Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Megan Hughes/The Globe AIDEN BACH, Ironwood high school senior, performs "Flowers" by Cynthia Zarin at the Poetry Out Loud competition on Monday morning at the Memorial Building in Ironwood. From left, performance judges Helen Fashbagh, Mary Hansen (hidden) and Megan Hagen listen intently.
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Memorial Building's auditorium acted as a competition hall for the Poetry Out Loud competition on Monday morning, with five students from area schools aiming to earn their place in the coming state competition.
Event coordinator Rebecca Binkley of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District said the competition is a national competition where high school students select two poems from an anthology to read to judges. Students are judged on accuracy of the reading, the meaning they can ex-press of the poem, and any dramatic flair they can add.
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