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Stuff going on the final day of convention:

  • 6:30-9:00 am – breakfast
  • 7:30 am – Ludi Volleyball
  • 8:00 am – Awards Assembly 2, Graphic/Creative/Athletic – 2nd VP Sara Z led a group of OH students to collect any ribbons for those that did not attend – ribbons for 1st-5th (only at the assembly, certificates for 1st -10th handed out at the Fri night fellowship)
  • 9:30 am – Open Certamen – for those who like certamen but do not devote large portions of the year and the summer to preparation
  • 9:30 am – more Graphic Arts viewing and Multimedia viewing (there are number of contests for promotional and educational videos like this one shown at GA 3)
  • 12:30 pm – Advanced Certamen Finals – OH vs CA vs FL
  • 12:00-2:00 pm – go get the art project brought to convention, or never see it again
  • 1 pm and 2 pm – more Colloquia
  • 4:15-4:45 pm – Toga Parade – usually a mile or so outside, but the triple-digit heat advisory has forced the convention to shorten the route drastically – EUGE!!
  • 4:45-6:45 pm – GA 5
  • 6:45-8:00 pm – Outdoor Dinner
  • 7:30-11:00 pm – World Series of Certamen – where college students and adults and certamen coaches play the game with a humorous twist, at least until the finals and then it is all business – the Bad Larrys traditionally make the Semis, not the Finals…
  • 8:30-11:30 pm – Farewell Dance – semi-formal!
  • 8:30-11:30 pm – Karaoke
  • 11:45 pm – 12:15 am – Fellowship
  • 1 am – Lights Out!
  • 4:30 am – Lights On and out of the rooms to catch the airport bus for the Cincy folk

I slept in a bit today and then did the walk up Cardiac Hill (seriously, that is what they call it on campus) to get my coffee.  I ran into Adam Williams (formerly of Fenwick, then OSU, then Latin teacher at VA then AZ now FL starting in a couple of weeks).  Then Brian joined us.  Adam left to watch the Intermediate Certamen Finals, Brian headed off to the SCL banquet (remember that Troy was doing his magic act there), and I stayed to finish my coffee.  Then I got ice to Elisa (whose ankle looks much better) through Aquila.  Then off to the Advanced Certamen Finals.

Ben, Will, Sameer, and Tullus (aka Captain Ohio) on stage for the Finals
Ben, Will, Sameer, and Tullus (aka Captain Ohio) on stage for the Finals

The auditorium was packed, with hardly a place in either the main theater or balcony.  OH again got off to a fast start and was leading by 15 pts after 5 questions.  CA was never a real threat but the FL machine soon started clicking, taking 7 of 10 in questions 8-17.  Sameer was again fast & loose, getting 3 language questions, and Ben got a myth question.  The final score was FL 140 OH 60 CA 35.  A special thanks to seniors Sameer Apte (Shaker), Will Beatrez (St. Edward), Jesse Campbell (Summit), and Ben Robertson (Shaker) for their many years of dedication to Latin and OH – remember, they are the ones (along with Narayan) who are getting well-deserved $$$ at college for their efforts!

At the project viewing, projects which received awards were marked AWARD.  Here are a few from OH:

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Teddy from Wellington with his Roman game
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Aquila from Wellington with her soapstone sculpture

I will do the highlights of GA 5 through the captions of pictures, so just keep scrolling down:

Caroline, Julia, and Me
Caroline, Julia, and Me
The Summit Group
The Summit Group
The Executive Board
The Executive Board
The OH Delegation!
The OH Delegation!
Advanced Certamen:  2nd in the Nation!
Advanced Certamen: 2nd in the Nation!
Avery:  5th in Olympica
Avery: 5th in Olympica
Bobby
Hannan takes her oath of office for Historian
Bobby Parl
Maddie (Sec) and Bobby (Parl) take their SCL oath of office.
Narayan gives his farewell address.
Narayan gives his farewell address.
LIndsey:  1st Overall Graphic Arts Pts, 2nd in Overall Pts, 2nd in the Lille B Hamilton Award
Lindsey: 1st Overall Graphic Arts Pts, 2nd in Overall Pts, 2nd in the Lille B Hamilton Award
Joseph:  3rd in Overal Graphic Arts Points, 8th in Overall Points
Joseph: 3rd in Overal Graphic Arts Points, 8th in Overall Points
Outdoor Banquet!
Outdoor Banquet!
The Bad Larrys:  Tino, Brian, Larry, Dave
The Bad Larrys 2015: Tino, Brian, Larry, Dave.  We made it to the Semis, we made it to the Finals, we were leading after 15 questions, we lost by 10 pts, we got 2nd place.
The Bad Larrys even get their own name tags.  We are from the School of Hard Knocks in the state of Denial.
The Bad Larrys even get their own name tags. We are from the School of Hard Knocks in the state of Denial.
See you next year at IU in Bloomington IN!
See you next year at IU in Bloomington IN!