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Poetry
Out Loud: Hawai‘i State Finals
March
3, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
Tenney
Theatre at St. Andrew's
Cathedral
229 Queen Emma Square
Open
to anyone interested in poetry
is welcome to attend and cheer
the students on!
For more information, click Poetry Out Loud Hawai‘i.
2012
Hawai'i Poetry Out
Loud Contestants
Honolulu
Theatre for Youth
and the Hawai‘i
State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts
invite high school
students from across the
state to compete in Poetry
Out Loud: National
Recitation Contest,
presented in partnership
with the National
Endowment for the Arts
and the Poetry
Foundation.
Poetry Out Loud seeks to
foster the next
generation of literary
readers by capitalizing
on the latest trends in
poetry - recitation and
performance. The program
builds on the resurgence
of poetry as an oral art
form, inviting the
dynamics of slam poetry,
spoken word, and theater
into the English
classroom. Through
Poetry Out Loud,
students can master
public speaking skills,
build self-confidence,
and learn about their
literary heritage.
Schools are invited to
participate in classroom
and school-wide
contests, advancing to a
Hawai‘i state
competition on March 3,
2013, in Honolulu. The
state champion will
receive $200, and an
all-expenses-paid trip
to the National Finals
from April 29-30, 2013,
in Washington, D.C.,
where $50,000 in awards
and school stipends will
be distributed.
This is the eighth year
that HTY is partnering
with HSFCA to bring
Poetry Out Loud to
Hawai‘i. More than
365,000 students from
over 2,000 high schools
nationwide took part in
the 2011-2012 Poetry Out
Loud program. The NEA
and the Poetry
Foundation will provide
state arts agencies with
free, standards-based
curriculum materials for
use by participating
school. These materials
include an online poetry
anthology, a Teacher's
Guide with sample lesson
plans to help
instructors teach
recitation and
performance, and a
Learning Recitation DVD.
Program materials are
also available for
download on the website,
www.poetryoutloud.org,
which offer additional
resources.
Fore more
information or to get
involved, high school
teachers should contact
HTY at 839-9885, ext.
704 or via e-mail at edadmin@hty.org. The deadline to
sign-up is January 25,
2013.
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