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| On June 6th, at the First Friday in Wailuku Celebration, Gallerie Ha, located across from Iao Theater, hosted three live bands and spoken word poetry performences to a crowded house. That event kicked off the Friday Fundraising Showcase Series (by donation) scheduled for each Friday, 6-8 pm, at Gallerie Ha. Chela explains enthusiastically, "Because poetry slams are designed for the audience to react vocally and openly, the public is invited to participate as musicians and poetry mentors. We want to stimulate creativity and engage people in the revelry of language!" Tax-deductible donations can be made through Poetry Slam Inc. For information, please contact Chela at mauimediamatters@gmail.com or call. 808-268-4487. Check out updates regularly at www.mauislam.com or myspace.com/mauislam. |
| Maui Slam’s membership in PSI allows anyone to give a tax-deductible donation to Maui Slam to help get the poets to the National event. Click Here and complete the donation page at PSI as follows: Name of Local Slam: MAUI SLAM Name of Local SlamMaster: DAVE C Then add your fully deductible donation amount - Quantity: 1 = $1 Friends List - $50 Sponsor/Small Logo - $100 Sponsor/Large Logo - $1000 |
| Team Maui SLAM! Prepares for National Competition in Madison, WI After three years of monthly performance poetry competitions, Maui SLAM, Maui’s only monthly spoken word event, became the island’s first official National Poetry Slam venue when it affiliated with Poetry Slam, Inc. Maui SLAM can now offer poets an opportunity to attend the National Poetry Slam event where the best of the best poets gather and share and compete and potentially further their careers. |
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June 9, 2008
Maui Poets to Compete
in 2008 National Poetry Slam
Funds are sought to send them to Madison
For the first time in three years, Maui SLAM! is
officially qualified to send a team of our island's
top spoken-word poets to the National Poetry Slam
to be held in August at Madison, Wisconsin. Poetry
slams are competitive events where poets perform
their original work, hence the term "spoken word."
They are judged by members of the audience, who
give numerical scores based on content and
performance. According to Chela Coennen, Maui SLAM!
co-producer, "Here on Maui, we have a diverse range
of work, including heartfelt love poetry, searing
social commentary, uproarious comic routines, and
bittersweet confessional pieces." National Poetry
Slam is the annual championship tournament, where
84 poetry teams from all over North America and
Europe gather to compete for the national title.
Funds are being sought to send Maui's team of four
to this competition.
On the Maui team are four poets who won the highest points at the monthly slams held at Casanova
in Makawao on the last Thursday of each month. Top scorer is Pat Masumoto, who owns Gallerie Ha,
where Maui's first poetry slam was held five years ago. An artist, playwright and musician with
Sing Sing Laugh Laugh, Pat was a finalist in the Hawaii Slam 2007 annual competition in Honolulu.
Jahsun Stoltz was also a finalist in the same competition. He and Michael Pinchaud, both of the
amazing Unsung Mighty Few, are conscious hip-hop artists and revolutionaries who have each won
multiple Maui Slams. The fourth member is J. Marc Manse, an accomplished actor, writer, and story
teller. Together, these outstanding talents make a knock-out showcase.
in Makawao on the last Thursday of each month. Top scorer is Pat Masumoto, who owns Gallerie Ha,
where Maui's first poetry slam was held five years ago. An artist, playwright and musician with
Sing Sing Laugh Laugh, Pat was a finalist in the Hawaii Slam 2007 annual competition in Honolulu.
Jahsun Stoltz was also a finalist in the same competition. He and Michael Pinchaud, both of the
amazing Unsung Mighty Few, are conscious hip-hop artists and revolutionaries who have each won
multiple Maui Slams. The fourth member is J. Marc Manse, an accomplished actor, writer, and story
teller. Together, these outstanding talents make a knock-out showcase.
| * Maui Slam! News * |
Team Maui SLAM! Pat Masumoto J Marc Mance Jahsun Rah Sol |
| The Unsung Mighty Few Featuring Jah Sun, Rah Sol & Son of Math on bass |
| Team Maui SLAM! Rah Sol, Jahsun, Pat Masumoto & J. Marc Mance |
| NEXT SLAMS: OPEN SLAM THURSDAY JULY 31 @ CASANOVA DJ BOOMSHOT + KIT CAT CLUB BENEFIT & SEND OFF TO NPS 2008 FOR TEAM MAUI SLAM |
| Maui Slam’s membership in PSI allows anyone to give a tax- deductible donation to Maui Slam to help get the poets to the National event. Click Here and complete the donation page at PSI as follows: Name of Slam: MAUI SLAM Name of SlamMaster: DAVE C Then add your fully deductible donation amount Quantity: 1 = $1 $50 Friends List $100 Sponsor/Sml Logo $1000 Sponsor/Lrg Logo |
MAUI LIVE POETS SOCIETY
| Casanova Restaurant Gallerie Ha DJ Boomshot The Variety Pack Dreaming Bear Koa Books Maui Live Poets Society Unsung Mighty Few |
