Women of the World Slam Playoff
featuring Atlanta’s Shannon Leigh
| January 7, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
The Vancouver Poetry Slam
Canada’s Longest Running Poetry Slam Continues!
@ Cafe deux Soleils: 2096 Commercial Drive (Commercial & 4th Ave.)
The 1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday of every month
The Slam on Monday, January 7th is:
The Slam Playoff to choose Vancouver’s representative for the Women of the World Poetry Slam, held in Detroit, Michigan on March 12-15, 2008.
The poets competing will be:
- Mary Alice
- Jill Binder
- Sasha Langford
- Julie Parrell
- Shannon Rayne
- Radar
- Lisa Slater
- Nora Smithhisler
This poetry slam also features:
Atlanta’s Shannon Leigh
Slam Starts at 9pm
Still only $5 at the door
All poets, all ages, & all styles are welcome in the spirit of fair play and good times!
Is it still Shannon Leigh as the feature?
Also, her myspace profile is set to private.
Yikes! You’re right. So I’ve yanked the MySpace link, and embedded a little YouTube action.
The WOWps play-offs were a big hit, drawing a raucous crowd, spellbinding performances by both the competitors, and the night’s feature, Shannon Leigh.
The results were:
1. Radar 76.1
2. Julie Parell 74.7
3.Sasha Langford 74.6
4. Nora Smithhisler 70.9*
5. Mary Alice 70.9*
6. Jill Binder 70.0
7. Lisa Slater 69.3
8. Shannon Rayne 68.0
*(Nora wins via sudden death match haiku, 24.8 to 19.4)
Radar will represent Vancouver, and most likely all of Canada, at the Women of the World poetry slam coming up this spring in Detroit. Good luck, Radar!