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Justin-Siena Student Semi-Finalist in California Poetry Out Loud Competition
Napa County Poetry Out Loud Finalist, Delia Bisconer, made Semi-Finalist in the California Poetry Out Loud Competition
On March 15th and 16th the California Poetry Out Loud Finals took place in Sacramento, with 40 student participants from 40 counties in the State of California.
Justin-Siena High School student, Delia Bisconer, from Napa made Semi-Finalist in the State Competition, making her place in the top 8 out of 40 participants.
Levi Lowe, a sophomore at Sonora Union High School in Tuolumne County, took first place in the 2015 California state finals of Poetry Out Loud and will represent the Golden State in Washington, D.C. at the national finals next month.
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This year marks the tenth time the California Arts Council has produced the annual state competition, the largest of its kind in the nation, with over 40,000 students in 40 California counties participating. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA,) Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to learn about poetry through memorization, performance, and competition.
To see more about the competition, visit: http://arts.ca.gov/news/prdetail.php?id=197
