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Wed., February 16, 2005, THE CUERO RECORD Sec. A, Page 5
Come Join Us in Worship Services
by Glenn Rea
Record Editor
Students hear unique ‘Beowulf’
poem by international performer
RYLA students...
Cuero Rotarian Cheri Hart, left, presented these Cuero High School students as the pro-
gram at a recent meeting. They recently attended Rotary Youth Leadership Awards training
at a camp near New Braunfels. The students are, from left, Matt Mendez, Ben Lapp, Lisa
Hoyer and Amber Gossett. About 150 students from south-central Texas attended the
camp. (Record photo)
Bootstrap marketing coming here
Cuero has been chosen to host
a two-day tourism development
workshop sponsored by the
Texas Department of
Agriculture, in cooperation with
the Office of the Governor,
Economic Development and
Tourism Division. The workshop
will be held Feb. 28 - March 1 at
Grace Episcopal Church, located
at 102 East Live Oak.
“Bootstraps Marketing:
Kicking Up Tourism in Rural
Texas” will offer rural communi-
ties hands-6n training for step-
ping up their tourism efforts,
attracting new dollars and boost-
ing economic growth.
The first day of the workshop
will feature a presentation by
Dan Quandt, executive director
of the South padre Island
Convention and Visitors Bureau,
title “Position Your Rural
Community for Tourism.”
Quandt will discuss the impor-
tance of branding and position-
ing.in rural tourism development
and will use his experience to
demonstrate techniques to prop-
erly market destinations to key
visitor audiences.
The first day will also include
a session on tourism evaluation
presented by Roger Hanagriflf,
Ph.D., of Sam Houston State
University, and a session on how
to create affordable tourism pro-
motions presented by Penny C.
Reeh, owner of Indigo Resource
Group. Hanagriff will present
easy-to-use methodologies to
measure the effectiveness and
impact of tourism programs and
ways to use that data to gain
community support and tourism
funding. Reeh’s session will show
communities how to save money
on advertising, electronic mar-
keting, printing and direct mail
without sacrificing creativity or
quality.
Day two of the workshop will
feature a full-day session on
sponsorships, presented by
Bruce Erley, owner of Creative
Strategies Group. Erley will
cover valuating sponsor assets,
creating sponsor packages, writ-
ing sponsor proposals, and ser-
vicing sponsor commitments.
The workshop will also
include presentations from the
Office of the Governor, Economic
Development and Tourism
Division and the Texas
Department of Agriculture
regarding programs and services
available to rural communities in
Texas.
The workshops are part of
TDA’s new Texas Yes! initiative,
a membership-based program for
rural communities, businesses
and organizations to promote
business development, job
growth and tourism in rural
Texas. The same workshop
series will also be conducted in
Uvalde, March 2-3, at the Willie
DeLeon Civic Center, located at
300 E. Main Street.
The pre-paid cost to attend
both daylong sessions is $75 with
a reduced fee of $60 for addition-
al attendees from the same orga-
nization for both days.The pre-
paid cost to attend only one day-
long session is $60 for all partici-
pants. Costs at the door are $100
per person and $75 for one day.
Registration includes sessions,
three meals, refreshment breaks,
and an attendee notebook'.'
Registration information and
workshop agendas and schedules
are available at
www.texasyes.org or by calling
830-990-0180.
“For the whole rest of their
lives, these kids will know
‘Beowulf.’ It is parked some-
where inside their brain,” said
Benjamin Bagby.
Between 70 and 100 times a
year, Bagby performs ‘Beowulf
for small audiences around the
world.
Last week he came to Cuero
High School and presented the
Anglo-Saxon epic poem on stage
for about 200 people, most of
them students.
“It is phenomenal that we
have Bei^jamin Bagby in Cuero,”
said Cuero Education
Foundation Director Debra
Baros in her introduction.
She explained the project was
the result of a CEF grant request
by high school teachers Barbara
Cavanaugh, Johanna Kurtz (for-
merly of CHS), Nancy Stefka and
Kristy Nelson.
‘Beowulf dates to to sometime
between sixth and eleventh cen-
tury in medieval England. Story
tellers would perform ‘Beowulf
in song and speech. The whole
epic might last four to seven
hours.
