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Cleveland Kids Travel to NYC, Perform on Apollo Stage for National Poetry Celebration

Submitted by kblackley on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 12:11.
Tamia and Sebastian perform their original poems at the 2011 America SCORES Cleveland Poetry SLAM!

Two elementary students from Buhrer Dual Language K-8 School on Cleveland’s near west side will travel to New York City to perform their original poems at the historic Apollo Theater for the sixth annual National Poetry SLAM on Monday, April 16. Fifth grader Tamia B., age 11, and fourth grader Sebastian M., age 10, will represent America SCORES Cleveland alongside 28 youth from 15 cities across the country.