[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Office of Cultural Affairs announces regional Poetry Out Loud competition for area s high school students

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sarah Dresser, Program Specialist
Office of Cultural Affairs 
sedresse at GoColumbiaMo.com or 573-874-6387


Office of Cultural Affairs announces regional Poetry Out Loud competition  for area’s high school students

COLUMBIA, MO (February 9, 2015) - The city’s Office of Cultural Affairs will host the central Missouri regional competition for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 18 at the Columbia Public Library. The event is free and open to the public. The competition, presented in partnership with the Missouri Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and competition. In the 2014‐2015 school year, Poetry Out Loud celebrates its 10th anniversary, reaching nearly 2.5 million students at more than 7,300 schools nationwide in the past decade.

On Feb. 18, winning students from nine area high school competitions are slated to participate in the central Missouri regional Poetry Out Loud contest. The winner of this competition advances to the Missouri state competition on March 12 in Jefferson City. The Missouri champion advances to the Poetry Out Loud national finals on April 28‐29 in Washington, D.C., where $50,000 in awards and school stipends are distributed. For further information on Poetry Out Loud, visit www.poetryoutloud.org.

 


*Battle High School - Sarah Provencher

*Boonville High School - Noah Rogers

*Cole Camp High School - Hunter Green      

*Columbia Independent School - Rachel Briner

*Hickman High School - Shakira Cross

*Jefferson City Home Educators - Ulzii Hoyle

*Lighthouse Preparatory Academy - Meg Alexander

*Rock Bridge High School - Neil Cathro

*School of the Osage High School - Briana Jordan


 Featured contestants: 

When: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m. to noon
 
 Where: Columbia Public Library, 100 W. Broadway

For more information, contact Sarah Dresser at 573-874-6387 or sedresse at gocolumbiamo.com. 



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