8th Annual Haiku Festival Awards Ceremony: 28 April 2012 Harold Washington Library 9 AM

[Regina Harris Baiocchi]

Dear Poets, Parents and Teachers:

Congratulations and thank you for participating in our 8^th Annual Haiku Festival. Attached are the commendations for 2012 Haiku Festival participants. This year we received over 1000 poems. We are grateful to all 55 Teachers from 28 different schools who participated. Please remind students and their families that Winners must be present to read their poems at the awards ceremony to collect prizes. Particulars follow:

8^th Annual Haiku Festival Awards Ceremony: Saturday, 28 April 2012
Harold Washington Library Auditorium, 400 South State St., Chicago
9:00 AM Check-in (sound check, Poets’ families will be photographed)
10:00 AM Poetry Readings

Open Microphone for haiku submissions Special Guests: Japanese Aoki Drummers, Pianist Camiah McNeal and Valerie Wallace, author of Dictator’s Wife’s Guide to Good Housekeeping Max Bremer, age 14, grade 8, University of Chicago Lab School, (UCLS) Alina Cui, age 13, grade 8, UCLS Katherine Fennessey, age 13, grade 8, St. Christina Janna George, age 11, grade 5, St. Francis Borgia Kathleen Geronimo, age 11, grade 6, St. Bartholomew Matt Hardt, age 13, grade 7, Jerling Junior High Morgan Howell, age 14, grade 8, Amelia Earhart Elementary Hannah Hughes, age 10, grade, St. Andrew Elementary Deisi Kazazi, age 10, grade 5, St. Benedict Odell Lawson, age 10, grade 5, Henry Nash Elementary Phoebe Lincoln, age 14, grade 8, UCLS Margaret Loch, age 13, grade 8, St. Robert Bellarmine Viviana Luna, age 10, grade 5, Sacred Heart School - 96th Street Ethan McManus, age 14, grade 8, UCLS Alexandria Medina, age 10, grade 5, St. Viator Lizett Muro, age 11, grade 6, Charles Gates Dawes Elementary Olivia Perozo, age 14, grade 8, (UCLS) Miriam Porras, age 12, grade 7, St. Daniel the Prophet Akhil Raja, age 13, grade 7, UCLS Max Roman, age 10, grade 5, St. Cornelius James Rybarczyk, age 10, grade 4, High Point Elementary      An Li Shan, age 12, grade 6, Henry Park Primary School Nancy Tran, age 10, grade 5, John T. McCutcheon Elementar Kimberry Wilborn, age 9, grade 4, Langston Hughes Kierra Willis, age 14, grade 8, Kellogg Elementary Isabela Zamora, age 11, grade 6, St. Bartholomew Ms. Joann Serafin, St. Daniel the Prophet—Teacher & School of the Year Please confirm that you received this message and ask students and parents to confirm that they will attend the Awards Program. Look forward to seeing each of you. Thanks for your patience. High kudos and congratulations! Peace, Regina Baiocchi www.HaikuFest.com

Comment by email:

Dear Bill: Thanks for the posting information about our 8^th Annual Haiku Festival Awards Program. Your help in getting out the word means the world to me and the children, parents and teachers who participate in our poetry festival. All the best…Regina Baiocchi