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General Discussion / Re: Iwps Reps?
« on: August 31, 2012, 11:54:28 PM »
Vancouver is sending Lisa Slater
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General Discussion / Re: National Poetry Slam 2013 will be in Boston/Cambridge
« on: June 11, 2012, 02:01:10 PM »
Great news
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General Discussion / Re: Hotel for IWPS 2011 sold out?
« on: September 20, 2011, 07:07:24 PM »
Beautiful. Thanks, Phoenix.
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General Discussion / Re: Hotel for IWPS 2011 sold out?
« on: September 16, 2011, 08:27:14 PM »
Thanks. We'll explore that option first. There are a lot of familiar faces on the list. : )
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General Discussion / Hotel for IWPS 2011 sold out?
« on: September 16, 2011, 07:23:40 PM »
Hello there. Our representative for IWPS 2011, Chris Gilpin, just booked his flight and tried to book his hotel room only to be told that the Wyndham is fully booked. Anyone else experience that? Any back-up recommendations for hotels close to the venues?
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General Discussion / Re: Bathroom corn combine minus guidelines
« on: July 03, 2011, 10:55:59 AM »
Sounds like copy for a bathroom advertisement from e e cummings.
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General Discussion / Re: Abbey Evacuated... AGAIN!
« on: June 23, 2011, 02:32:46 AM »
Wow. Hang in there Abbey. Thinking of you and your family.
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General Discussion / Re: Rest In Peace Miami Poet Will "Da Real One" Bell
« on: May 31, 2011, 12:25:16 PM »
We had a moment of noise up here in Vancouver last night at our slam as per our tradition for fallen poets and we tore the roof off the place. RIP Will.
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General Discussion / Re: IWPS 2011
« on: May 18, 2011, 03:02:11 AM »
That's the way it was last year until IWPS got moved to November. As far as I know, they usually coincide.
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General Discussion / Re: Give Back to Your Community
« on: May 01, 2011, 02:27:15 AM »
That's a fascinating idea. Thanks for sharing. That's a great way to give back.
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General Discussion / Re: Anybody see Comedy Central's Comedy Awards
« on: April 21, 2011, 12:36:51 PM »
We're instituting awards here for the first time this year. We're trying to put together an awards night soon. Our awards are for different categories: Best Rookie, the Beauty Babo award (for most innovative poem), the Vlad E Vostok award (for someone who's on the stage most every time but hardly every wins), and the Spirit of the Slam award, going to someone who tirelessly supports the scene whether they're a poet themselves or not.
The debate here on this forum is similar to a few conversations we've been having. i.e., We already have a first, second, third, fourth and fifth for Team Finals and we have IWPS and WOWPS reps so what's the point of awards? I think we need to give out awards to highlight other people without whom our slam would be incomplete. The poets win, sure, but winning poets aren't the entirety of any slam scene, I think you'd all agree.
As a side note, the Vancouver Poetry Slam crest that some of you have seen on t-shirts was originally created by Spelt and myself to honour a 'Vanguard' of eight Vancouver poets who had been slamming since the nineties and helped get this scene going. People who started it and kept it alive when it was in it's struggling infancy. Elder gods, if you will. We're a weekly slam that brings in an average of 100 people every Monday but it wasn't always like that. There were some tough, tough times in the beginning.
I think we all agree that it's important to recognize the contributions to the community that don't have anything to do with scoring. This is one way to do it. I understand the reasons put forth here for not having awards but I think it's a good idea to maybe get some going. Hypothetically.
The debate here on this forum is similar to a few conversations we've been having. i.e., We already have a first, second, third, fourth and fifth for Team Finals and we have IWPS and WOWPS reps so what's the point of awards? I think we need to give out awards to highlight other people without whom our slam would be incomplete. The poets win, sure, but winning poets aren't the entirety of any slam scene, I think you'd all agree.
As a side note, the Vancouver Poetry Slam crest that some of you have seen on t-shirts was originally created by Spelt and myself to honour a 'Vanguard' of eight Vancouver poets who had been slamming since the nineties and helped get this scene going. People who started it and kept it alive when it was in it's struggling infancy. Elder gods, if you will. We're a weekly slam that brings in an average of 100 people every Monday but it wasn't always like that. There were some tough, tough times in the beginning.
I think we all agree that it's important to recognize the contributions to the community that don't have anything to do with scoring. This is one way to do it. I understand the reasons put forth here for not having awards but I think it's a good idea to maybe get some going. Hypothetically.
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General Discussion / Re: EC Officers
« on: April 05, 2011, 12:17:36 PM »
YAY! Congratulations, everyone!
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General Discussion / Re: can we change IWPS to Individual North American Poetry Slam championship?
« on: December 30, 2010, 02:42:22 PM »
It's all good Phoenix. You are correct. Regardless of our proximity, we are a different country. I know you weren't trying to be cheeky. Hopefully see you soon.
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