Yes… it’s an all female team this year… and how very fitting, in a season dedicated to the memory of Texas Youth Word Collective’s Co-Founder, Shannon Leigh. Also fitting is the return to Chicago, where Shannon served as Team Captain of the Inaugural Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team in 2003 and continued on to become one of the leading spoken word artists in the country. The rest is history! Please help us continue the dream!
July 10th, 8 pm, Old Skool Chi-City Send Off Dance Party, $10 cover, The Independent (corner of E. 5th & Brushy St.)
“Back in the day when I was young, I’m not a kid any more.” DJ F. Scott, resident turntable-ist for the Austin Youth Slam, as well as the Austin Poetry Slam, gets to be the night’s feature by popular demand. DJ F. Scott will be spinning his special mix of old school, conscious hip-hop and dance music you can’t find on Sixth Street or in the Warehouse District even on a good night. In addition to a full night of our music master, there will be a special performance by the Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team to kick off the night! “Shake your groove thang” and help send the team off to BNV at the same time!
For Information on all of these events contact:
Dr. Sheila Siobhan – (512) 422-6653
Tova Charles – (512) 963-8292
Ron Horne – (512) 632-5033
www.txywc.org
u21slam@yahoo.com
Dear Supporters & Friends,
It’s that time of year again and the Texas Youth Word Collective is scrambling to raise $3,500 in the next three weeks to take the Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team to Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival 2009 (BNV) in Chicago, Illinois. We have a very exciting, hard working team this year and they’re counting on us to get them there.
We hope that you’ll consider making a donation to the cause and have a number of places where you can accomplish this online using your credit or debit card:
Website:
Go to www.txywc.org
Enter the website and click on the “About Us” button
Click on one of the “Donate” buttons to get to our Paypal page
Myspace:
Go to www.myspace.com/texasyouthwordcollective
Click on the “Donate” button to get to our Paypal page
Facebook:
Join the Texas Youth Word Collective Cause
Click on the “Donate” link to get to make a donation
Snail Mail: You can simply write a check to “TYWC” and mail it to:
Texas Youth Word Collective
8301 Zyle Road, Austin, TX 78737
All donations are tax-deductible.
Or, better still, come make a donation in person at one of the Austin Youth Slam Team’s upcoming feature performances (see below). Hear this phenomenal quartet of young women and get a taste of the powerful spoken word they’ll be bringing with them to BNV!
Sincerely,
Sheila Siobhan, Executive Director
Texas Youth Word Collective/Austin City Wide Youth Poetry Slam
(512) 422-6653
u21slam@yahoo.com
www.txywc.org
Archive:
July 2nd, 8 pm, Slam Bowl, Club Illusions, 2700 S. Pecan, Pflugerville 78660 $10 Cover
July 5th, 7 pm, Spoken & Heard Feature Performance, The Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team 2009, Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd., Ste. 725, 78752
July 6th, 7 pm, Feature Performance, The Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team 2009, The Hideout, 617 Congress Ave., 78701
July 7th, 7 pm, Ruta Maya Open Mic Features The Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team 2009, 3601 S. Congress, 78701
Team Competition between the Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team, Neo Soul Slam Team, Austin Poetry Slam, and Killeen Poetry Slam. Come watch the younger generation teach their elders a lesson or two!