Friday, September 21, 2007

Cool Counties Concert & Poetry Slam

If you like to write poetry, you'll be interested in this contest. Chairman Connolly is hosting a poetry contest and all entries will be posted on his web site. Poems must have an environmental theme, be a minimum of 14 lines and be no longer than 1 minute when performed. Students may be asked to read their poem at the event.

Submissions are due by October 1st. You may email your entry to Chairman Connolly (chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov) and don't forget to include the following items:
your poem
your name and grade
your address and phone number
your email

The Cool Counties Concert & Poetry Slam will be Saturday, October 6th from noon-3 p.m. at Mason District Park
6621 Columbia Pike
Annandale

The event is free and open to the public, so even if you don't want to enter a poem, it'll be a great day of exploring. Lots of Fairfax County and local environmental organizations will be there providing info about global warming and things that all of us can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Students, if you go to the event, write a few sentences about what you learned and bring it to our October 15th meeting. We'd love to hear what you have to say!


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