CFSW 2008 Teams

[Sean]

FYI

These are the 11 teams that will be competing along with a last chance team at cfsw this year.

Sean


Calgary
Miss Theresa, Jen Kunlire, Ian Keteku, and Wakefield Brewster

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
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.

[rcathome]

Do you know if there is still going to be a wild card team made up of poets competing in a "last chance slam?"

And do you happen to know the format for the bouts? How many teams in each one?

[admin]

From what Sean's mentioned, there will definitely be a wild card team.

UPDATE: I found this on the CFSW website under Rules:

"13) Rotation
Each of the 12 teams (where a team is made up of four poets whom have competed and won a spot on said team) will enjoy two qualifying bouts, where each bout will be made up of 6 teams who will compete in four rounds of poetry per bout (thus enabling each poet from each team to do at least 2 poems in competition at the festival)."

Turns out there'll be a decent pot of gold for the winner...

In lieu of $100 per artist fee, the top three scoring teams will be awarded cash prizes: $1,000 for 1st place, $500 for 2nd place, and $400 for 3rd.

for more:

http://cfsw.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com/