Where are my poetry people at???

**Megan** · 04-29-2003, 07:13 AM

State your name, your school, and your events, other than poetry, that you do, and what poetry program you're thinking of doing next year.
Here's Mine:
Megan Brown
Maconaquah High School
DI, Dec, OO, Pro, Duo, maybe HI
"What Have You Lost?" a selection of poems from the poem compilation book, "What Have You Lost?" collected by Naomi Shihab Nye

**Josiahzacks** · 04-29-2003, 08:12 AM

I'm primarily a DI person, but I've been tricked into doing OI this year.
Josh Isaacs
Acton-Boxborough High School

I have, at 3 poetry tournaments, done 3 different programs. So far, all of them have been Billy Collins, but for CFL Nationals, I'm making a program of works by Abba Kovner. With any luck, I will be able to avoid poetry entirely next year(it's never very competative in Ma anyway).

**Megan** · 04-29-2003, 08:15 AM

Being a person at a school who only goes to NFL nationals....What are the major events at CFL?

**Josiahzacks** · 04-29-2003, 08:33 AM

CFLs is:
Dramatic Performance (HI and DI in one event-i.e. very competative)
Extemporaneous Speaking (No IX/USX split)
Student Congress (No Senate/House split)
Declamation (Deliver somone else's speech- limited to underclassmen)
Original Oratory (Essentially the same as NFLs)
Duo Interpretation (Same as NFLs except each person can play only 1 character)
Oral Interpretation of Literature (Aka Prose/Poetry- Alternating rounds of Prose and Poetry readings)

The events are all a little bit differant than NFLs. In some cases (DP, Extemp, Congress) this makes things more competative. For others, less competative. Dec. and OI are CFL only events.

**Phil Teston** · 04-29-2003, 04:43 PM

Philippe Teston (if you couldnt figure that out...)
JV LD, OI, Duo, HI and Dec once, but gonna do HI more next year (our school is lacking a speech team in recent years)
Chaminade High School

stupid non-speechie type frosh...STAY AWAY FROM LD!!!!