NPS 2012 competing teams

[amcehn]

Below, you will find a list of all of the teams headed to Charlotte, NC for the National Poetry Slam! Please note, that if you DO NOT see your team listed, you should contact me, Abigail Ehn at psimember@charter.net to sort it out. In your email you should send a copy of your recipt of payment. Also note that there will be changes to this list as some of these teams have not paid their balance and some teams have just sumbitted their money. Stay tuned!
 
Good Luck to the following teams:

1.   Boston   Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge   Simone Beaubien
2.   Charlotte   SlamCharlotte   Boris "Bluz" Rogers
3.   Piedmont   Piedmont Poetry Slam   Robert Moyer     
4.   Toronto   Toronto Poetry SLam @ the Drake Hotel   David Silverberg
5.   Fort Worth   Inkwell Poetry Slam   Duane Madden
6.   Boston   Lizard Lounge   Jeff Robinson
7.   Durham   Jambalaya Soul Slam   Dasan Ahanu
8.   Dallas   Dallas Poetry Slam   Rock Baby
9.   Stocton   Pierced Ear Poetry Slam   Anthony Gonsalves
10.   Honolulu   HawaiiSlam   Kealoha
11.   Baton Rouge   Eclectic Truth   Jocelyn Young
12.   Flagstaff   FlagSlam   Ryan Brown
13.   Hollywood   Da Poetry Lounge   Shihan Van Clief
14.   San Antonio   Puro Slam   Jason Shaggy Gossard
15.   Austin   Neo-Soul   Brian Francis
16.   Austin   Austin Poetry Slam   Danny Strack
17.   San Francisco   San Francisco s The City Slam   RaMona Webb
18.   Montevallo   Bama Slam   Kirk Hardesty
19.   Manchester, NH   Slam Free or Die   Mark Palos
20.   Boise, ID   Boise Poetry Slam   Cheryl Maddalena
21.   Phoenix, AZ   Nitty Gritty Poetry Slam      Aaron Johnson
22.   Sedona   Sedona Poetry Slam (at Studio Live)   Christopher Fox Graham
23.   White Plains   White Plains Library Slam   Eric ZORK Alan
24.   Salt Lake City   Salt City Slam   Jesse Parent
25.   Denver, CO   Denver Mercury Cafe Slam   Trevor Byrne-Smith
26.   Columbus   Writer s block   Scott Woods
27.   Springfield, MO   MO Poetry, Slam Springfield   Seth White
28.   Vancouver   Vancouver Poetry Slam   Jessica Mason Paull
29.   Tucson      Mickey Randleman
30.   Washington, DC      Beltway Poetry Slam   Sarah Lawson
31.   Decatur      Art Amok   Karen Garrabrant
32.   Portland, OR   Portland Poetry Slam   Eirean Bradley
33.   Madison   Madison Poetry Slam   David Hart
34.   New York   Intangible Slam   Brian Omni DIllon
35.   Santa Cruz   The Legendary Santa Cruz Slam   Jaz Sufi
36.   Burlington, ON   Burlington Slam Project   Tomy Bewick
37.   Providence   Providence Poetry Slam   Megan Thoma
38.   Asbury Park   Loser Slam   Nicole Homer
39.   Little Rock   Rocktown Slam   The Mo-Man Amoja Sumelr
40.   Oakland   Golden State Slam   NerCitty aka Shawn Gullatt
41.   Cleveland   Lake Effect   Akeem Rollins
42.   Philadelphia   The Fuze   Sherod Smallman
43.   Charlotte   Resepct Da Mic   Blaqbaree aka Rochelle Stanley
44.   New York City   Nuyorican   Mahogany L. Browne
45.   San Diego   Elevated!   Christopher Wilson
46.   Pittsburgh   Steel City Slam   Adriana Ramirez
47.   Denver   Slam Nuba   Suzi Q. Smith
48.   NYC   Urbana   Jeanann Verlee
49.   Omaha   OM Center Poetry Slam   Matt Mason
50.   seattle   Seattle Poetry SLam   Daemond Arrindell
51.   Decatur   Java Monkey Slam   Daryll Funn aka Mistafunn
52.   WU Slam   WU Slam   Mikkel Snyder
53.   Chicago,   Green Mill Marc Smith
54.   Fort Worth Fort Worth Poetry Slam  Mike Guinn
55.   Oaklahoma City, Red Dirt Poetry Slam, Jennifer Hudgens
56.    Jersey City, Jersey City Slam, Broken English
57.   Las Vegas Slam, A.J. Moyer
58.    Bridgeport, Verbal Slap, Kwalo
59.   Portland, Second Tuesday, Nate Amadon

[Scott Woods]

Thank you Abigail!
I know it's your job, but it never hurts anybody to vocally appreciate the vast amount of work on this particular task.

