Akoben Presents Word Up V Festival Schedule
| Akoben Presents Word Up V Festival Schedule |
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| Written by Keith ID1237 |
| Thursday, 21 April 2005 06:06 |
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Thursday May 5th 2005: 12-4pm Registration, advance discount tickets in the Akoben Hospitality Suite @ The Radisson Host Hotel Monticello Avenue down Norfolk, VA 5-7pm $100 Haiku Slam @ Prince Books 109 E. Main St. Free Back @ the host hotel the downtown Norfolk Radisson 7-830pm Open Mic @ The French Quarters Room in the Radisson 845-915pm Musical Feature Live Band Suzy Gilmont Registered Midem Participant 930-10pm Poetry Feature Jahipster from Baltimore MD 1015-12m Round I - 30 poets from around the world start the competition Friday May 6th 2005: 3-630pm Word-Shops and Panel Discussions in Salon Rooms A&B @ The Radisson 3-430pm Neo Soul Artist, Phd candidate, and accredited author Jahipster & ODU Creative Writing Professor Tim Seibles -The generation gap in writing 5-630pm The Norfolk Chapter of the Zulu Nation Present Representations of Women in Hip-Hop, Art, and Culture." Panel discussion with women and men in Hip-Hop and Spoken Word 630-800pm Dinner on your own 8pm-2am The White Party! FEATURING HIP - HOP SENSATION DMP!!! Wear white tonight and get in for the discount! 8pm-830pm Poetry Feature Tim Seibles short Open Mic @ The French Quarters Room in the Radisson 8:30-10pm Round II - 30 poets will compete for the 2nd round to make finals Saturday! 10:15-11:30 $200 Erotic Poetry Slam by the pool! Bring your suits! 15 poets only 12m-2am After Party! With Sensational Hip-Hop Group DMP! Performing live!! & $100 Free Style Slam poet vs. emcee BATTLE!
Saturday May 7th 2005: 9am-2pm Word-Shops and Panel Discussions in Salon Rooms A&B @ The Radisson 10am-2noon Nuyorican Poet Shaggy Flores presents: Cause being broke ain’t cute. The art of marketing and promotions 12n-2pm International Slam Champion Taalam Acey, Largest Poetry Website owner Soul ''Toms'' Evans and Millionaire Dwayne Reiner present: Fusing art with business AND 12-2pm Akoben: A Call to Action in the Spoken Word Community. This session will explore the role and responsibility of the spoken word artist in Nation building, with a focus on responsibility. We will share and discover ways to make our words match our works. Facilitated by Asali DeVan and Queen Sheba. 430pm-600pm Round I of the Youth Slam in Salon Rooms A or B check day of featuring Ngoma from Ncy Multi Instrumentalist 6pm-8pm Time to get super cute for Finals Night! Relax, time & dinner on your own 8pm-12pm Finals Night in the Radisson Ballroom featuring: Live Bands Yamam Nym from DC! & headlining Sunni from New Orleans! Poetry features by Shaggy Flores and Taalam Acey. Finals of the Youth and Adult slams! And sacrificial by Soul Evans Hosted by: Queen Sheba, Asali DeVan, godchild the Omen and our volunteers! Music by: Dan Tres Omi of the Norfolk Chapter of the Zulu Nation Art and Ambiance by: Clayton Jerome Singleton Price: $8 for Thurs & Fri on line and cons, $10 @ the door general admission. $15 for Saturday on line and cons, $20 general admission $30 weekend pass on line! All prices include entire days events! Including After parties! Extras: The hotel will be providing food each night, there will door prizes and games! Attire: You can always wear whatever you want, I’d be cute if I were you! Photo opps, magazines, TV, and DVD taping will be in progress! FMI: http://www.akobenpoetryfestival.com or http://www.worduppoetryfestival.com or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 757.449.0068 or 504.410.0108 Special Guest Artists: Hip Hop Group - DMP Hit Single "I just can''t give that up!" Taalam Acey - International Slam Champion and Trail Blazer Soul Evans - Largest Successful Poetry Website Owner and Operator Dwayne Reiner - Inner city youth worker teaches young adults to invest Shaggy Flores - Nuyorican Poet, Publisher, and Activist Norfolk Zulu Nation featuring DJ Dan Tres Omi and David Nason Suzy Gilmont - Registered Midem Music Festival Participant in France Jan 2005 Tim Seibles - Award winning author and loved Old Dominion Professor Jahipster -Neo Soul Artist and award winning author and Spoken Word artist Asali DeVan -Innovator and Activist Ngoma - Nyc multi-instrumentalist Activist Clayton Jerome Singleton - Artist, Poet, Activist Yama Nym - Dope azz live band from Washington, DC godchild the Omen - host emcee extraordinaire Queen Sheba - ask somebody |
