Book Cart Drill Team 2010

Bookcart drill Team from 2009

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The sixth annual Library Book Cart Drill Team Championship, showcasing library workers performing themed dance routines with costumes and creatively decorated book carts, will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, June 27. 

Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzW2-EKX_4 for a short video of the 2009 competition in Chicago. 

This year’s competing teams (as of today) include:  The Delaware Diamonds, representing the Delaware Libraries; Gett Down with your Funky Shelf, representing the Messelman Library, Gettysburg (Pa.) College; Night of the Living Librarians, representing the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Science; Texas ArRangers, representing Midlothian (Texas) Independent School District; and ALA Student 2 Staff Kids, representing the ALA Student to Staff Program, Roselle, N.J.

This event, open to all teams throughout the U.S., is sponsored by DEMCO, who will provide book carts for the event as well as prizes.  First, second and third place winners will receive a plaque, a gold, silver or bronze, full-sized book cart. Award-winning children’s book author/illustrator Mo Willems (The Elephant and Piggie books) and Jon Scieszka (“The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales”) will serve as hosts for the event.