Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – May 24, 2020

Paul Weagraff interviews Camille Decker, the 2020 Delaware State Champion of the Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest. Camille shares a few of her poems, talks about the process of becoming state champion, and comments on how the competition at the national level took a bit of a turn this year.

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Poetry Out Loud – 2006

Simone Seal, a senior from Padua Academy, won Delaware’s Poetry Out Loud state competition on April 11, 2006 held at the Schwartz Center for the Arts in Dover. Reciting “Still I Rise,” by Maya Angelou” and “Bitch” by Carolyn Kizer she received the top score from the judges for her ability to convey the meaning […]

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Poetry Out Loud – 2007

Competing among thirteen students from schools throughout Delaware, Daniel Foster became the winner of the state Poetry Out Loud contest held at the Schwartz Center for the Arts on March 13. His “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes, and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare, propelled him to first […]

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