Candidates vying to be a part of this year’s Bud Billiken Royal Court took the microphone Saturday as part of the oral essay contest. In an auditorium at the Northeastern University’s Carruther’s Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd, the youngsters read aloud the essays they wrote on the subject of energy.
The
contestants, six girls and five boys ranging in age from 8 to 12, and were in
grades 3 to 7, spoke on one of three topics: A day in your life and the
different sources of energy you used. Speak with an older person about what it
is like to have a vegetable or herb garden, then describe what it would be like
to have such a garden in your neighborhood.
Describe
that fun thing you do with your body to burn energy and how it makes you feel.
The
first, second and third place winners of the oral essay contest, as well as the
announcement of the 2011 Bud Billiken Royal Court, will be made July 27.
Winners of the oral essay presentations could possibly not be part of the Royal
Court, said Joslyn DiPasalegne, Bud Billiken King and Queen contest
coordinator.
Contestants
in the oral essay presentation were: Taryn Turner, Marius Guyton, Noadiyah
Jones, Thomas Jackson Jr., Jhadia Adams, Dakota James, Zaria Irving, Aaron
Parker, Ariyana Shines, Cincere Henning-Morris and Autumn Nichele.
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2011 Chicago Defender