[danstrack]

I agree with Scott!  Thanks Abbey!!!  You rock!

I've been looking forward to this post for a while so I could compare the official list to my own unofficial list, gathered on facebook and other social media channels.

FYI to all - In case y'all haven't seen it yet, I have created a spreadsheet of who's on which team again this year.  It should be available to anyone with this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtfjpBlV9ukgdFBrekZ2S2tMTmRCajl0QUZTVDZfN0E#gid=0

Let me know if anyone has questions or concerns. 

[WilliamJames]

Add my name to the list of appreciative folks! You rule, Abbey!

FYI to all - In case y'all haven't seen it yet, I have created a spreadsheet of who's on which team again this year.  It should be available to anyone with this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtfjpBlV9ukgdFBrekZ2S2tMTmRCajl0QUZTVDZfN0E#gid=0

Let me know if anyone has questions or concerns. 

Slight change to Team Pittsburgh; Alan Olifson in unable to commit to Charlotte, so Valkyrie will be stepping up as our 4th member. Rhetorical Artz is currently slated to move in as team alternate.

[akeemmartin]

Is it too late to register for NPS. I didn't even know when the registration was due. 

[jesster]

Below, you will find a list of all of the teams headed to Charlotte, NC for the National Poetry Slam! Please note, that if you DO NOT see your team listed, you should contact me, Abigail Ehn at psimember@charter.net to sort it out. In your email you should send a copy of your recipt of payment. Also note that there will be changes to this list as some of these teams have not paid their balance and some teams have just sumbitted their money. Stay tuned!

See above in bold

-Jesse

[akeemmartin]

Below, you will find a list of all of the teams headed to Charlotte, NC for the National Poetry Slam! Please note, that if you DO NOT see your team listed, you should contact me, Abigail Ehn at psimember@charter.net to sort it out. In your email you should send a copy of your recipt of payment. Also note that there will be changes to this list as some of these teams have not paid their balance and some teams have just sumbitted their money. Stay tuned!

See above in bold

-Jesse

Thanks Jesse
I've already emailed Abigail to see if it's too late to register. From my understanding of what she wrote, i think that only applys to teams that have paid and don't see their names. I'm afraid that we might have missed the date because it was not posted on the PSI main website as it was in the pass. Additionally, I also was not sent an email with the important dates in it for all the slam masters to have as was done in the past, but i should have been more proactive in tracking down someone to get the dates instead of assuming that said email was not sent at all. Again thank you for your help.

[Dahled]

Hi Abigail - Could you please make sure that the team from SF is referred to as "SF BayArea Unified" in subsequent lists please? I know the certification we're registered under is "San Francisco's The City Slam", so the confusion is understandable. Thanks.

[amcehn]

Hi Abigail - Could you please make sure that the team from SF is referred to as "SF BayArea Unified" in subsequent lists please? I know the certification we're registered under is "San Francisco's The City Slam", so the confusion is understandable. Thanks.

Yes. I will make that change. That's what it said on the application so that's why it's there, but I'm making the change now.

[amcehn]

Here is the most current list of teams:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=436857629667431&id=114950255191505

[karen_g]

I know we go through this almost every year, but my team address, as well as my own, is in ATLANTA. It's even in our name, ATLANTA ART AMOK.Please correct it. Thank you.

