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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Team Bout Competitions 7 and 8
DESCRIPTION:All of our events will be taking place on the Unceded\, Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples.\n \nThese will be the last 2 bouts of preliminary competition.  These bouts could very well determine which teams make it in to Finals!\nEach team has had a chance to perform once and now they are ready to rock it on Day 2.\nBout 7 will be in the Alice MacKay Room.  Bout 8 will be in the Alma VanDusen/Peter Kay combined room.  Both events will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in the two different rooms.\nDoors are at 2:45  The first bout will start no later than 3:15\nAgain both bouts will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in two different rooms.  This event is FREE TO THE PUBLIC.\nThe teams competing in each bout have yet to be determined.\n \nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-team-bout-competitions-7-and-8/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Team Bout Competitions 5 and 6
DESCRIPTION:All of our events will be taking place on the Unceded\, Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples.\n \nDay 2 begins with the first two afternoon bouts for our competing teams.  Each team has had a chance to perform and now things get even more intense!\nBout 5 will be in the Alice MacKay Room.  Bout 6 will be in the Alma VanDusen/Peter Kay combined room.  Both events will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in the two different rooms.\nDoors are at 1.  The first bout will start no later than 1:30\nAgain both bouts will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in two different rooms.  This event is FREE TO THE PUBLIC.\nThe teams competing in each bout have yet to be determined.\n \nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-team-bout-competitions-5-and-6/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
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SUMMARY:Adventures in Poetryland Workshops with Janice Jo Lee\, Chris Tse\, Patrick de Belen and Johnny D. Trinh
DESCRIPTION:This event will be taking place on the unceded\, traditional territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Wautuh peoples.\n \n4 different workshops presented by World Class poets\, Janice Joe Lee\, Chris Tse\, Patrick de belen and Johnny Trinh lead students through Adventures in Poetryland.  Each workshop offers a unique perspective into a different writing approach for students to expand their practice. Pre registration for each workshop is required.  Open to highschool students who are not taking part in the competition as well. email hullabaloo@vancouverpoetryhouse.com to register\n \nWorkshop A with Janice Jo Lee\nAncestor Song\nTell me about your people. Do your people come from the mountains? The river? The forest? What do your people gather around? Music\, fire\, elders? Are your people diggers\, or athletes\, or travellers? In this workshop we will look into the archive of our memory of where we come from. Where our knowledge ends\, our imagination begins in writing stories of our ancestors. Your people can be your familial ancestors\, or the artists whose tradition you follow\, your closest friends\, or the community that raised you. We will honour our roots and write anthems of ourselves. Dress in clothes you can move in. All bodies and abilities are welcome and will be accommodated.\n \nWorkshop B with Christopher Tse\nWriting ourselves into our stories\nThomas King says that stories are all we are\, so then why does so much popular art seem devoid of the artist these days? In times of whack politics and divisive rhetoric targeting people for their identities\, the need for art to act as resistance is urgent and timely. Writing ourselves into our stories is celebrating our identities in all their diverse and beautiful dopeness\, about speaking truth to power and claiming our space(s) in an artistic landscape that has far too long been dominated by the same kinds of stories. Let’s figure out how to write poetry and tell stories that unsettle\, that disrupt\, that say\, “I’m here and this is why my story matters.” \n\n \n \nWorkshop C with Johnny D. Trinh \n“It Begins With Intention”\n\n\nWhy do we speak? Why do we need to speak right now? At the core of your poem\, your story\, your origin- what is it you want? This workshop will encompass all areas of the creation process from inception\, first drafts\, rehearsal\, performance\, reflection. It will focus on how spoken word is not linear\, but that each part informs the others\, and that everything is driven by intention. Johnny will help you embody your words with clear intentions and healthy performance practices. Then Johnny will discuss how performance and rehearsal takes you back to the editing board\, and then back to the stage. Come with poems or pieces of poems that you want to develop. Leave with a deeper understanding of your own performance style\, and the significance of clarity and specificity in your work.\n \nWorkshop D with Patrick de Belen\n“White Knuckle Narrative”: Exploration of Empathy\, Mental Health and Healing through Spoken Word.\n“White Knuckle Narrative” is an entertaining and interactive storytelling workshop facilitated by award-winning Spoken Word Artist\, Patrick de Belen. It is designed to guide participants through the exploration of PDB’s process of writing and performing spoken word\, and it’s impact on his mental health\, youth work and life growing up as an angry\, broke and mouthy Filipino-Canadian kid in Toronto. Find out more about his workshops at www.PatrickdeBelen.com \n\n \nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/adventures-in-poetryland-2020-with-janice-jo-lee-chris-tse-patrick-debelen-and-johnny-trinh-4/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Team Bout Competitions 3 and 4
