CHEERS filled the Marianas High School gym as students from San Vicente Elementary School sauntered in, wearing frightful masks that depicted characters from their grand prize winning presentation about the story of Frankenstein.
The audience was transported to a wonderland of books as contestants from six schools portrayed different book characters during Saturday’s 3rd Annual Parade of Books hosted by the Saipan Rotary Club.
The stories were made more interesting by seeing them spring to life through the acting abilities of the children.
San Vicente Elementary School garnered 137 points and went home with the first prize of $700.
Oleai Elementary School’s presentation of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” got 135 points and the second prize of $500, while Tinian Elementary School’s humorous presentation of “King Bidgood’s in the Tub” received third prize.
GTC Elementary School presented Georgia Perez’s series of four Eagle Books, Kagman Elementary School’s entry was “Paper Bag Princess,” while Grace Christian Academy portrayed “Peter Pan.”
Oleai Elementary School was awarded the “Best in Spirit” Prize which is a free half-day at the Pacific Islands Club for 30 students and six chaperones.
San Vicente’s Kathy Pagapular, Rhonda Camacho and Diana Felix got a free two-day, one-night stay at PIC for winning the best director award.
The non-winning schools each received $100.
The criteria inlcuded closeness to time frame, costume depiction, enthusiasm of participants, vocal clarity and overall adherence to theme.
Each school was given five minutes to perform.
Sponsors for this year’s contests were Northwest Airlines, PTI, Pew Environmental Group, PIC, the Saipan Rotary Club members and private donors.
