Please note the following updates for Winterfest 2025
The contest date has been pushed a week from the traditional format to facilitate the later end of winter break and help teachers register. This push also affects the TX State Contest. Winterfest date is 8 February 2025 and TX State German Contest is 1 March 2025.
The Einzeltanz for 2025 is Zillertaler Ländler. Grab a copy of the dance instructions here. Einzeltanz now allows for 2 couples to enter.
Pass Auf special topic category for 2025 is Die Wende.
Notes about students competing “up” a level: A student must be entered at the same level for all events entered, with the exception of drama events. If a student competes up from their enrolled level of German, they will continue to compete up each subsequent year. Once a student competes Advantaged, they are always Advantaged.
Art Events Updates: Digital Logo, Poster Design, and Shirt design now allow 2 entries per school. Entries may be an individual or a group project and must be submitted by 2 separate contestants or groups of contestants.
The increase in allowed submissions also applies to the Research Paper category: 2 research papers per school, with 1-2 authors each (if 2 entries are submitted, they must be by 2 different authors or pairs of authors, i.e., no contestant may work on more than 1 paper,
Finally, Sportfest events will be held after the regular Winterfest events but before the awards ceremony. Please watch for updates regarding these plans coming in January.