DESCRIPTION:All of our events will be taking place on the Unceded\, Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples.\n \nThe competition continues with our last batch of bouts on day 1.  4 teams in each bout.  It should be on fire! (metaphorically)\nBout 3 will be in the Alice MacKay Room.  Bout 4 will be in the Alma VanDusen/Peter Kay combined room.  Both events will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in the two different rooms.\nDoors are at 7:30  The first bout will start no later than 8 PM.\nAgain both bouts will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in two different rooms.  This event is FREE TO THE PUBLIC.\nThe teams competing in each bout have yet to be determined.\n \nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-team-bout-competitions-3-and-4/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2020,open to all teens,poetry,spoken word workshops,Verses 2020
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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Team Bout Competitions 1 and 2
DESCRIPTION:All of our events will be taking place on the Unceded\, Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples.\n \nThe competition kicks off with our fist two bouts pitting 4 different teams against each other in each bout.\nBout 1 will be in the Alice MacKay Room.  Bout 2 will be in the Alma VanDusen/Peter Kay combined room.  Both events will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in the two different rooms.\nDoors are at 5:30.  The first bout will start no later than 6:15.\nAgain both bouts will be taking place AT THE SAME TIME in two different rooms.  This event is FREE TO THE PUBLIC.\nThe teams competing in each bout have yet to be determined.\n \nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.\n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-team-bout-competitions-1-and-2/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
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SUMMARY:Spokenword Jamboree featuring Chris Tse
DESCRIPTION:A night for all 16 High School Teams to perform introductory poems showcasing their talent and style.  \nPlus a feature performance by Canadian Spoken Word Champion\, Chris Tse.\n6PM-8PM / VPL Central Branch / Alice MacKay Room / Free\n\nWe fully acknowledge that all Hullabaloo and Verses Festival of Words events this year and in past years take place on the unceded\, ancestral territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.\nChristopher Tse is an artist\, educator\, and settler currently living on Songhees\, Esquimalt\, and WSANEC territory in what is otherwise known as Victoria\, BC. He placed second at both the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam\, and is a former Canadian national slam champion. Tse has shared the stage with Martin Luther King III\, Shane Koyczan\, and Demi Lovato\, and his work has appeared on CBC\, CTV\, and on radio stations from Ghana to Australia. A brown boy with 6th generation immigrant roots on Turtle Island\, Tse is currently finishing his master’s in Critical Social Work with a focus on how arts-based activism aligns with youth organizing and decolonization. He writes on identity\, intimacy\, immigration\, and basketball.\n \nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/spokenword-jamboree-featuring-chris-tse-3/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2020,open to all teens,poetry
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SUMMARY:2020 Hullabaloo All Star Slam featuring Chris Tse\, Patrick de Belen and Ruthless. Hosted by Johnny D. Trinh
DESCRIPTION:This event will be taking place on the unceded\, ancestral territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Wautuh peoples.\nFor 2020 We have a brand new location and day for the annual All Star Slam.  This year we’ll be at the fully accessible\, Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library in the Alice MacKay room.  The All Star Slam will bear witness to poetic thunder and lightning\, as three poets compete in an all-out battle of poetic verve and wit.  Hosted by Johnny D. Trinh\, this year’s event will Chris Tse\, Patrick de Belen and one other poet to be named soon.  All of them bringing the poignancy\, hilarity\, and immediacy of poetry slam to the stage\, this event is perfect for students who are in danger of finding poetry boring!