Poetry Alive! visits county schools
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January 12, 2013 |
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Debbie Pauls,
Idaho Reads! VISTA, Jasmine Hittle, Ben
Tompkins, Dylan Hittle, Emma Tompkins,
Kelsey English, and Charlene Petty of
the Eagles. |
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By Debbie Pauls
Poetry Alive! gave performances for the Bonners
Ferry High School, Boundary County Middle
School, and Valley View Elementary January 9.
Idaho Reads! VISTA, Debbie Pauls at Valley View
Elementary partnered with the schools, the
Eagles Club, the Kootenai Valley Motel, and
Poetry Alive to afford this opportunity for our
schools.
Founded in 1984, Poetry Alive! conducted its
first show in a music hall called McDibb's in
Black Mountain, North Carolina. Today, Poetry
Alive! brings the Poetry Alive! Institute for
Educators into school districts across the
nation.
Returning to the tradition of long ago, the
Poetry Alive! actors have memorized hundreds of
poems, from the classics to the popular to the
contemporary. The company sends out actors in
pairs to schools, libraries, festivals and
anywhere there is an audience for “poetry with a
twist."
For more information on Poetry Alive!, you can
visit their website at
www.poetryalive.com.
Poetry Alive gave energetic, inspirational, and
interactive performances. Valley View thanks the
Eagles’ Club for fund raising $250 for the
Valley View Literacy Program.
Support like this allows us to be able to invite
groups to help support our efforts to improve
reading and writing. We would not be able to do
this without the wonderful backing of our
community.
Also a big thank you goes out to the Kootenai
Valley Motel for donating lodging for our
guests.
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