Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Shrewsbury Teens on TV!!

WATCH THE SHOW AND VOTE ABOVE!!!

The show will begin by May 5th, and air for at least two weeks.

SPLAT Teen Writing Competition can be seen on SETV channel 29.

Mondays at 8:30pm & 11pm

Tuesdays at 5:20pm

Wednesdays a t 5:52am

Thursdays a t 4:30pm

Fridays at 6:30pm & 10:30pm

Saturdays at 7pm

This show can be seen at these times until May 17th - when voting closes. The show may air after that, but votes will not be accepted. The contestant who gets the most votes will win a $50 Borders gift card. The voting results will not be revealed until the end of the competition, and the winner will be posted here on or around May 20th.

Feel free to forward this to as many people you know in town! Remember, one vote per computer, so it's up to you to get the word out about voting!

I cannot wait to see how it all turns out, so spread the word and happy voting!!

Sincerely,
Dan Barbour
Young Adult Librarian
Shrewsbury Public Library

Monday, April 27, 2009

TEEN WRITING COMPETITION
HITS THE SMALL SCREEN
AND ONLINE VOTING BEGINS SOON!
Back in March, 13 students from grades 5-12 entered a unique writing contest at the Shrewsbury Public Library. They had three hours to write a story that would take only three minutes to read and present to what they thought would be a small crowd.
There were a couple of surprises though, and one of them is that they would not only be reading their stories for the other participants, but also for the entire Shrewsbury community.

Thanks to SETV Channel 29 and Library Trustee Laurie Hogan, the presentations will soon be airing for a two-to-three week period in which online voting will be conducted. The 40 minute program will let the public decide who they think did the best job. The student who receives the most votes will win a special prize!
So tune in and catch the presentations, and then come back here to vote.
Voting will begin soon and run for about two weeks.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

We Need Volunteers!

HERITAGE NIGHT

THURSDAY, MAY 28th - 6:00-8:00PM

We are looking for teenagers who can set up booths in our large meeting room to represent different countries.

These participants should:

... come dressed in clothing from their chosen country.
... bring games and toys from their chosen country.
... teach other participants words from the language of their chosen country.
...bring candy and appetizers from their chosen country.
...provide detailed information for participants to take home with them.

Judges will vote on their favorite country booth, and the winners will take home a great prize!

Register your country at the library now. There will be only one booth allowed per country, but no limit to the number of people helping at that booth. The first person to sign up for each country will be in charge of that specific booth, but must provide contact information if others want to help them with that country. So far India and China have been taken.

Participants have to be in grades 5-12, but do not have to be from the country they are representing. Instead, everyone involved in running a booth must be educated about their chosen country. There is no charge for this event, but people running a booth must provide all of the items and materials.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Back!

I cannot say much, but many of you were here when you (and I!) found out about the "adventure" I was embarking on for a little while, thus why this blog has not been updated since the middle of March. I can let you know that I am back safely (if not bruised and exhausted), and look forward to updating you with all sorts of great upcoming events and the status of my "adventure"....I will post more next week. Until then, have a great holiday on Monday, and a great vacation week!

Peace,
Dan Barbour
Young Adult Librarian