Houston Poetry Slam Qualifying Process

[Bro.Said]

For those of you dying to know, this is an update concerning the Houston Slam Team roster. The starting lineup for the team based on finals was Khalid, Shelz, Savanah Blue, and Brother Said. Fluent1 qualified to be the alternate, but decided against it some weeks later. Q accepted the alternate spot, but then moved out of town, Black Blues won the alternate spot in an Alternates slam in March, but recently had to leave the team for personal issues.

Black Blues has been replaced from the Super Slam Week competitor list by Jamesetta Marshall aka Jem.

Hopefully, this ends the musical chairs for the alternate spot.

[Bro.Said]

Public Notice:

Unfortunately, after many months of trying to be patient, finally this past week I was forced to remove a poet from the team for numerous violations of the team contract: continued tardiness to practice, missing practices, missing fund raisers, and most disturbingly, unsportsmanlike comments about a fellow team member. And apparently, the alternate poet has left the team in support of the team member I had to remove (neither one of these players would communicate with me directly, preferring to communicate with others)
 
Tonight, I will hold an Alternate Slam to replace the poet I had to remove, and then search for a true alternate from my competition list.

[Bro.Said]

In a head-to-head bout Saturday night at G's and Z's held to replace a poet removed from the team, Rain the Poet beat Marie Brown two rounds to one.

Round One: Marie Brown - 9, Rain - 20.
Round Two: Rain - 9, Marie Brown - 20.
Round Three: Marie Brown - 0, Rain - 30.

Rain qualifies as a top four poet on the team, and Marie qualifies as the alternate.