CFSW 2008 Slam Teams Competing & Members

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Thanks to White Noise Machine from TO from sniffing around the interweb and putting this together:

Calgary - Host City
UPDATED: Finals to be held in August

Halifax
El Jones, Shauntay Grant, Andrew Abraham, iZrEAL, Verena Rizg

Lanark County
Carolyn Cicorriti, Emily Kwissa, Johnny D., B! Wilder, Leigh Gibson

Montreal
Chris Masson, Jason Freure, Kathryn Hogan, Rob Hoover, and Jay Alexander Brown

Ottawa
Rusty Priske (alternate), Open Secret, Nathanael, Poetic Speed, Marcus Jameel.

Southern Ontario
Elyse, Ziy, Beth Ann, Fraser and alternate Sook.

Toronto TPS
Arianna, Jogi (alt), Krystle, Truth Is, White Noise Machine

Toronto UFTR
UPDATED: Dwayne Morgan, Tomy Bewick, Lady Loxx, Leviathan, Alternate: Eddy da Original One

Vancouver
Scruffmouth, Zaccheus Jackson, RadaR, Faust Mackenzie, alt. Al Mader

Victoria
Missie Peters, Kristy Westendorp, Steven J. Thompson, Jeremy Loveday, alt. Jane Bee

Winnipeg
Leif Norman, Bonnie Holmes, Andrea von Wichert and Tai Pu with Paul Friesen and his hair as alternate.

Last Chance Team
To be chosen in Calgary

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There will be two other teams at CFSW in 2008, for a grand total of 12.

One is from Lanark County, which is just south of Ottawa, and the other will be a "Last Chance" team, comprised of the top four poets at a slam held right before the competition begins.

Details here: http://cfsw.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com/index.html