Tom and Becky Program
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum announced Friday the names of the five boys and five girls selected as finalists for this year’s Tom and Becky Program. Becky finalists are: Tom finalists are: These boys and girls will represent the city of Hannibal as goodwill ambassadors. Their year as Tom and Becky…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Ten girls and eight boys have been selected as semifinalists for this year’s Tom and Becky program. Coordinator Melissa Cummins announced the names on Thursday. Becky semifinalists are: Tom semifinalists are: Interested Hannibal seventh grade students presented speeches before a panel of nine judges at the Hannibal Middle School on March 14. The…
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HANNiBAL, Mo. — The names of the five boys and five girls selected as finalists for the 2024-25 Tom and Becky program were announced Friday night by Melissa Cummins, The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum’s program coordinator. Twenty-four Tom and Becky semifinalists completed a written exam about the history of Hannibal, Mark Twain and…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Tom and Becky coordinator Melissa Cummins announced Friday night the names of the 12 boys and 12 girls selected as semifinalists for the 2024-2025 Tom and Becky Program. Thirty-three Hannibal seventh-grade students presented speeches before a panel of nine judges at the Hannibal Middle School on Friday, March 15. The judges’ panel was comprised…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal’s favorite couple spent their last full day as Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher in Central Park selling raffle tickets to support the future of Tom and Beckys long after they go through the program. Koryn Miller, the 2022-23 Official Becky, and Dallas Nicholson, a Tom Ambassador, stood in the Tom and…
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