[pa-info] Asylum update (07/30/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.
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Coming up on Sunday, August 2nd

[image: 2009 Team] Join the *Poets' Asylum* on Sunday, August 2nd, for
the *Send-off
Feature* for the 2009 Worcester Slam Team. They've been refining, practicing
and tweaking their poetry and performance since they won the chance to
represent Worcester back in May. Come out tonight and hear their voices once
again as Danielle Carriveau, Trevor Byrne-Smith, Dave Keali'i, Danny Balel
and McKendy Fils-Aime take to the stage one more Keali'i, Danny Balel and
McKendy Fils-Aime take to the stage one more time before heading to West
Palm Beach, FL for the 2009 National Poetry Slam <http://www.nps2009.com/>.

We hope you will come down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts around 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some
money in the bucket to support the team.
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Final Fundraising Push

[image: Fundraising] On August 3rd the 2009 Worcester Slam team will head
south to West Palm Beach, Florida for the 2009 National Poetry
Slam<http://www.nps2009.com/>.
They will compete against 67 other teams in a battle of words and have the
opportunity to take part in side events ranging from the Nerd Slam to a
Death & Rememberance open mic. The members of the 2009 Worcester Slam Team
have worked hard after earning a spot on the team to hone their craft and
have already shown their skill at regional competitions.

Sending a team to Nationals is a partnership between the Poets' Asylum
community and the slammers. The community says gives us your best and we'll
get you to Nationals. By the time the team heads to Nationals the Asylum
will have spent close to $3100 on registration, airfare and lodging. To date
we have raised an amazing $2104 since we started the fundraising campaign in
March. We're in the home stretch and it would be awesome if we could raise
the remaining $396 of our $2500 goal before the team heads out.

On Sunday, August 2nd we'll hold the annual Team Send-off feature. We'll
have the 2009 Poets' Asylum t-shirts for sale along with past t-shirts, CDs
and anthologies. The bucket will be passed. If you can help us close the gap
it will be greatly appreciated. Even if you are low on funds please come
cheer on the team one more time before they head south for the summer.
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July 26th Revisited

It's been a while since we had a full open mic. We did this week though and
it was full of nuggets of goodness. Thanks to all those who shared their
words; we hope you'll join us again.

After the open *Eric Darby* featured for us. Bringing mostly newer work to
the mic he included a couple of old favorites and threw in a cover for good
measure. Eric has a verbal style that draws the listener in, making you want
to hear every word, every nuance of what he has to say. With material like
the tale of the two Bobs and Scratch and Dent Dreams it's well worth the
effort. Thanks for sharing your words with us Eric.
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