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Four hundred nutty improv kids about to descend on Sudbury

More than 400 students from 40 French-language Catholic and public high schools will gather in Sudbury from April 29 to May 2 to take part in the in the AFOLIE Provincial Improv Tournament.
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The Association franco-ontarienne des ligues d'improvisation étudiantes (AFOLIE) Provincial Improve Championship takes place in Sudbury April 29 to May 2. Supplied photo.
More than 400 students from 40 French-language Catholic and public high schools will gather in Sudbury from April 29 to May 2 to take part in the in the AFOLIE Provincial Improv Tournament.

Held mainly on the Collège Boréal campus, the AFOLIE tournament brings young improv artists from the four corners of Ontario together for a single reason: celebrating Franco-Ontarian culture through improvisation.

Founded in 1989, the Association franco-ontarienne des ligues d'improvisation étudiantes (AFOLIE) gives a distinct local flavour to its provincial tournament each year.

Presented this year by the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario’s École secondaire catholique Jeunesse-Nord, this province-wide gathering was last held in Greater Sudbury in 1991 at ESC Champlain and in Northern Ontario in 2009 in Chapleau at ESC Trillium.

Local actor and musician Stef Paquette will share his wit as master of ceremony of the opening ceremonies April 29 at 7 p.m.

On April 30, students will take part in a variety of improv matches on seven rinks. The elimination round is scheduled for May 1. Finalists will face off May 2. The venue for all improv matches is Collège Boréal.

Social and cultural activities will also be offered to tournament participants, including a physical humour show by François-Guillaume Leblanc and a banquet and dance May 1.

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