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Annapolis Alive! News - April 8, 2008
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Junior Town Crier Competition
Saturday, April 12 - Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 10 a.m.
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In this modern age of TV and Internet, it is time to look back and introduce students to the original mass media: Towne Crying!
Throughout Colonial times, the Towne Crier was the main source of news in Maryland.
Watermark is holding the first ever Junior Towne Crier Competition, as part of of Annapolis Alive! All Maryland schools are welcome to participate and each may send one representative to the Junior Towne Crier Competition. Colonial costumes are encouraged.
Annapolis' Official Towne Crier and Watermark Guide, Squire Frederick Taylor, will be one of the judges at the competition that will choose winners in the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels. These three winners will then accompany Squire Frederick as hosts for the North American Towne Crier Championship Competition to be held in Annapolis on May 3, in conjunction with Annapolis Alive!, and the Maryland Maritime Heritage Festival at City Dock.
NOTE: Registration and copy of "cry" is due Thursday, April 10. The Junior Towne Crier Competition is open to all schools in the state of Maryland. Entry is limited to one student per school. To obtain the registration form, rules and additional information, see our website: www.annapolisalive.org.
Sunday, April 13 - Mayor's Weekly Read
9:30 - 10 a.m. - WNAV Radio, 1430 AM
This is the fifth of Mayor Ellen Moyer's seven-program weekly Big Read conversations on WNAV and the City PEG channel. The 30-minute conversations will include readers, local and national writers and others who have read and been influenced by The Great Gatsby. The next one is is scheduled for April 20.
Read more about the Big Read
