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Reception will include food, music, awards, and screening of films
The Cercle Francais (French Club) will announce the winners of the “Marquis on the Marquee” film festival during a screening and reception 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 on the first floor of Pardee Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The festival, which is sponsored by the foreign language and literatures department and the American Association of Teachers of French, is part of the College’s yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette.
A web site dedicated to the 250th celebration and to the Marquis’ unique connection to the College provides information and updates.
The contest was open to any language student in a secondary school program. The submissions needed to be bilingual with French to English subtitles, English to French subtitles, or French and English speakers, and also needed to focus in some way on the Marquis.
A total of 14 entries were received from students and classes at Parkland High School, Moravian Academy, Liberty High School, and the Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pa. Some of the film topics include: a conversation between the Marquis and George Washington as puppets, a “Lafayette Rap,” and a re-enactment of the Marquis’ role in the Revolutionary War. The films will be posted on the “Marquis on the Marquee” web site.
As well as screening the films, the reception will also feature French hors d’oeuvres and music by Patrick D. Kelley ’09 (Shillington, Pa.), a math and music double major; Viktorija Gecyte ’08 (Vilnius, Lithuania), a mathematics-economics and French double major; and Sean Gough ’09 (North Plainfield, N.J.), a history and music double major.
According to organizer Mary Toulouse, director of the Foreign Languages and Literatures Resource Center, the festival is a good illustration of Lafayette’s work with the local community.
“We want to support the learning of French and engage all students in this exciting celebration,” she says. “We hope that this festival has generated interest among students and created connections between secondary schools and the college.”