March 2015 Slam Results

Hello Slam-Fans,

Last night we had our penultimate 2014-2015 regular season slam.

That means there will be one last slam coming up on April 16th, yes, one last chance to garner points and be invited to Semi-Finals to try out for this year's Vic Slam team.

Last night at Lacey Lou's we had 11 poets in the first round, with 5 judges being herded by Rose Jang. (Can I mention that her boots were fabulous?)

There was a lot of new shit, a lot of new weird shit and even some new weird sexy shit, including porm. It was another wonderful evening.

The final tallies were as follows-

SJ Valiquette - 53.0
Catherine Garrett - 52.9
Maita Cienska - 52.4
Pamela Stewart - 52.0
Kelsey Claire - 50.4

Next month I will bring the season's score sheets along to the Slam as poets have been worried about redoing pieces from earlier in the season.
See you then.

FEBRUARY 2015 Slam Results

Hello Slam-Fans,

Only 2 regular Slams left this season, and then we're having 2 semi-finals shows, both at Lacey Lou's, April 30th and May 7th, which will bring us to our Slam Finals on May 21st.

We'll be choosing 5 poets for the Slam Team this year, as usual.
It'll be an amazing and spirited time and we hope you'll be a part of it.

Here are the results for February, as well as the season's standings for you all to peruse.

Results from February 19, 2015

1st place- Jeremy Loveday
2nd place- Tanya Christie
3rd place- Catherine Garrett
4th place- Shayli Robinson
5th place- Matthew Christopher Davidson


Season Standings -

Jeremy Loveday -8
Elysia Glover -7
Audrey Lane Cockett -4
Aaron Simm -4
Maita Cienska -4
Annie LePage -3
Tanya Christie -2
Scott Thompson -2
Tom Fowler -1.5
Katherine Garrett -1
Max D'Ambrosio -1
SJ Valiquette -1

Erin Cotton -.5
Danielle Aftias -.5
Matthew Christopher Davidson -.5
Morgan Purvis-Bellamano -.5
Shahin Mohammadi -.5
Shayli Robinson -.5
Zoe Duhaime -.5

Let me know if there are any mis-spellings, please.
Hope to see you Thursdays.

CIPS Qualifier 2015

Last night, January 15th, 2015 we held our CIPS Qualifier to choose the poet who will represent Victoria in Vancouver in April.

We had 8 poets competing for the spot and they were the 8 poets who came 1st and 2nd in the first 4 Slams of our 2014-2015 season.

Lacey Lou's was at capacity last night. We were sold out before 8 o'clock, and Lacey Lou's, which is always warmed from the oven was then more-warmed by the crowds.
Thank you all for coming out and supporting the poets and the poetry community on a rainy and windy evening.

From first to last place, these are the results-

Aaron Simm
Maita Cienska
SJ Valiquette
Elysia Glover
Audrey Lane Cockett
Scott Thompson
Annie Lepage
Tom Fowler

The next Slam is a regular Slam, open to all, and will be held at Lacey Lou's the 3rd Thursday in February, which is the 19th.
Hope to see you all there!

Points Tallied End of December 2014

The September - December Vic Slam Results are in.
Thank you to everyone who braves the microphone and shares themselves and their words with us.
We're looking forward to the unfolding of more words and the flourishing of ever more spoken word artists as our community continues to grow.

This is a tally of everyone's points from the first 4 Slams of the 2014-2015 Season-

Elysia Glover 7
Jeremy Loveday 4
Audrey Lane Cockett 4
Aaron Simm 4
Maita Cienska 4
Annie LePage 3
Scott Thompson 2
Tom Fowler 1.5
Max D'Ambrosio 1
SJ Valequette 1

Erin Cotton .5
Morgan Purvis-Bellamano .5
Zoe Duhaime .5
Shahin Mohammadi .5
Danielle Aftias .5

As usual, let me know if you suspect an error or if I have misspelled a name.

December Slam Results

Ah, the last Slam of 2014.
The house was not full but there was a lovely crowd.
Jacob was the most beautiful host of the night.
The staff at Lacey Lou's took their usual good care of us, and even helped us with scoring a little.

We had a tie for first place last night. So here's how the points came out-

Maita Cienska and Elysia Glover  4 and 4
SJ Valiquette  1
Max D'Ambrosio  .5
Danielle  .5

We have the February, March and April Slams for you to rack up points towards qualifying to the Semi-Finals and Finals in May.

Happy Holidays to those who are celebratory...

2014 November Slam Results

Wow!
Uh, last night was wonderful... what can I say?
I missed the first two slams of the season and it was amazing to be back in the crowd.
We reached capacity too and that really does change the mood in the room...
And Aaron Simm arrived in town yesterday in time to sweep us off our feet.

These are the results-

Aaron Simm - 4
Scott Thompson - 2
Tom Fowler - 1
Shahin Mohammadi - .5
Zoe Duhaime - .5

As always, do let me know if I have misspelled any names, and hope to see you next month
on December 18th, 2014 at Lacey Lou's.

Season Standing early November 2014

Hello all,

I'm very much looking forward to the November 20th Slam.

In the meantime, here are the standings-

Audrey Lane Cockett - 4
Jeremy Loveday - 4
Annie le Page - 3
Elysia Glover - 3
Erin Cotton - .5
Tom Fowler -.5
Max D'Ambrosio -.5
Morgan Purvis-Bellamano -.5

These standings will be used to determine who will be invited to compete in January to represent Victoria in April at CIPS in Vancouver. Stay tuned...