants		student help

Room Finder (This list is a bit more user-friendly than the list above if you are looking for a room number.)
Chorus	1801	Poetry Reading 3	2322
Classical Ensemble	1801	Poetry Reading 4	2320
Club Album	1327	Polka Band	1803
Crafts	1324	Poster Design	1322
Culture	1317	Prose Memory 1	2324
Directed Dialogue 1	1135	Prose Memory 2	2326
Directed Dialogue 2	1133	Prose Memory 3	2317
Doll Costume	1325	Prose Memory 4	2322
Duet Acting 1, 3	1131	Prose Memory Advant.	2313
Duet Acting 2, 4	1130	Prose Reading 1	2317
Extemporaneous Speaking 3, 4	1136	Prose Reading 2	2315
Extemporaneous Speaking Advant.	1132	Prose Reading 3	2320
Folk Dance	2410	Prose Reading 4	2315
Gingerbread House	1227	Puppet Show (Lower)	1126
Grammar	1313	Puppet Show (Upper)	1123
Listening Comprehension	1311	Reading Comprehension	1315
Needlework	1323	Research Paper	Library by 8:30
Original Models	1324	Scavenger Hunt	1121
Pass auf! (Novice)	2216	Sight Reading 1	2312
Pass auf! (Varsity)	2214	Sight Reading 2	2313
Photo Essay	1327	Sight Reading 3	2311
Photography	1326	Sight Reading 4	2311
Play	1602	Skit 1, 4	1127
Poetry Memory 1	2316	Skit 2, 3	1125
Poetry Memory 2	2314	Spelling	1312
Poetry Memory 3	2316	Tabulation Room	1510
Poetry Memory 4	2314	T-Shirt Design	1320
Poetry Memory Advant.	2312	Video	Library by 8:30
Poetry Reading 1	2326	Vocabulary	1314
Poetry Reading 2	2324	Vocal Solo	2514

Listening Comprehension Schedule	Lower Level (1 & 2): 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 Upper Level (3 & 4): 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30
Spelling Schedule	Lower Level (1 & 2): 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 Upper Level (3 & 4): 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00

Group Schedule
Skit 1, Room 1127		Skit 2, Room 1125		Folk Dance, Room 2410
8:40	Cy-Fair	8:40	Clements	11:20	Kingwood
8:55	Deer Park	8:55	Cy-Fair	11:50	Seven Lakes
9:10	Friendswood	9:10	Bellaire	12:10	Deer Park
9:35	Lanier MS	9:35	Kingwood	12:40	Friendswood
9:50	Reagan	9:50	Friendswood	1:00	Clements
10:05	Taylor	10:05	Deer Park	Puppets (Lower), Room 1126
10:30	Kingwood	10:30	Westside	8:40	Friendswood
10:45	Bellaire	10:45	* * * Break * * *	8:55	Lanier MS
Skit 4, Room 1127		11:00	Lanier MS	9:20	Reagan
11:10	Bellaire	Skit 3, Room 1125		9:35	* * * Break * * *
11:25	Deer Park	11:25	Clements	9:50	Kingwood
11:40	Clements	11:40	Deer Park	10:05	* * * Break * * *
12:05	Friendswood	12:05	Kingwood	10:30	MacArthur
12:20	Kingwood	12:20	Cy-Fair	10:45	Deer Park
Play, Room 1602		Novice Pass auf! schedule Varsity Pass auf! schedule		11:10	Clements
8:40	Bellaire			11:25	Cy-Fair
9:10	Clements			Puppets (Upper), Room 1123
9:40	Deer Park			8:40	Cy-Fair
10:10	Kingwood			8:55	* * * Break * * *
10:40	TWCP			9:20	Lanier MS
Note: Students will choose their own times for the other group events (chorus, classical ensemble, duet acting, polka band, and scavenger hunt). Scavenger hunt teams will begin at 15-minute intervals throughout the morning. Sign up for a time in Room 1121.				9:35	Bellaire
				9:50	Clements
				10:15	Friendswood
				10:30	Deer Park
				10:45	Kingwood

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 2, 2013,

8:00 a.m.

Where is Houstonfest?

In 2013, probably back at its customary location at Lanier Middle School in Houston.

Link to Texas State German Contest