GRAND SLAM IS HERE! – Saturday APRIL 2nd! 2011 Worcester Youth Poetry Slam Finals w/ special guest McKENDY FILS AIME!
The 2011 WORCESTER YOUTH POETRY “GRAND SLAM” FINALS!
11 Teen Writers from the Worcester Area are qualified to compete for a chance to represent us at the Brave New Voices International Youth Festival, celebrating their 15th year in San Francisco this July! The top 6 scoring poets will get automatic bids on the team and win all expense paid opportunities to share their work and build community with 50 communities from around the country and beyond! This will be our 7th year of sending a team to this Festival! Over 80 teams applied, and Worcester received one of the 50 slots! Teen poets attend workshops, special performances, compete in the youth poetry slam tournament and connect with their peers for an amazing week of national community building!
Jacie, Taylor, Phil, Eric, Amiana, Diamond, Amanda, Anna, Allison, Asa and Zoe are all qualified to compete. They have either placed in the top three for one of our qualifying slams or have received a participation point from one of our outside slam events.
Special congrats to Jacie Cloutier for being our regular season point champion!
EVENT DETAILS:
Saturday, April 2nd, Clark University, Daniels Theater in Atwood Hall (Entrance on Downing Street) please click Clark Campus Map for details on location.We’re super lucky and grateful to the Clark U. Slam Club for securing this spacious 600 plus seat historic theater which once hosted concerts by the like of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead!)
7-10pm – Opening Worcester Spoken Word Showcase
2 round Grand Slam Poetry Slam. Top 6 cumulative scorers make the team! We will do our best to invite a panel of educators and community activists to serve as judges.
Clark University Poetry Slam Club Showcase
PLUS Special Featured Guest Poet:
Hailing from Manchester, New Hampshire, Mckendy Fils-Aime is a 3 time competitor at the National Poetry Slam, representing Slam Free or Die (2008, 2010) and Worcester Poet’s Asylum (2009). He was also a finalist for the 2010 Boston Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam Team. In January of 2011, he toured the country as part of a poetry quartet called No More Ribcage. Some of his work can be found literary journals such as Amoskeag, Radius, Smashcake, and Borderline. When not performing poetry, you can find Mckendy eating sweets and writing bad heart metaphors. One of the brightest your stars on the New England Spoken Word Poetry Scene with equal part dedication to both craft and performance!
Hosted by Youth Slam Director and 2011 Worcester Arts Council Fellowship Grant Recipient Alex Charalambides.
$10 suggested donation. This event is a fund raiser to help support both the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam and the Clark University Poetry Slam Club. Merchandise will also be available. We can also accept donation via credit card.
