The 6th Annual Turkish Language Olympiad, which was organized by Raindrop Turkish House, was held at the Hobby Center Sarofim Hall on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Viewed by 2000 viewers, there was a festive atmosphere. The MC of the program was Fox 26’s Melissa Wilson.
The program also hosted distinguished guests including congressmen and congresswomen from Turkey, Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis and the Consul General of Turkey.
Students did a great job in their performances. The audience enjoyed professional class singing, poetry recitation and folk dance performances representing different local regions of Turkey from Horon to Zeybek.
Raindrop Turkish House is organizing the 6th Annual Turkish Language Olympiad Southwest America Finals and everyone is invited to this exciting event that contributes in very colorful cultural life of Greater Houston area and Great State of Texas. Houston will host students from seven states who will compete in 11 categories including singing, poetry, talent, picture and figure, folklore, cuisine, language and state exhibition contests.
Here are the event's details: Name of the event: 6th Annual Turkish Language Olympiad Southwest America Finals Date:Saturday, February 18th ,2012 Time:2 PM.-5:00 PM. Location:The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts - Sarofim Hall in Houston Address:800 Bagby Street, Ste. 300 Houston, TX 77002 Host: Raindrop Turkish House 9301 W Bellfort Ave. Houston, TX 77031 713 974 1412 www.turkishhouse.org Details:Free and open to the public. Turkish language is spoken by over 250 million people in the world. Today Turkish is taught in 115 countries as a second language in many leading high schools and colleges as well as in United States. Moreover, Turkish is one of the critical-need languages under the National Security Language Initiative that highlights Turkish Language as “actively sought by universities, government agencies and the business sector for their skills, experience, and knowledge!” (www.nsliforyouth.org) Raindrop Turkish House is teaching Turkish classes in 17 cities in Texas and neighboring states including Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas. In order to promote Turkish language learning and cultural diversity, Raindrop has been organizing Turkish Language Olympiads since 2007.
Dear Art Educators, We would be honored to have your students as a participant from the Art category in the 6th Annual Turkish Language Olympiad South west America finals which will be held on Saturday February 18, 2012, at Hobby Center inSarofim Hall in Houston Texas. Students will create an artistic representation of a location about Turkey they have visited, an experience they have had, or an idea or theme they wish to convey to the audience. Each school can submit a maximum three works of art. All art work should be mailed out to Raindrop Foundation by Friday January 20, 2012. It should be addressed to Mehmet Okumus. Raindrop Foundation 9301 West Bellfort Blvd. Houston, Texas 77099 Results will be announced on Saturday, February 18, 2012 during 6th Annual Turkish Olympiad South west America Finals. It will be a unique opportunity for your students to receive the awards from the elected distinguished guests’ hands in front of 3000 attendees during the finals. Here are the awards for the winners: Golden Place Awards (1 student) $100 Silver Place Awards (2 students) $80 Bronze Place Awards (3 students) $60 Honorable Mention Place Awards (4 students) $40 Students' artwork will be displayed to audiences on Saturday, February 18, 2012 between 12:00 pm. and 5:00 pm. Some artworks may be kept by the Turkish Olympiad to be exhibited in other venues. I would be pleased to take this advantage to introduce Raindrop Turkish House and Turkish Language Olympiad. Raindrop Turkish House is a nonprofit organization based in Houston Texas with 17 branches in eight states including Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Tennessee and Mississippi. It has been serving the community since 2000. Raindrop Turkish House has been organizing Morning Conversations, luncheons, panels, retreats; help campaigns, conferences as well as serving the Turkish American communities. As part of serving Turkish American community in Texas and neighboring states, Raindrop Turkish House has been entering into educational affiliations, teaching Turkish classes and encouraging study of Turkish. In order to promote Turkish language learning and cultural diversity, Raindrop Turkish House has been organizing Turkish Olympiads since 2007. This year Raindrop Turkish House is organizing the 6thAnnual Turkish Language Olympiad South west America finals. Houston will host students from these eight states who will compete in 11 categories including singing, poetry, talent, Turkish language, art, folklore, Turkish Cuisine and state exhibition contests. Last year, Raindrop Turkish House hosted around 2500 people in Hobby Center. The winners represented our country during Turkish Olympiad in Turkey. Raindrop Turkish House believes that activities such as Turkish Olympiads and others will establish bridges between Turkish and American communities and serve for the betterment of humanity. We would be honored to have your student as a participant in the ART category in the 6th Annual Turkish Language Olympiad South west America finals. Please let me know should you have any questions. Please find the attached documents for the details. We are looking forward to hearing from you soon Best regards. Mehmet Okumus, M. Ed. Raindrop Turkish House 9301 W. Bellfort Ave. Houston, Texas 77031 Office : 713‐974‐1412 ext: 108 Fax : 713‐974‐1418 Cell : 713‐517‐3463 E‐mail :
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The 6th Annual Turkish Language Olympiad, which was organized by Raindrop Turkish House, was held at the Hobby Center Sarofim Hall on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Viewed by 2000 viewers, there was a festive atmosphere. The MC of the program was Fox 26’s Melissa Wilson. 
