• In April 1997 I planned, organized and sponsored the first ever Italy Foreign Language Festival, which involved more than 200 students from all over Italy. The event was so successful that the District decided to hold it on yearly basis.
• In March 2001 I hosted the IV Foreign Language Festival in Naples. Once again, I planned and organized games, competitions and activities for about 200 students. These yearly events were so successful that the Headquarters decided to hold the event at a European level.
• In April 2003 I was asked by Headquarters to create a logo for the first LinguaFest and be part of the Planning Committee.
• In November 2003 I participated in the first LinguaFest not only as part of the Planning Committee but also as a teacher of one of the core sessions. I prepared a documentary on a typical Italian product, the motorcycle Vespa, focusing on the economical rebirth in Italy after WW2. I instructed a group of students to present the documentary to the audience and supervised them as they came up with an original choreography for a famous Italian song that celebrates the Vespa. The kids illustrated that section of Italian History based on the video I had edited, sang a song in Italian and danced.
• In the same event, I also ran one of the mini-sessions in the evening. It was a game called “Culture Bowl”, with dozens of questions about the culture and the grammar of the foreign languages represented in the Festival. I prepared the computer template with the questions of different levels and directed the game with the students divided in teams.
• In March 2005 I participated in the Planning Committee for the Second LinguaFest.
• I was asked to create the official logo for the Second LinguaFest.
• In September 2005, I participated in the second LinguaFest Committee, with the purpose of selecting the participating students and teachers.
• In November 2005 I participated in the Second LinguaFest also as core course teacher. I worked with a group of students, with whom I wrote and directed a skit that advertised the importance of learning foreign languages. I supervised the student who was assigned to the editing of the video for the entire editing process.
• I ran one of the evening mini-sessions. It was about Italian movies. I prepared some activities for students to do in relation to the Academy award winning movies “Life is beautiful” and “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”.
• I created a short cartoon that advertises the importance of Foreign Languages. The cartoon was presented at the LinguaFest performance and included in the official video of the event.
