| MENDOCINO COUNTY POETRY OUT LOUD FINALS AT THE ARENA THEATER | ||
| Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 3:30pm at the Arena Theater, Point Arena, CA |
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A collaborative effort of the National Endowment For the Arts, the California Arts Council, the California Poets In the Schools and Arts Council of Mendocino County, Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to memorize and perform great poems. In 2008 more than 250,000 students across the nation participated in the Poetry Out Loud program. The event was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, The Poetry Foundation, California Poets In the Schools, The Arts Council of Mendocino County, and the Arena Theater. For more information about Poetry Out Loud, visit www.poetryoutloud.org |
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| POL 2010 Results | ||
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| COAST HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM (PAHS, PCCHS, MHS, MCHS, FBHS) Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 4:30pm at the Arena Theater, Point Arena, CA |
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| At 4:30pm, on Tuesday, February 2nd at the Arena Theater in Point Arena, high school poets from Point Arena, Fort Bragg, and Mendocino shared their original poetry at the 10th annual MCOE/CPITS Coast High School Poetry Slam. The event was judged by three Mendocino County poets (Jane Reichhold, Frank Healy, Karin Falkner), with audience response influencing their decision. The slam is sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education and California Poets in the Schools with the generous support of the Arena Theater.
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Individual Scores |
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Trieste Desautels, 55.5—tied for 1st Place |
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| Mendocino/Fort Bragg Team (four poets, with Trieste & Kendall alternating to make five poets in each of the two rounds) = 257 |
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| Point Arena (four poets slamming two rounds, two more poets slamming one round each) = 252 |
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| INLAND HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM (UHS, WHS, WCHS) Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 4:00pm at the Willits HS Auditorium, Willits High School, Willits, CA |
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| On Tuesday, February 9th at the Willits HS Auditorium, high school poets from Willits, Anderson Valley, and Ukiah will share their original poetry at the MCOE/CPITS Inland High School Poetry Slam. Three Mendocino County poets will judge the event, with audience response influencing their decision. Join us in support of youth expression!. The event begins at 4pm and is free and open to the public. The slam is sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education, California Poets in the School and was made possible by teachers Michael Ridell (UHS) and Susan Walz (WHS). | ||
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| COUNTYWIDE HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM ( FBHS, MHS, PAHS, AVHS, UHS, WHS) Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 4:00pm at the Matheson Performing Arts Center, Mendocino High School, Mendocino, CA |
On Tuesday, April 20th at the Mendocino High School Matheson Performing Arts Center (MHS Campus, Ford Street, off Little Lake Rd, Mendocino), high school poets from Anderson Valley, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Point Arena, Ukiah and Willits delivered their original poetry at the 10th annual MCOE/CPITS Countywide High School Poetry Slam. Two Mendocino County poets (MCWC organizer and poet Maureen Epstein and poet Mickey Chaffin) and two Lake County poets (current Lake County Poet Laureate and three time SF Slam Champion Russell Reza-Khaliq Gonzaga and last year's Lake County Poet Laureate Sandra Wade) judged the event, with audience response influencing their decision. A warm thank you to all the coaches, teaching staff, students, tech crew, and audience members made the event another amazing afternoon/evening of youth expression! The slam was sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education and California Poets in the Schools, with support from MHS, FBHS, PAHS, PCCHS, UKS, WHS, AVHS.
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| Individual Top Scores |
1st---Joanna Bennet 114 |
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| Willits High School (five poets with three poems, plus three more poems) = 648.5 | ||
| Joanna Bennet 114 Becky Truxel 112.5 Alyssa Marquardt 109 David Stansberry 102.5 Amber Grable 100 |
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| Mendocino/Fort Bragg (six poets with three poems) = 617 | ||
| Raina Deerwater 112 Xochil Goretsky 105.5 Savannah 102.5 Trieste DeSautels (FBHS) 102 Niko Gomez 100.5 Alex Scott 94.5 |
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| Ukiah High School (six poets, three rounds) = 609 | ||
| Michaela Donohue 102 Drew 95.5 Jordan 100 Adrian 110.5 Caroline 103 Lexi 98 |
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| Point Arena--PCCHS/PAHS Team (four poets, three rounds, three poets two rounds) = 602 | ||
| Norma Orozco 110 Winnona Wiley 101.5 Jocelyn Malik 99 Jasper Hillier 96.5 Brian Barnes 66 (two poems) Roxanne Chidlaw 64.5 (two poems) Jake Wellman 64.5 (two poems) |
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| Anderson Valley High School (one poet, three rounds) = 102 | ||
| Olivia Allen 102 | ||
coaches, please click here for the Judges Form