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Re: Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional

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Originally Posted by leann324 View Post
Hello! We'll be competing in Montreal this year and are super excited/nervous!! We're from Rochester, NY (most with little French experience) and were wondering if anyone has any tips for us. We're discussing having a crash course in French for the whole team! lol I assume most of the volunteers and especially judges know English, but I know it's not always safe to assume.
I attended the Montreal regional in its first year, and I have to say it was the most fun event I've ever been to. The organizing committee knows how to put on a show, with an event atmosphere that's unparalleled. You will have some volunteers, possibly including judges, who don't speak English, however they've always ensured that their are enough bilingual volunteers to accommodate the anglophone teams. They've done a great job over the years to minimize the impact of the language barrier.
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