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  • Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on March 4th, 2010


PRESS RELEASE:

Aloha slam family.

The 7th official HawaiiSlam season rolls on with its monthly qualifiers at First Thursdays (March 4th, 2010). This slam will be the last chance slam for poets to qualify for the HawaiiSlam Finals on April 1st, 2010 that will determine the 7th team to represent Hawaii at the 2010 National Poetry Slam in Saint Paul, MN.

The show will have three special feature guests. Rives is a National Poetry Slam champion, TED Conference regular, and an HBO Def Poet. He holds a U.S. patent for paper engineering and Co-hosted Bravo's Ironic Iconic America in 2008. Kat Mcdowell is a singer/songwriter who mixes Japanese and English lyrics and has given over 1000 live performances alongside artists such as Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne, Nelly Furtado and Linkin Park. In 2009, she became the official artist of the Association of Surfing Professionals. Kat will be joined by Makana (Hawai`i s own guitar virtuoso), who fuses slack key guitar with elements of cultural music, classical, alternative, rock, folk, bluegrass, blues and jazz. He was nominated for two Grammy awards for his work on the Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Volumes I & II albums and he has opened for Sting, Santana, Elvis Costello, No Doubt, Jack Johnson, Michael Franti/Spearhead, and Baaba Maal. As always, the night will be hosted by Kealoha, and will feature live painters, massages in the lounge, and a guest DJ who will provide turntable sorcery throughout the evening.

Fresh Cafe is located at 831 Queen Street (@ intersection with Cooke Street). Ample street parking and $2 valet parking will be available. Doors open at 7:30pm, and the show starts at 8:30pm. Admission is $3 before 8:30pm and $5 after. For more info, check out the website at www.HawaiiSlam.com, send an email to info@HawaiiSlam.com, or call 387-9664.
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First Thursdays (Jan 7th)
$100 Slam Poetry Competition & Open Mic
NEW LOCATION: FRESH CAFE
831 Queen Street (between Ward Avenue and Cooke Street)
Plenty of street parking or $2 valet available
Doors & Poet Sign-In 7:30pm, Show 8:30pm
$3 before 8:30pm, $5 after
Phone: (808) 387-9664
Email: info@HawaiiSlam.com
Website: www.HawaiiSlam.com



First Thursdays is the largest registered poetry slam in the world (600+ in attendance)!! HawaiiSlam has official 501(c)(3) non-profit status through Poetry Slam Inc. Please forward to anybody who may be interested...

Poets/performers: you will only need one piece to compete, as we will only be doing one round of performances. The three-minute rule is still in effect. You do not have to break the rules to get up on the mic, but just know that you can (poet selection will be primarily random as usual). There will be 4 microphones, a DJ with his/her equipment, and one 1/4" cord to plug in basic instruments. If you have more sound requirements, bring your own equipment to make it happen. That being said, you have 30 seconds to set up... do not make us wait for you!! You can be in more than one piece if you are helping someone else out with theirs.

Doors open at 7:30pm, and the show starts at 8:30pm. Admission is $3 before 8:30pm and $5 after. For more info, check out the website at www.HawaiiSlam.com, send an email to info@HawaiiSlam.com, or call 387-9664.

Kealoha
(808) 387-9664
www.KealohaPoetry.com
www.HawaiiSlam.com
www.myspace.com/KealohaPoetry


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