\nChristopher Tse Bio\nChristopher Tse is an artist\, educator\, and settler currently living on Songhees\, Esquimalt\, and WSANEC territory in what is otherwise known as Victoria\, BC. He placed second at both the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam\, and is a former Canadian national slam champion. Tse has shared the stage with Martin Luther King III\, Shane Koyczan\, and Demi Lovato\, and his work has appeared on CBC\, CTV\, and on radio stations from Ghana to Australia. A brown boy with 6th generation immigrant roots on Turtle Island\, Tse is currently finishing his master’s in Critical Social Work with a focus on how arts-based activism aligns with youth organizing and decolonization. He writes on identity\, intimacy\, immigration\, and basketball.\n \nPatrick de Belen Bio\nFrom arts educator\, to event host\, to youth mentor\, to award-winning poet/writer\, to most recently\, directing\, Patrick de Belen is a storyteller of many kinds. He strongly believes through these stories he can save the world and himself – and secure the bag – all at the same time.  Along with his own personal projects\, PDB has collaborated with many notable organizations – using storytelling to build and serve his community. Find some of these works on his website: PatrickdeBelen.com / follow him on instagram at @patrick_debelen   www.PatrickdeBelen.com\n \nIvy Adad aka Ruthless bio \n“Ruthless” is a Filipinx writer born in Manila Philippines. In 2014\, she moved to the stolen territories of Katzie\, Semiahmoo\, Kwantlen\, Kwikwetlem\, Qayqayt\, and Tsawwassen First Nations. \nRuthless is studying Journalism and Creative Writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She writes about the effects of diaspora in her life. \nRuthless attributes her relationship to prose and poetry to an indecisive lover. She writes to make words love her back\, and revels in the rejection she constantly receives \n \nTickets are $6\nPlease get in touch with Hullabaloo Director RC Weslowski at hullabaloo@vancouverpoetryhouse.com to book your tickets\nHow does it work? Simple. The poets perform one poem each in three rounds\, all of which are judged on a scale of zero to ten by the audience — in this case\, the students! In the end\, the winner is announced\, though in effect\, everyone has won. Students have been moved\, inspired\, and engaged by poetry\, often for the first time in their lives.\nAs one student had it: “This is better than Metallica!” The topics are engaging\, the presentation is amazing\, and the competition is riveting. Guaranteed to jumpstart students into writing careers of their own.\nWhat: Hullabaloo All Star Slam\nWhen: Thursday April 16th–2 SHOWS!!    10 am-11:15 am and 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm\nWhere: Central Branch\, Vancouver Public Library\, Alice MacKay Room\nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/2020-hullabaloo-all-star-slam-3/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2020,open to all teens,poetry,Verses 2020
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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo 2020
DESCRIPTION:Get ready\, Hullabaloo 2020 is coming!  This year’s Youth Spoken Word Festival will be held over three days\, Thursday\, April 16 – Saturday\, April 18th.  \nRegistration for Hullabaloo 2020 opens on Feb 3rd for any school that took part in last year’s festival. \nRegistration for all other schools opens two weeks later on February 17th.  This will be on a first come first serve basis. Email RC Weslowski at hullabaloo@vancouverpoetryhouse.com for more information and to get on the registration mailing list. A $200 non-refundable registration fee is required to take part.  \nRegistration guarantees your students entry into the Hullabaloo tournament\, a 2-hour WordPlay Poets workshop\, up to 6 free All Star Slam tickets and passes for the Verses Festival of Words. Registering is as simple as emailing Hullabaloo Director RC Weslowski to say “I want to enter a team!” \nSimply looking to inspire your students? Get tickets for the All Star Slam! Tickets cost $6/student (FREE for teachers or chaperones). The All Star Slam is an all-out battle of poetic verve and wit\, pitting Patrick de Belen and Chris Tse against each other in a fun-filled showcase of slam at its finest!  \nTo reserve tickets\, contact RC today! \nWe acknowledge that all Hullabaloo and Verses Festival of Words events this year and in past years take place on the unceded\, ancestral territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.\nACCESSIBILITY:\nThe VPL Central Branch has elevators to reach the downstairs rooms where the Hullabaloo events are being held. There are wheelchair accessible bathrooms. For more details\, refer to their list of facilities (http://www.vpl.ca/location/central-library).\nThis event is a scent-reduced space. To assist us in our goal of increased access\, please be aware of our attempt to reduce the impact of personal scented products (perfumes\, scented oils\, etc) in our festival spaces.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-2020/
LOCATION:Sonya Littlejohn features at the Van Slam
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2020
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