CLEMENTS STUDENTS TAKE SECOND IN SWEEPSTAKES

AT TEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTEST

Forty-eight students from Clements High School competed at the Texas State German Contest on Saturday, February 28, 2015,
at Texas State University in San Marcos. They earned 48 awards and brought home the second-place sweepstakes award in the
large-school division. In addition, senior Steven Jiang won the $500 Mary El-Beheri Memorial Scholarship. Participants had
qualified for State by placing in the top five in their events at Houstonfest, the regional German contest held in early February.
Group Events
1st in Classical Ensemble, playing Trio in C Major, Op. 87 by Beethoven: Mohan Bhadriraju (viola), Trisha Nag (violin),
Kelsey Pownell (violin)
1st in Club Album: Maddie Davenport, Sindhuja Karanam
1st in Duet Acting II, performing an excerpt from Die Physiker by Friedrich Drrenmatt: Chris Gloyna, Shaan Lashari
1st in the Pass auf! quiz game (for the second straight year): Burhanuddin Calcuttawala, Steven Jiang, Trisha Nag, Kelsey
Pownell, Angeline Rao, Connor Yardumian
1st in Play, performing an excerpt from Die Physiker by Friedrich Drrenmatt: Mohan Bhadriraju, Burhanuddin Calcuttawala,
Jonathan Chang, Medha Chidambaram, Miriam Dumes, Isabela Figueredo, Karl Gelinsky, Steven Jiang (named Best Actor),
Angeline Rao, Mary Alex Senften
1st in Research Paper with a paper about the state of German instruction in Texas and earning a $500 cash prize from the
German-Texan Heritage Society: Steven Jiang, Angeline Rao
1st in Skit III, performing an adaptation of Die drei Mnnlein im Walde by the Brothers Grimm: Burhanuddin Calcuttawala,
Isabela Figueredo (named Best Actress), Astrid Guerra, Trisha Nag
2nd in Chorus, singing the folk song Hoch auf dem gelben Wagen: Shreya Bhadriraju, Justin Bindel, Natalie Confer, Isabela
Figueredo, Jonathan Liu, Trisha Nag, Cindy Yongoueth
3rd in Polka Band, performing Feuerfest-Polka and Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka: Ashton Butler (tuba), Jacob Collins (trumpet),
Aylin Diaz (clarinet), Nabeeha Engineer (flute), Dawson Jones (French horn), Trey Minter (euphonium), Spencer Reitz
(saxophone), Rena Sun (snare drum), Cindy Yongoueth (conductor)
3rd in Scavenger Hunt: Ashton Butler, Chris Gloyna, Shaan Lashari, Jonathan Liu
3rd in Skit IV, performing Geburtstag, a piece the group wrote themselves: Mohan Bhadriraju, Justin Bindel, Steven Jiang,
Sindhuja Karanam, Kelsey Pownell, Angeline Rao (named Best Actress)
4th in Einzelplattler (couples folk dance): Maddie Davenport, Kory Enders
4th in Folk Dance: D.J. Adcock, Jason Adriansyah, Justin Bindel, Jack Cox, Maddie Davenport, Kory Enders, Isabela
Figueredo, Jonathan Liu, Sai Odinga, Rachel Patel, Maddy Reese, Cindy Yongoueth
5th in Duet Acting III, performing an excerpt from Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Drrenmatt: Burhanuddin
Calcuttawala, Cindy Yongoueth
Individual Events
Shreya Bhadriraju

1st, Vocal Solo

Burhanuddin Calcuttawala 1st, Extemporaneous Speaking III

1st, Listening Comprehension III
1st, Spelling III
2nd, Vocabulary III

Vincent Liu

2nd, Extemporaneous Speaking IV

4th, Vocabulary IV

Paarth Maniar

4th, Vocal Solo

Angela Chang

2nd, Reading Comprehension I

Trey Minter

4th, Culture I

Jonathan Chang

1st, Poetry Memory Advantaged

4th, Extemp. Speaking Advantaged

Josephine Muschel

Amith Chivukula

5th, Prose Reading II

1st, Doll Costume

1st, Needlework
2nd, Grammar I

Kelsey Pownell

1st, Prose Reading IV

Angeline Rao

2nd, Prose Memory IV

3rd, Grammar IV

Maddy Reese

2nd, Prose Memory III

Luke Stecklein

3rd, Vocabulary II
5th, Grammar II

Claire Dong
Karl Gelinsky
Astrid Guerra
Steven Jiang

st

1 , Shirt Design
rd

3 , Prose Memory Advantaged

5th, Extemp. Speaking Advantaged
nd

2 , Prose Memory II
st

1 , Extemporaneous Speaking IV
1st, Listening Comprehension IV
1st, Sight Reading IV

Clements staff members Rustin Buck and Ann Marie Schrock and FBISD world languages coordinator Sandy Harvey
chaperoned the trip and served as judges.