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Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on September 6th
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The 2007-2008 slam season begins on September 6th!! Starting on September 6th, the HawaiiSlam team will have official qualifiers for its 5 th National Poetry Slam team. Top two poets from each slam qualify for the 2008 Grand Slam Finals.
The special features for this evening will be Sparlha Swa (NYC) and Climbing PoeTree (HBO's Def Poetry Jam). Sparlha Swa is a singer-songwriter who has signed to Japanese label Village Again, has 2 songs licensed to the TV show Girlfriends, and has had her music video aired on BETJ globally for 6 months in 2006. She has toured solo in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and throughout Amerifca and has shared stages with Malcolm Jamal Warner, Zion I, Martin Luther, and Slim Kid (Pharcyde). Climbing PoeTree has been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and BET's The Next. As poets, print-makers, dancers, muralists, and designers, these multi-genre artists have rocked 500 mikes in America, South Africa, and Cuba with artists such as Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Danny Glover, The Last Poets, Dead Prez, Sonia Sanchez, and Jessica Care Moore. As always, the night will be hosted by Kealoha, and will feature live painters, massages in the lounge, and DJ Toki (Sisters in Sound) providing turntable sorcery throughout the evening.
Hawaiian Hut is located on the Ala Moana Hotel grounds, near the diamond head side of the Ala Moana shopping center. Doors open at 7:45pm, and the show starts at 8:30pm. Admission is $3 before 8:30pm and $5 after. For more info, check out the website at
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Kealoha
(808) 387-9664
www.KealohaPoetry.com
www.HawaiiSlam.com
www.YouthSpeaksHawaii.org
www.myspace.com/KealohaPoetry
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