February 3, 2024
Sandra Day O'Connor HS

Time
Event
8:00 AM
Judges' Check In/Breakfast
9:00 AM -1:00 PMAcademic Unscheduled Events *

Poetry, Prose, Directed Dialogue, Extemp, Sight Reading, Vocal Solos, and all other unscheduled events….
Individuals will, for the most part, go on a first-come, first-serve basis.
9:00 AM Pass Auf! matches begin
(see schedule POSTED AT ROOMS)
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMJudging for Art/Culture categories

Club Albums, Crafts, , Doll Costumes, Gingerbread Houses, Needlework, Original Models, Photography, Shirt Design
9:00 AM -1:00 PMScheduled Events
Group entries will be assigned a time to perform. Check Group Schedule for times.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Written Tests (Given every hour and half hour)

Culture, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comp (all levels)

Contestants will be given 20 minutes for each test.
3:30 PMAwards Ceremony

Upcoming

Jan. 16, 2024
Sprachfest online registration due by 11:59 p.m. in order to qualify for early-bird price of $12 per student. Online registrations submitted after this point incur the regular registration fee of $15 per student.

Jan. 22, 2024:
Sprachfest online registration due by 11:59 p.m. (regular deadline).

Jan. 22, 2024:
Postmark deadline for Sprachfest payment, regardless of whether you completed your online registration by the early-bird or the regular deadline.

Feb. 3, 2024:
Sprachfest 2024

Feb. 9, 2024
State online registration due by 11:59 p.m. in order to qualify for early-bird price of $12 per student. Online registrations submitted after this point incur the regular registration fee of $15 per student. Also, deadline to apply for the Mary El-Beheri Memorial Scholarship.

Feb. 14, 2024:
State online registration due by 11:59 p.m. (regular deadline). Also, postmark deadline for State payment, regardless of whether you completed your online registration by the early-bird or the regular deadline.

Important Dates

Feb. 24, 2024
Texas State German Contest

Mar. 10, 2024
Gail Cope Scholarship applications due

August 1, 2023-April 30, 2024
Teacher Grant applications due

February 3, 2024
47th Sprachfest 2024

February 24, 2024
42nd Texas State German Contest 2024

Contact Us

Sprachfest Director
Suzy Holland
sprachfest@texasstategermancontest.org

Sprachfest/TSGC Mailing Address
Texas State German Contests, Inc.
PO Box 2043
Boerne, TX 78006

Onsite Director
Susanne Thielen