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The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW 2010 Ottawa www.cfsw.ca) kicked off this afternoon to a fiery start with the Last Chance Slam to determine the members of the Wild Card Team to compete alongside 17 other teams at the festival.

The members of the team that will be performing at the festival are Ottawa poets Faye Estrella, Brad Morden, and Sean O’Gorman, as well as Vancouver poet Steve Miller. The team has two alternates: Ottawa’s Jenna Tenn-Yuk and Vancouver’s Tristan de Plume.

CFSW 2010 Ottawa returns to the capital for the first time since its inception in 2004 with the largest slam-focused spoken word event in Canadian history. From October 12 to 16, 2010, Ottawa will be treated to a wide-ranging display of Canadian slam poetry and spoken word featuring over 100 of the best spoken word poets on 18 teams from 15 communities across Canada.

The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word takes place in numerous venues in downtown Ottawa.

For more information, please call the CFSW 2010 Ottawa hotline 613 301 8648, email info@cfsw.ca, or visit www.cfsw.ca.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Tuesday, October 12

University of Ottawa Tabaret Hall – 550 Cumberland St.
1 – 3 p.m.
Last Chance Slam (to determine the Wild Card team)
7 – 9 p.m.
Festival Opening Celebration & Francophone Showcase
Hosted by Mehdi Hamdad | Featuring Ivy, Marjolaine Beauchamp,
D-Track & Sophie Jeukens
9 – 10:30 p.m.
Bout 1 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Victoria, Lanark County, Winnipeg, Ottawa Urban Legends

Wednesday, October 13

Cartier Place Suite Hotel – 180 Cooper Street
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Intro to Poetry Writing (for Youth) Workshop
Facilitated by Ian Keteku
2:30 – 4 p.m.
Activism in Spoken Word Workshop

4 – 5:30 p.m.
Youth Showcase Hosted by Dwayne Morgan

Ottawa Little Theatre – 400 King Edward Avenue
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Bout 2 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Calgary, Ottawa Urban Legends, London, Toronto Poetry Slam
9 – 10:30 p.m.
Bout 3 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Vancouver, Guelph, Peterborough, Halifax

University of Ottawa Alumni Auditorium – 85 University Street
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Bout 4 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Burlington, Edmonton, Wild Card, Toronto Up From the Roots
9 – 10:30 p.m.
Bout 5 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Lanark County, Ottawa Capital Slam, Montreal, Saskatoon

Hooley’s Pub – 292 Elgin Street
11 p.m.
Poetry & Music Cabaret
Featuring Scruffmouth & Moe Clark

Thursday, October 14

Cartier Place Suite Hotel – 180 Cooper Street
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Sankofa: A Poet’s Contract (Workshop)
Facilitated by Scruffmouth
2:30 – 4 p.m.
Connecting with Arts Organizations Panel Discussion
Facilitated by David Silverberg
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Steve Sauvé Memorial Nerd Showcase
Hosted by Festrell|Featuring Nadine Thornhill & Bart Cormier

Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa – Laurier Room, 350 Dalhousie Street
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Bout 6 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Halifax, Winnipeg, Burlington, Ottawa Capital Slam
9 – 10:30 p.m.
Bout 7 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Toronto Poetry Slam, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver

The Velvet Room – 62 York Street
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Bout 8 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Montreal, London, Guelph, Wild Card
9 – 10:30 p.m.
Bout 9 – National Slam Championship Preliminary Round
Toronto Up From the Roots, Peterborough, Calgary, Victoria

Friday, October 15

Streets of Downtown Ottawa
3 – 5:30 p.m.
Guerrilla Poetry
Poets take to the streets to perform random acts of poetry

Ottawa Technical High School Auditorium – 440 Albert Street
7 – 8:30 p.m.
National Slam Championship Semi-Final #1
9 – 10:30 p.m.
National Slam Championship Semi-Final #2

Ritual Nightclub – 137 Besserer Street
11 p.m.
Kobo Town and John Carroll & the Epic Proportions

Saturday, October 16

Cartier Place Suite Hotel – 180 Cooper Street
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Poetry Slam in Schools Workshop
Facilitated by Danielle K.L. Grégoire & Lara Bozabalian
2:30 – 4 p.m.
Self-Promotion in the Digital Age (for Artists) Workshop
Facilitated by Kate Leadbeater – bilingual event
4-5:30 p.m.
Poetry and Music Showcase
Featuring Red Slam Collective

Dominion-Chalmers United Church – 355 Cooper Street
7-9 p.m.
Poets of Honour & Closing Festival Showcase
Featuring Anthony Bansfield ‘the nth digri’ & Shauntay Grant
9-11 p.m.
National Slam Championship Finals

Tags: Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, CFSW, festivals in Ottawa, Jessica Ruano, spoken word events in Ottawa

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