Transcript Photo Album

Semifinal Photos
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Ada L. Williams Auditorium
Dallas ISD
2011 Semifinal Competitors
Cordelia Easton
William Lipscomb Elementary School
Elijah English
Jerry Junkins Elementary School
Dawn Ford
John Neely Bryan Elementary School
Kafi Wadie Forson
William L. Cabell Elementary School
Anthony Giron
S.S. Conner Elementary School
Harper Jones
Charles Rice Learning Center
Zahad Munford
Thomas Tolbert Elementary School
Raul Ojeda
Urban Park Elementary School
Alexis Stephens
R.L. Thornton Elementary School
Kirk Taylor
J.P. Starks Elementary School
Jorge Thompson
H.S. Thompson Learning Center
Alexus Torres
Louise W. Kahn Elementary School
Taylor Washington
Clara Oliver Elementary
Jamaria Whitfield
T.L. Marsalis Elementary School
Stephanie Zámarron
Amelia Earhart Learning Center
2011 Semi-Finalists
Semifinals Competition
Jennifer King, Director of The Annual Gardere MLK
Jr. Competition, talks with the semifinalists prior to
the event to answer questions and help calm nerves.
Lawana Porter, Coordinator – Community Relations with
Dallas ISD Communication Services, finalizes some last
minute details prior to the beginning of the semifinals.
Kalyce Simpson and José Ortiz, cast members on the Emmy-Award winning television show
School Zone Dallas, serve as the Masters of Ceremonies in the Dallas Semifinals, where it will be
determined which eight students will advance to the 19th Annual Gardere Oratory Competition.
Dr. Lew Blackburn, First Vice President of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees, offered
parents, family members, teachers and competitors the opening greeting.
Gardere Wynne Sewell Partner Dwight Francis served as head judge and offered
opening remarks to attendees.
The next several slides show the Umphrey Lee
Elementary School Choir in action. They provided
enjoyable entertainment while the judges deliberated.
The audience was delighted when the children
discarded the hats they were initially wearing
and pulled Santa hats out of their back pockets.
Carolyn Donnell, Music Instructor, Umphrey Lee
Elementary School
The Masters of Ceremony receive their honorariums.
MLK Semifinal Judges: (From left to right) Robert
Edison, Director Social Studies, Dallas ISD; Craig
Florence, Partner, Litigation Practice, Gardere;
Clarissa Plair, Director, Reading/Language Arts,
Dallas ISD; Juliette Gallegos, Associate,
Tax/Employee Benefits Practice Gardere; Dwight
Francis, Partner, Litigation Practice, Gardere
Semifinalists with certificates and all the judges.
Finalists Dawn Ford and Harper Jones
Miss Ford and Miss Jones are joined on
their left by finalists Kirk Taylor (far left)
and Zahad Munford
Finalists (left to right): Alexus Torres,
Jamaria Whitfield, Kirk Taylor and Zahad
Munford
Finalists (left to right): Elijah English,
Alexus Torres, Jamaria Whitfield and
Kirk Taylor
All eight 2011 Annual Gardere MLK Jr.
Oratory Competition finalists:
Kofie Wadie Forson, Elijah English,
Alexus Torres, Jamaria Whitfield, Kirk
Taylor,Zahad Munford, Dawn Ford
and Harper Jones
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