Mentoring at a National History Day AZ session and I found myself watching the performance of 8th grader Nathan Davies-Venn. Incorporating his amazing violin skills with his story about Jazz, he had the audience captivated. Costumes, props, storyline, sound bites (Blues told the truth), eye contact - he has it.
"Music is my joy in life," Joyce "the Voice" Bailey. Historical League member and amazing singer!!
Joyce "the Voice" Bailey at Apache Wells Community Church, Mesa, AZ.
Approximately 3,000 students advance to the National History Day final contest each year, making qualification a significant achievement. 0.6% are judged to have projects that are of a high enough caliber to reach Nationals. That is 0.6% out of half a million qualifiers! Owen Yin and Adrish Grande are in that 0.6%!!
Congrats to W. Ira Parsons winning two awards for his Senior Paper for National History Day! Titled “The Endless Frontier”: How Atomic Revolution, Reaction, and Reform Gave Us Our Current System of Public Investment in Science.
Congrats to Kira Lupe, Lily Dehose, Marquez Duane who won a National History Day Special Award for Best Use of Oral History, sponsored by the Southwest Oral History Association - $100.
Andrew Scalero, Minh Quan Hoang and Gia Khang Phan Nguyen did a Senior Group Performance for National History Day and received a Special Award.
Wink Crigler, 2017 AZ Historymaker, and X Diamond Ranch continue to thrive. Historical League members Cathy and Tom Shumard spent two weeks there in September, enjoying the views, weddings, horses, cattle, and stories that go with it. Cathy remarked, "Wink is up early, watching over the ranch, the calves . . . protecting them from any wolves. Then celebrating her birthday at Molly Butler's, which is a sold-out event each year.
