Thanks, Lindy and Daz. Since the rules said 5:00 pm Friday possibly the announcement will not be till then. Meanwhile I have been looking on the Beatles Story website in case there is any advance word. I have also figured out that the rules call for the finalists to read three poems, one of which was submitted for the contest, and two others by themselves about John Lennon. It wasn't clear to me when I first read the rules that it meant their own poems or if it was others' poems for the two other pieces. At least that's how I've come to interpret what they are saying...

Chris