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Hello! My name is Daniel Beaty and I am a professional actor, singer, and writer. I
am also the 1994 National Champion in Dramatic Interpretation for the National Forensic League.
It is my pleasure and my honor to announce to you a special program that the National
Forensic League is launching in spoken-word poetry. Spoken-word poetry has been a big
part of my life and I am very excited that you are going to have an opportunity to participate
in this way. We're going to ask you to upload videos of 3-4 minutes of original poems that
you write about topics that you are passionate about. And we want to encourage you to tell
your friends and your family about your participation in this contest because the five videos with
the most likes automatically advance to the final round. Then I will judge along with
members of National Forensic League staff those videos and we will select four winners.
And those four winners will get the opportunity to open for me on Tuesday, June 17, when I
perform my solo play "Emergency" at student night for this years nationals. Those four
winners will also receive $500 scholarships. So get to thinking, get to writing and performing
and upload those videos. I look forward to having the opportunity to take a look and
also to see you at this years national championships!