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Sedona Red Rock High School poet to give it her all at state competition‏

Sedona, AZ - On Friday, March 14th Liana O'Boyle will represent Sedona at the 3rd annual Poetry Out Loud State Competition in Phoenix.

Over 20 high schools from all over the state will be sending poets representing their schools and one poet will be selected after two rounds of recitation. That poet will go onto the national recitation contest on held on April 29th in Washington D.C. But Liana is going to make it difficult for them to choose.

"She is a fireball!" says Christopher Lane, Poetry Out loud Coach for Sedona Red Rock High School. "She has no inhibitions about her performance. She's all about making the audience recognize her talents as a poet and performer on stage."

And performs she does. Her interpretation of Nikki Giovanni's poem "Beautiful Black Men" is a poem people will never forget. She brings out the true essence of the poem. All the intense details, the real "voice" of the poem is accentuated through Ms. O'Boyle.

Liana found the poems she wanted to use in the competition on the contest's website at http://poetryoutloud.org. After selecting her poems she ran through a series of school contests that eventually selected Liana to represent Sedona.

"At the school assembly, the students were in an uproar over her performance. She really won all of them over," says Lane.

The location of the state wide finals is to be announced but you can call, toll free, 866.698.8790 to find out where the contest will be held or visit http://norazpoets.org for more details.



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