Because Bagby performs 75-
minutes of the Old English
poem, sub-titles were shown on a
screen to allow the audience to
follow the action.
He also accompanied himself
with a six-string lyre (harp)
based on the remains of an
instrument excavated from a
seventh century nobleman’s
grave. It would have been simi-
lar to the instruments used by
story tellers in medieval
England.
As Bagby presents the story to
the students, only a few words
are discemable but as audiences
did 1,500 years ago, they reacted
Benjamin Bagby brought ‘Beowulf’ to life for about 200 people
at Cuero High School last week. A grant funded by Cuero
Education Foundation paid for the presentation. Shown with
Bagby are, from left, CEF Director Debra Baros, and grant writ-
ers Barbara Cavanaugh and Johana Kurtz. (Record photo)
to the inflpctions of his voice, the
music and the gestures.
The poem tells the story of a
great warrior/leader who slays a
savage monster which has been
eating people.
Earlier in the day, Bagby vis-
ited in Mrs. Cavanaugh’s
English IV classes to discuss
‘Beowulf with the students.
“I’m relieved that kids still
like it,” he said. “They were verW
dedicated and focused on the '
piece,” he added.
To show their appreciation of
the performance and the history
of the poem, four students in
Mrs. Stefka’s class prepared a
reception for Bagby in the
library. Their menu included
food Anglo-Saxon’s would have
served.
The students, Chesley
Williams, Kerrie Carter,
Samantha Danish and Chanda
Ross, prepared: ham and chicken
with breads and mustard sauce,
carrots, cucumbers, radishes,
cabbage, grapes, apples, pears,
plums and berries.
The menu also included hea-
then peas (almonds, honey, cin-
namon, candied orange peel) and
lemon-flavored mead (without
yeast).
Bagby, a resident of Paris,
France, founded and is director
of an ensemble that performs
medieval music. He began work-
ing on the “Beowulf’ presenta-
tion in his 30’s.
VIP grant... (Cont. from Page 1)
applications.
These grant funds are "75/25
matching grant funds". Once
approved, an individual proceeds
USDA loan, grant programs topics of meetings Election.
Representatives of USDA
Rural Development will at the
Economic Development
Corporation Office, 420 Main
Street, Palacios, on Tuesday,
March 2, and at Farm Service
Agency Office 2225 Highway 59
Loop South, Wharton, on
Tuesday, March 8.
Happy Birthday
Liz Rogers
Feb. 18th
IJsa Maldonado
Feb. 19th
Tammy Rivera
Johnny Varela
Feb. 22
Representatives will be at those
offices from 10 a.m. to noon.
Representatives will assist
individuals with applications
and provide information about
the various housing, community
and business and cooperative
programs.
USDA Rural Development’s
housing programs offer loans
and grants to applicants in towns
and cities meeting certain popu-
lation requirements. Programs
offered assist qualified persons
to buy, build, repair or maintain
a home.
The community programs
enhance the quality of life for
rural Texans by providing funds
to government entities, nonprofit
organizations to enlarge improve
or construct schools, libraries,
medical clinics, assisted living
centers, public buildings, com-
munity centers and fund new
and improved water and waste-
water facilities.
Business and cooperative pro-
grams provide the needed capital
to expand economic opportuni-
ties and development in rural
areas through Texas by working
with banks and community
lenders.
For more information contact
the Edna office at 361-782-7151,
Ext. 4.
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Riemenschneider.
Currently serving as At-
Large representatives on the
Council are Linda Henderson
and W.T. “Tony” Allen.
Early voting in this election
will begin April 20. The last day
to register to vote in this election
will be April 7.
Through Monday three candi-
dates had filed for re-election.
They are Pena in District 1, Mrs.
Riemenschneider in District 4,
and Allen At-Large.
with work and expends their per-
sonal funds, the receipts for labor
or materials are then submitted
for reimbursement from the
grant. For example, once
approved, an individual or busi-
ness spends $1,000 on labor and
materials and can then request
the match reimbursement. He is
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then reimbursed $750.
It is anticipated that flyers,
detailing specific information,
will be made available to those in
the Commercial Historic District
in March. For more information
contact Visionaries Co-Chairs,
Pat Hedgcoxe at 2,75-5234 or
Kerry Rhotenberry at 275-0655.
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