Poetry Out Loud –Tuolumne County Final Competition
WHEN: Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
WHERE: Stage 3 Theatre, 208 S. Green St. Sonora, CA 95370
TIME: 6:30pm Competition will start promptly
Designated Competitors should arrive no later than 6pm
Free to the Public.
Audience Seating Limited to 90
Poetry Out Loud is a national program that celebrates the spoken word through poetry. If your school or home school program is interested in joining the ranks of POL participants, please contact Central Sierra Arts Council at (209)532-ARTS/2787 or email B.Z. Smith at bz@centralsierraarts.org.
SCHOOL TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS–If you want your students to join in Poetry Out Loud, contact us ASAP.
HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES & PARENTS–If you want your child to participate in this dynamic program, just give us a call.
STUDENTS–You can do this on your own! Just shoot us an email <bz@centralsierraarts.org> or drop us a note on our Facebook page!
AUGUST--Contact schools, set up teacher meetings and get POL information distributed to schools, families and kids.
SEPTEMBER--Schedule visits to schools and home-school programs to give chats about POL.
OCTOBER–Poetry Recitation Coach Rick Foster starts to work with students to prepare for POL.
DECEMBER–School-Level competitions begin to select each school’s TuolCo POL contestants.
JANUARY–Home School competition will take place. This will also include any public school students whose schools did not fully participate.
FEBRUARY–Tuolumne County Poetry Out Loud county-level competition will take place.
MARCH–Tuolumne County’s POL first place winner will travel to Sacramento for the State-Level POL competition.
MAY–National Poetry Out Loud Competition will take place in Washington, D.C.
Poetry Out Loud is presented by The National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. Visit the Poetry Out Loud Website for inspiring resources on the art of poetry writing and recitation.
(Donations to CSAC’s Arts Education are welcomed!)