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📣 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬!

The wait is almost over! We are thrilled to announce that the 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆: 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗙𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 is set for 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 (𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆). So, make sure to mark your calendars! 🗓️

Don’t miss your chance to join—we have awesome prizes and awards waiting just for you! Make sure to submit your registration and entries by 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 (𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆) to be part of the fun! 😂🎬

Not only do you get to share the joy, but you also get the chance to 𝘄𝗶𝗻! We can’t wait to see your 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

📍𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: CAL Speech Lab
🕚 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11:00 AM

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
🔗https://forms.gle/j3Cnnb9UZzEjvm9c9

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
🔗https://forms.gle/ipFs2mQCuK2GhrTs7

Join now and show everyone the 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯! 📚

𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 😉🩷

“𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.” - 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙪𝙨 𝙕𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙠, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 🎶💗

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 to all the amazing fathers, father figures, and grandfathers who have been the steady, calming rhythm of our lives. 🌷💗 Your quiet sacrifices, the lessons you have taught us, and the way you stand as our 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 are deeply appreciated. Today is a reminder that this kind of father’s love is exactly what 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.

To the ones whose presence makes even the loudest days feel still, and whose love provides the melody to our life’s most meaningful journey—𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲. 🏡💗 Wishing you a day filled with appreciation, rest, and all the credit you so richly deserve.

Heads up, 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬! 📢

We are rescheduling the 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐱 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 to give 𝒚𝒐𝒖 🫵 (yes, you!) more time to prepare and join in on the fun! 🥳

We'll be announcing the new schedule 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛, so stay tuned for updates. 🎬✨️

Start brainstorming and get those skits ready—we 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 to see your acting and humor skills! 😉

🌈 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛! 🌈

"If Harry Potter taught us anything, it’s that no one should live in a closet." — J. K. Rowling

This Pride Month, we celebrate 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀. No matter who you are or whom you love, everyone deserves 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲.

As the song says, “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪, 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦.” Let this month remind us that 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 🩷‍🌈

📢 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃!

Still working on your parody skit? Good news — submissions for 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗙𝗹𝗶𝘅 are now open until 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵! ✨ You now have more time to script, film, edit, and turn in your best work.

Let the creativity roll. 🎞️🎭

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 🎭🎬

Here are the official judging criteria for 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗙𝗹𝗶𝘅: 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲! 🌟

‣ 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 – 𝟯𝟬%
‣ 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 – 𝟮𝟱%
‣ 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 – 𝟮𝟱%
‣ 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 – 𝟭𝟱%
‣ 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 (editing, audio, visuals) – 𝟱%

Please note that the 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 will be based on 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.👍❤️😂

💬𝙎𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨!

⏳ 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: May 29, 2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀, 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲. ⚔️🐉

This May, the 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 invites you to experience the breathtaking world of 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆—tales of ancient magic, legendary heroes, and realms filled with wonder and danger. 🌙🏰

Allow yourself to be swept away by unforgettable adventures, and may the magic stay with you long after the 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 is turned. 📚

🎬 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚… 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬!

Before you give free rein to your imagination, here are the official rules and mechanics for 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐱: 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞. ✨

📜 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗦
1. Only registered members of the 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 are eligible to participate.
2. The video must be 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹-𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 and must not contain offensive, discriminatory, or explicit content.
3. Participants must strictly follow the 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁. Entries exceeding the limit may incur deductions.
4. The video must be 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.
5. Participants may use 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, but subtitles are encouraged if necessary
6. By submitting, participants must agree that their videos may be used for 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀.

🎞️ 𝗠𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗦
1. The competition is open to 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀.
2. Participants must select a 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (e.g., short story, novel, myth, legend, or play) as the basis of their skit.
3. The chosen literary work must be presented in a 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
4. Entries must be submitted in the form of a 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝘁.
5. Video duration should be 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀.
6. Basic editing, sound effects, subtitles, and background music are allowed.
7. The video must be 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 and created specifically for the contest.
8. Submissions must be sent via 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀.
9. All submitted entries will be posted on the 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲.
10. Facebook reactions will be counted as part of the judging criteria: 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲.
11. By submitting an entry, participants grant the organization permission to 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 their videos for promotional and event-related purposes.

📩 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://forms.gle/zFpspzQrGRsTNFd67

⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: May 29, 2026

That's everything you need to know! 🎥 And... 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲. 🎬✨

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝. 📚

Some are written.✍️ Some are performed. 🎭

And some are turned into 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱. 🎬🤣

Get ready for 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐱: 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 — where book lovers reimagine literary works through humorous skits! 🎞️📖

🍿🌟 Let your creativity run wild in bringing literature to life…. 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽. 📜

And 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 directing the twist. 🎬

🍿𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻… 😉