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In this program Arts in Education Program Manager, Diana Green, interviews students and teachers who attended the Finding Your Voice Workshop hosted by the Tuscaloosa Arts Council for Region 4. Some of these students were selected to participate in the State Poetry Out Loud finals February 18th. Green also interviews Diana Van Fossen, of the Alabama Shakespeare about the Shakespeare Festival partnership. Poetry
Out Loud is a national arts education program
that encourages the study of great poetry by
offering educational materials and a dynamic
recitation competition to high schools across
the country. Beginning at the classroom level,
winners advance to school-wide competition, to a
regional competition, to the state competition,
and ultimately to the National Finals in
Washington, DC. The Alabama State Council on the
Arts in partnership with the Alabama Alliance
for Arts Education and four regional partners
administer the program in Alabama. The 2013 Alabama Poetry Out Loud State
Finals will be held Monday, Feb. 18 at the
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 1 Festival Drive,
Montgomery. The event will include two rounds of
powerful student poetry recitation, including an
original poetry competition. This event is
free and open to the public.
Round One of the 2013 competition will
begin Feb. 18 at 10:00 a.m. on the Festival
Stage of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Fourteen students from across the state will be
competing as they recite two original poems
each. At the end of Round One, at approximately
noon, judges will announce three winners for the
state’s original poetry competition. An awards
ceremony will be held immediately following this
first round. The National Poetry Out Loud
competition will begin at 2:00 p.m. which will
include fourteen additional students reciting up
to three poems each from a provided anthology.
The winner will be named Alabama’s Poetry Out
Loud Champion and will move on the national
competition, in Washington DC, April 29-30. This special radio series will air every Sunday at 11:00 - 11:30 A.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:
This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#pol2013 If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov Listen first hand using the link below.
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