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Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest

2009-2010 Competition Schedule


  • POL Midlands Regional Competition
    Time: 2 p.m.
    Date: Jan. 16
    Location: Sumter Little Theatre, 14 Mood Avenue, Sumter

     

    Counties: Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Darlington, Marlboro, Aiken, Lexington, Richland, Sumter, Florence, Marion, Dillon, Calhoun and Horry

     

    Regional partner: Booth Chilcutt, executive director, Sumter County Cultural Commission (at Patriot Hall); (803) 436-2260 or (803) 468-2389

     

  • POL Upstate Regional Competition
    Time: 2 p.m.
    Date: Jan. 23
    Location: Showroom at Hub-Bub, 149 S Daniel Morgan Ave., Spartanburg

     

    Counties: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Anderson, Laurens, Union, Chester, Abbeville, McCormick and Greenwood

     

    Regional Partner:  Betsy Teter, executive director, Hub City Writers Project, (864) 577-9349 or (864) 706-4407

     

  • POL Lowcountry Regional Competition
    Time: 2 p.m.
    Date: Jan. 24
    Location: College of Charleston Alumni Memorial Hall, Randolph Hall, 65 George Street, Charleston

     

    Counties: Barnwell, Bamberg, Orangeburg, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Georgetown, Allendale, Hampton, Colleton, Dorchester, Berkeley, Jasper, Beaufort and Charleston

     

    Regional Partner: Keverlee Burchett, Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts, (843) 276-2555

     

  • POL State Finals
    Time: 1-3 p.m.
    Date: March 20
    Location: Columbia Museum of Art., Corner of Main and Hampton Streets, Columbia, SC

     

    Contact:  Frances Kablick, POL Program Coordinator, (803) 734-8639

     

    The state finals will include three equally ranked finalists from each region.