Monthly Archives: July 2008

Hawaii Wins Brave New Voices 2008 Grand Slam Final!

Team Hawaii wins the 11th Annual International Youth Poetry Slam – Brave New Voices 2008 Grand Poetry Slam!
Wow, that was a lot of words, and there were some amazing words spoken at tonight’s Grand Slam Finals. The final teams were Hawaii, Rochester, NY, New York City, Chicago, and last year’s returning champs, Philadelphia.
There were so [...]

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Video – Team Santa Fe – Brave New Voices 2008

Team Santa Fe, New Mexico. The only all Native American team at the Brave New Voices 2008 International Youth Poetry Slam gives their introduction. The crowd loves it!

Brave New Voices 2008 – Team Santa Fe from Will Brown on Vimeo.

Here’s a great article in the NY Times about the team and their mission:
“Young American Indians [...]

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Video – Brave New Voices 2008 – “Unofficial Proclamation”

Brave New Voices 2008 is off to a great start. I captured some great pieces today. More to follow, but for now enjoy this highly motivating piece “Unofficial Proclamation”:

Brave New Voices 2008 – International Youth Poetry Slam from Will Brown on Vimeo.

What do you think?

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Cloudy Day Art #85 – Poetry for the Young Generation

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
This show is in honor of the 11th Annual International Youth Poetry Slam – Brave New Voices 2008 festival that is taking place this week in Washington, DC. If you are in the area, I would love to meet up with you this week, so please drop me a [...]

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See you at the "International Youth Poetry Slam – Brave New Voices 2008"

*UPDATE* I’ve started to add some video here.
I’ll be attending next week’s “Brave New Voices 2008“, the 11th Annual International Poetry Slam Festival, here in Washington, DC July 15-19th 2008. Over 450 poets from around the country and world will be converging on the nation’s capital to compete.

The festivities will include workshops, discussions on the [...]

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