Recitation Winners Compete At District Festival
January 26, 2007
After months of memorization and practicing
pronunciation, enunciation and diction, not to
mention the countless hours spent rehearsing
voice inflexions and facial expressions,
Fayette’s elementary students put on quite a
show at the 2007 Fayette Recitation Festival.
Participants were vying for the opportunity to
represent the county at the district festival
taking place in Griffin February 6-8.
Participating students qualified for the county
competition by placing first in their individual
school recitation festivals. The first place
winners from grades kindergarten through fifth
advanced to the district level.
“I want to extend my congratulations to
all students who participated in our Poetry
Recitation Festivals from the classroom to the
system level. It takes great courage and
discipline to memorize a poem and recite it in
front of an audience. I am so proud of each and
every one of our students,” says Debbie Wheat,
coordinator of K-5 language arts and K-12
reading.
This year’s district competitors are Zachary
Garcia, kindergarten, Oak Grove; Matthew
Hargrove, first grade, Peeples; Savannah
Kawahata, second grade, Huddleston; Drew Van de
Motter, third grade, Peeples; Preston Earle,
fourth grade, Robert J. Burch and Regan Grillo,
fifth grade, Braelinn.
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