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How well do you know your FJCL?

What do Latin Club officers always pack to go to State Forum? How many Latin Clubs are in love with the phrase "Semper Ubi Sub Ubi?" We asked all the schools who receive the Uvae Vitis to answer these questions, plus a few more. Read their responses in the following article.

What do you always pack to go to State Forum?
"Peanut Butter" Colleen Beck, Publicity, Leon High School
"Squirt Guns" Pine Ridge High School
"Mrs. 'Big Rig' Riggle's wig and teeth" Jared Stewart, President, Osceola High School
"Marshmallows" Tracey Watson, Vice President, J..P. Taravella High School "Our Spirit" Kevin Moore, President, Coral Gables Senior High
"Shoes! Lots of shoes!" Genevieve Sheehan, Scriptor, Hillsborough High School "Clothes, study materials, and Mountain Dew" Zack Brown, President, Lincoln High School
"My toothbrush" Katie Urzuhart, Secretary, Spruce Creek High

What is your favorite food?
"Anything but Pizza Hut" Pine Ridge High School
"Moose Ka-ka" Phil Dillinger, Web master, Leesburg High School
"Glires (doormice)" Carly Saufilipo, President, Royal Palm Beach High School

"RamonNoodles" Zack Brown, President, Lincoln High School

"Fettuccini Alfredo" Treasurer, Manatee High School "Pizza!" Tommy, Treasurer, Bay High School

What is your favorite color and why?
"Blue for the sky and Blue for OHS State football championship colors!" Cole Carter, Secretary, Oscoola High School
"Green [because] it's the best M&M" Amee Sanncr, member, J.E Taravella High School
"Brown because it is a mix of Purple and Gold" Todd Norbraten, Treasurer, Coral Gables Senior High
"Yellow-[because] it's bright and happy" Jacke Christe, Parliamentarian, Manatee High School
"Green, [because] it's a 'fruity' color" Heather Good, President, Leesburg High School
"Purple and Gold because we love FJCL!" Pine Ridge High School
"Blue matches my style, and blue is my color...." Jillian Nightingale, Historian, Berean Academy

What is your favorite Latin movie?
"What Latin movies?" Glorimar Perez-Gonzalez, President, Sandalwood High School
"Animal House, we like togas" Kevin Moore, President, Coral Gables Senior High "Odysseus" Roldine Banatte, J.P. Taravella High School "Cleopatra and Marc Antony" Amanda Mossey, Secretary, Manatee High School "Spartacus" Carly Saulilipo, President, Royal Palm Beach High School; Lauren, Historian, Bay High; Simnon Fejerax~ Historian, Osceola High School, Steven Tobi, Rident Artist/Historian, Berean Academy
"Ben Hur" Paul Coggins, Treasurer, Leesburg High School; Courtney Jobson, President, Spruce Creek High School

If you have a favorite Latin saying or quote, what is it?
"Veni, Vidi, Vinci: the motto for our football team' Brittany Mills, Treasurer, Oscoola High School
"Felicem Romam!" Keri Armand, Treasurer, Roayl PalmBeach High School

"Dura spiro spero" Denise Tai, Quastor, Hillsborough High School
"Dux femina facti" Tiffany White, Historian, Hillsl~ro~h High School

"Cavalieres regunt" Brian Anmgo, historian, Coral Gables Senior High

"Ubi est puella" Dan Robuck Vice Pres. School
"Nilhil lcgebat quod non excelpit." Aislinn Leahy, Secretary
"De gustibus non est desputandem" Will Dotson, Parliamentarian, Leon High School; Mithad Brock Treasurer Lincoln High School; President, Sandalwood High School
"Semper Ubi Sub Ubi' Spruce Creek High School;High School; Russell, President, Bay High; Liz Vice President, Manatee High School

What is the funniest thing that ever happened in Latin class?
"Antonius dancing to Elvis sung in Latin" Ken, Treasurer, Royal Palm Beach High School

"A huge paper ball fight broke out (Ms. Allen. it never happened.)" Perez, Sandalwood High School

"When Robert Eaton tried to pronounced Aeneas one day, and it came out as anus .' Zack Brown, President, Lincoln High School

"When our teacher got her arm wrapped up in a map" Delem Diaz, Secretary, Coral Gables Senior High

"Mrs. Riggle was getting dizzy and one of the guys yelled out he would give mouth to mouth to help her. She sat up and said Oh ! No thank you! I'm quite well
now? Osceola High School

"They all decline to say!" Magistra, J.P. Taravella High School

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Maclay Certamen Results

Level I

1st Leon A

2nd Maclay

3rd Rickards B

Level II

1st St. Stephen's

2nd Maclay

3rd Leon

Adv.

1st Lincoln B

2nd Maclay

3rd Leon

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Ben Hur, The Musical
by Heather Good, Leesburg High School

From the first few seconds of "Ben Hur", the audience knows this play to be a winner. As the curtain rises, music swells from the orchestra pit as the orchestra beans it's own stunning performance. When the lights come up, a real, live camel is ridden across the stage. All of these events foreshadow a spectacular performance.

The story begins when the main characters, Judah, Messah, and Esther, are children. Judah and Messala are best friends and Judah and Esther are already in love. Time passes quiddy and ten years later, a pot falls from the ledge of the house of Hur almost killing a Roman centurion, and Judah is sent off to the galleys by Messah who has become a Roman soldier. Messah also sends Judah's mother and sister to prison Afew years later, Judah is on board the slave ship, when pirates attack Judah survives and rescues the centurion on board, who pardons and adopts him, Back in Jerusalem, Judah and Esther meet again and when he cannot find his mother and sister, Judah swears revenge on Messah for the pains against his family. The opportunity for revenge comes in the form of a chariot race in the Coliseum. Judah jumps at the chance to race Messah and during the course of the race, Messah's chariot is flipped, severely hurting and eventually crippling him. Judah returns to Jerusalem to find that his mother and sister have become lepers and have been living in a leper colony. He seeks a cure, and a man, who has been helping the lepers, tells of a man Christ,who can cure illness if given faith in God. Judah takes his mother and sister to Jerusalem in time to see Jesus crucified However, Judah believes and has faith, and his mother and sister are cured On the day of Judah and Esther's wedding, MeSsah shows up and is forgiven and welcomed into the celebration.

The actors were very on track and it seemed as though you were actually in Jerusalem watching first hand the sequence of events. Another aspect if the show that was very life-like, was the sets. At one point in the show the is a complete half of a slave ship on the stage. Fog and lights gave an idea of real water. This scene was the best scene of the whole play, because of the sets and the increduble singing. This singing started on the very first scene and continued throughout the production, helping to express the emotions of the characters a) the times of the climatic events. This production was absolutely incredible! I know that my friends and I left the performance speechless and in awe. If you have a chance to see it in your area, go

Unfortunately, Ben Hur is no longer being produced in Orlando. The production at the Orlando Convention Center has not had enough business. The co~ spent so much money on making this a spectacular performance that they have gone bankrupt from lack of interest. This is a great tragedy as this was the best production I have ever witnessed. The company is suing the play and it's rights, for nine million dollars. If the~ is a buyer, they hope to have the production go on the road.