Grand-prize winner from Liberty High School: pictured from left to right: first row: Fay Ortiz-Golden, Brittany Scott-Knecht, Krystle Gregory, Sue Vogler, Amy Coolidge, and Erick Coolidge. back row: Ryan Heatley and Mark Hamilton.
Runner-up from Cowanesque Valley High School: pictured from left to right Houston Baker, Janna Heyler, Sue Vogler, Mark Hamilton, Amy Coolidge, and Erick Coolidge.
Congratulations to Our Contest Winners
Congratulations to Create a Commercial contest winners Krystle Gregory, Levi Miller, Ryan Heatley, Sarah Comstock and Brittany Scott-Knect, and their advisors, Fay Ortiz-Golden and Belinda Barnes.
The five seniors at Liberty High School were awarded the grand prize at a reception held May 2 at the Tioga County Courthouse.
An entry by Cowanesque Valley High School seniors Houston Baker and Janna Heyler, with advisor Gail Hendershot, was named runner-up.
Winners were presented with a gift certificate to Subway, movie tickets to the Arcadia Theatre in Wellsboro, and tickets to selected Endless Mountain Music Festival concerts.
WATCH the two winning videos below.
Endless Mountain Music Festival Poetry Contest Winners
Pictured at the reception are: (left to right front row): Katie Prichard, Alexis Keefe, Briana Hollenback, Chelsey Horner, and (back row): Nicholas Horner, Alexander Button, Charyssa Buickus, and Commissioner Erick Coolidge.
Local area high school poets were honored in Wellsboro at a reception recognizing the winners of the 2007 Endless Mountain Music Festival poetry contest.
The contest was open to poets in grades five through 12 from schools in Tioga, Bradford, and Lycoming counties, and featured poems written about the 2007 festival theme, “Beethoven Meets the Blues.”
The student poets, their family members, and friends attended the reception along with Endless Mountain Music Festival board members and staff. On behalf of the Tioga County Commissioners, Commissioner Erick Coolidge congratulated the students and applauded their “creative spirit”.
Sixteen entries were received, and winners were named in two categories, grades five through eight and grades nine through 12. Liberty High School senior Nicholas Horner was named the grand prize winner, with his poem, “Crow.” His winning entry was set to music by Nashville composer Nomad Ovunc and performed at the festival concert on Saturday, August 11 at Mansfield University’s Straughn Auditorium.
The complete list of winners and their entries includes: grades five through eight, first place, Liberty Jr./Sr. High School eighth grader Chelsey Horner, "My Community"; second place, St. Agnes School sixth grader Alexis Keefe, "Sweet Southern Blues"; third place, St. Agnes School sixth grader Hailey Innocenzo, “untitled”; and grades nine through 12 winners: first place and grand prize winner, Nicholas Horner, "Crow"; second place, Cowanesque Valley junior Lesley Brown, "A Dusty Corner"; and third place, Williamson High School senior Alexander Button, "Where The Sun Breathes".
The winning poems were read aloud at the reception, and a podcast of the evening was recorded and produced by Mansfield University student intern Nathan Herring. It is available for download on our homepage. Winners received a variety of prizes, including gift certificates and Endless Mountain Music Festival concert tickets.