[amcehn]

1.   Boston   Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge   Simone Beaubien
2.   Charlotte   SlamCharlotte   Boris "Bluz" Rogers
3.   Piedmont   Piedmont Poetry Slam   Robert Moyer     
4.   Toronto   Toronto Poetry SLam @ the Drake Hotel   David Silverberg
5.   Fort Worth   Inkwell Poetry Slam   Duane Madden
6.   Boston   Lizard Lounge   Jeff Robinson
7.   Durham   Jambalaya Soul Slam   Dasan Ahanu
8.   Dallas   Dallas Poetry Slam   Rock Baby
9.   Stocton   Pierced Ear Poetry Slam   Anthony Gonsalves
10.   Honolulu   HawaiiSlam   Kealoha
11.   Baton Rouge   Eclectic Truth   Jocelyn Young
12.   Flagstaff   FlagSlam   Ryan Brown
13.   Hollywood   Da Poetry Lounge   Shihan Van Clief
14.   San Antonio   Puro Slam   Jason Shaggy Gossard
15.   Austin   Neo-Soul   Brian Francis
16.   Austin   Austin Poetry Slam   Danny Strack
17.   San Francisco   SF BayArea Unified   RaMona Webb
18.   Montevallo   Bama Slam   Kirk Hardesty
19.   Manchester, NH   Slam Free or Die   Mark Palos
20.   Boise, ID   Boise Poetry Slam   Cheryl Maddalena
21.   Phoenix, AZ   Nitty Gritty Poetry Slam      Aaron Johnson
22.   Sedona   Sedona Poetry Slam (at Studio Live)   Christopher Fox Graham
23.   White Plains   White Plains Library Slam   Eric ZORK Alan
24.   Salt Lake City   Salt City Slam   Jesse Parent
25.   Denver, CO   Denver Mercury Cafe Slam   Trevor Byrne-Smith
26.   Columbus   Writer s block   Scott Woods
27.   Springfield, MO   MO Poetry, Slam Springfield   Seth White
28.   Vancouver   Vancouver Poetry Slam   Jessica Mason Paull
29.   Tucson      Mickey Randleman
30.   Washington, DC      Beltway Poetry Slam   Sarah Lawson
31.   Decatur      Art Amok   Karen Garrabrant
32.   Portland, OR   Portland Poetry Slam   Eirean Bradley
33.   Madison   Madison Poetry Slam   David Hart
34.   New York   Intangible Slam   Brian Omni DIllon
35.   Santa Cruz   The Legendary Santa Cruz Slam   Jaz Sufi
36.   Burlington, ON   Burlington Slam Project   Tomy Bewick
37.   Providence   Providence Poetry Slam   Megan Thoma
38.   Asbury Park   Loser Slam   Nicole Homer
39.   Little Rock   Rocktown Slam   The Mo-Man Amoja Sumelr
40.   Oakland   Golden State Slam   NerCitty aka Shawn Gullatt
41.   Cleveland   Lake Effect   Akeem Rollins
42.   Philadelphia   The Fuze   Sherod Smallman
43.   Charlotte   Resepct Da Mic   Blaqbaree aka Rochelle Stanley
44.   New York City   Nuyorican   Mahogany L. Browne
45.   San Diego   Elevated!   Christopher Wilson
46.   Pittsburgh   Steel City Slam   Adriana Ramirez
47.   Denver   Slam Nuba   Suzi Q. Smith
48.   NYC   Urbana   Jeanann Verlee
49.   Omaha   OM Center Poetry Slam   Matt Mason
50.   seattle   Seattle Poetry SLam   Daemond Arrindell
51.   Decatur   Java Monkey Slam   Daryll Funn aka Mistafunn
52.   WU Slam   WU Slam   Mikkel Snyder
53.   Chicago,   Green Mill Marc Smith
54.   Fort Worth Fort Worth Poetry Slam  Mike Guinn
55.   Oaklahoma City, Red Dirt Poetry Slam, Jennifer Hudgens
56.    Jersey City, Jersey City Slam, Broken English
57.   Las Vegas Slam, A.J. Moyer
58.    Bridgeport, Verbal Slap, Kwalo
59.   Portland, Second Tuesday, Nate Amadon
60.   Louisville, Louisville Poetry Slam, Sam Green
61.    Albuquerque, ABQ Slams, Damien Flores
62. St. Paul, Soapboxing, Sam Cook
63. Chicago, Mental Graffiti, Emily Rose

[amcehn]

I'll change that in the next publishing, Karen

[jesster]

Please change "Oaklahoma" to "Oklahoma"

-Jesse

[Dahled]

Hi Abigail - Could you please make sure that the team from SF is referred to as "SF BayArea Unified" in subsequent lists please? I know the certification we're registered under is "San Francisco's The City Slam", so the confusion is understandable. Thanks.

Yes. I will make that change. That's what it said on the application so that's why it's there, but I'm making the change now.

Thanks. Much appreciated.