That’s Our Girl!

Evangeline

This is a post that is a little late. The photo above was taken nearly a month ago, when Evangeline competed in a regional Christian school speaking competition called “The Speech & Word Festival.” Back in November, she won for her grade and category at her school, and in January, she went to the regional competition. The festival has several categories: illustrated story telling, Bible memory, poetry, dramatic reading, etc. She competed in poetry. She recited a Shel Silverstein poem that I knew of from my youth called “Bear in There.”

Bear in There

There’s a Polar Bear
In our Frigidaire–
He likes it ’cause it’s cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He’s nibbling the noodles,
He’s munching the rice,
He’s slurping the soda,
He’s licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he’s in there–
That Polary Bear
In our Fridgitydaire.

After the students finished competing in different rooms around the host school, everyone gathered in the auditorium to await the judges’ decisions, and during that time, several students who were selected by the judges perform for the entire group–“showcased” as it were. The top photo shows Evangeline during this time of the day. After about 40 minutes passed, we heard the results. Evangeline tied for first place in her category. She was beaming. I admit, I was, too.

Here she is with her first place ribbon.

Evangeline with her first place ribbon

8 thoughts on “That’s Our Girl!”

  1. Wow! Good job, Evangeline! Next time we visit we want to see the ribbon and maybe we can can be treated to a recitation.

  2. April,

    I wish we had it on video, too. We never had a video recorder, and then we got one for Christmas this year. But I am not used to having it, and I forgot it that day. As it turns out now, we have misplaced the power cord, so until I get a replacement, I will continue to be that parent who misses opportunities to record special events in my children’s lives.

    Perhaps when we get a new power cord, I can tape her reciting it for us at home and then post it.

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