Marquette – The Marquette Senior High School Poetry Out Loud Recitation Championship will be held on Wednesday, January 8 at 12:40 p.m. in the Shirley Smith Little Theatre at Marquette Senior High School.
The MSHS champion will advance to the Michigan State Championship in East Lansing on March 13 and 14. The state championship is sponsored by the Michigan Humanities Council. The state champion will advance to the national finals in Washington, D.C., and compete for a $20,000 college scholarship.
The MSHS Poetry Recitation Championship will consist of two rounds, with each contestant reciting one poem from the Poetry Out Loud online anthology in each round, following rules set by the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information, email Eric Hammerstrom at ehammerstrom@mapsnet.org.
Click To Submit Press Releases, News, Calendar Items, and Community Events to mediaBrew radio stations WFXD, WKQS, WRUP, GTO, Fox Sport Marquette, and 106.1 The Sound
Marquette, Michigan Calendar; Ishpeming Calendar; Negaunee Calendar; Gwinn Calendar; Negaunee Calendar and Events; Upper Peninsula Calendar of Events; Escanaba Events and Calendar