Van Slam Fall/ Winter Season 2017-18 (January 15th)
So! A new qualifying season is underway to determine which 5 poets will have a chance to become the next Vancouver Poetry Slam Team.
It’s crucial to understand the points system. You can read about how it works for qualifying for Team Playoffs here:
The points system should become clear very quickly as the season progresses and we start posting results. With that in mind, here are the results from this week’s slam.
After the poet’s name is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position they performed in the second round (if they made the cut) and their second round score, followed by their total score for the evening.
15th January 2018
Sac: Jillian Christmas 28.4
Catherine Garrett (1) 28.1
Lip Balm (2) 27.3
Emory Oakley (3) 27
Geoff Keong (4) 26.4
Tawahum (5) 27.8
Jaz (6) 28.5 + (4) 29.1 = 57.6 FOURTH! (1 Point)
Word Witch (7) 27.4
Andrew Jack (8) 28.3 + (5) 0 = 28.3 FIFTH!
Sasha Golvin (9) 26.5
Rosalie (10) 29.5 + (2) 29.3 = 58.8 SECOND! (9 Points)
Jaye Simpson (11) 28.9+ (1) 29.6 = 58.5 THIRD! (4 Points)
Optimus Rhyme (12) 30 + (3) 29.8 = 59.8 FIRST! (16 Points)
Updated Standings for the 2017-18 Van Slam Poetry Team Play-offs
The top 14 poets qualify for semi-finals (after that, the next 12 poets qualify for the Last Chance Slam)
- Optimus Rhyme 57 Points
- Spillious 29 Points
- Kay Kassirer 28 Points
- Lip Balm 28 Points
- North Star (Justin Bige) 17 Points
- Lindi Nolte 16 Points
- Savannah Pulfer 16 Points
- Truth Is… 16 Points
- Santiago Ureňa 16 Points
- Peace 16 Points
- Julia Pileggi 16 Points
- Natalie Zakon 16 Points
- Jenifer Williams 16 Points
- Jaye Simpson 13 Points
- Catherine Garrett 9 Points
- Fernando 9 Points
- Rosalie Fralick 9 Points
- Daniel Belkin 9 Points
- Alexandra 6 Points
- Mitcholos Touchie 4 Points
- Dana ID Matthews 4 Points
- Leslie Stark 4 Points
- Emory Oakley 4 Points
- Sadie Phoenix 4 Points
- Kate Mitchell 1 Point
- Kit Tempo 1 Point
- Christine Bissonnette 1 Point
- Dave Rankin 1 Point
- Rabbit Richards 1 Point
- Jaz 1 Point