The Poetry Out Loud: Recitation Contest was created in 2006 by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. Recitation means a repetition of what has been said before It is used in a religious an oratorical and an educational sense Events French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture The contest was created to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with substantial cash prizes being awarded to schools that participated as well as representatives from each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
The contest features a list of about 400 poems for students to choose from. In some cases, qualifiers were held at a scholastic level with each student performing two poems. The finalist from each school went to the state level to perform three, and the state finalists later performed the same three poems in Washington D.C. during the second week of May, 2006. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
2006 Winners
Jackson Hille of Columbus Alternative High School in Ohio is the National Champion. Columbus Alternative High School is a Public high school located on the north side of Columbus Ohio. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads He received a $20,000 scholarship courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts. Other honors went to Teal Van Dyck of Bow High School in New Hampshire, who won second place and a $10,000 scholarship. Bow High School is a four-year Public high school located in Bow, New Hampshire, USA, as part of the Bow School District. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Kellie Anae of Mid-Pacific Institute in Hawaii won third place and a $5,000 scholarship. Notable alumni Keiko The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the [1]
References
- ^ "Making Poetry Come Alive: Poetry Out Loud 2006 National Finals", NEA ARTS 2006, Volume 3, National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence Accessed January 26, 2008. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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