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title: Soirée de la Francophonie
description: This past Friday, January 31, we held our first annual Soirée de la francophonie!
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# [Soirée de la Francophonie](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/soirée-de-la-francophonie)

 Written by [Carolyn Wert](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/author/carolyn-wert) | Feb 6, 2020 1:50:12 PM

This past Friday, January 31, the Upper School held our first annual Soirée de la Francophonie!

The evening's festivities began with a video about where French is spoken and studied around the world, followed by a Kahoot challenge to test our knowledge. Students then made their way "around the French-speaking world" to various stations run by both Upper School faculty and French students.

Student attendees of any language were welcome to...

- "go to France" for a homemade crêpe;
- try specialties from Haïti and Cameroun made by the **Tout-Puissant and Ewunkem families;**
- learn French ballet terms with **Keira Smith '22** and **Samantha Abraham '22;**
- learn about French history with **Eric Jackson '22;**
- make Mardi Gras masks with **Azra Turkyolu '22;**
- talk about French fashion with **Katy Shnier '22;**
- play a "Guess the French artist" game with art teacher Sue Maurer;
- read French books and poems;
- play Wii tennis using sport phrases in French; and
- learn about the differences between France and Québec with science teacher Dr. Gaby Dee!

We also had two students - **Yiyi Chen '22** and **Lily Farr '22-** choose and read a French poem aloud to those in attendance.

<https://www.flickr.com/photos/185237502@N04/albums/72157712996919257>

(Photo Credit: **Meghan Connors '20**)

Fun was had by all and we look forward to making this event a new staple in the Moravian Academy Upper School experience. 

*Laissez les bons temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!)*

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