| WHAT: Denver SCORES 5th ANNUAL POETRY SLAM!
More than 250 public school students, ages 8 though 12, will participate in a citywide annual Poetry Slam! featuring their own original works of poetry and prose, written during their participation in the Denver SCORES after-school program.
WHO: Over 250 third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders from eight public elementary schools, families, community members. Special Guests include:
- PACO: founding member of Costa Rican band Ragga by Roots; currently a singer/songwriter and voice-over artist in the Latin Hip-Hop scene of Los Angeles
- Nat Borchers: Colorado Rapids
- Jake Adam York: English professor at UCD; editor of several poetry journals; published poet
- Hilary DePolo: award winning local poet and active member of the art community
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003 at 5:00 PM
WHERE: West High School Auditorium, 951 Elati Street
Free and open to the public.
Denver SCORES will make a party out of poetry for the fifth year in a row. Denver SCORES is the only program in Denver that offers soccer to urban youth, ages 8 through 12, while teaching kids to express themselves through creative writing. The Poetry Slam! is the culminating event of the fall season. SCORES students perform original poems they have been writing all semester in SCORES writing classes. A team of “celebrity” judges will score the performances and the children will receive awards at the end of the program.
Denver SCORES is a national model for youth development, targeting girls and boys in urban neighborhoods that offer few, if any, recreational programs. Denver SCORES focuses on kids who are at-risk of academic failure. Denver SCORES is one of a growing number of SCORES program across the country. For more information on other SCORES cities, visit www.americascores.org.
For more information about the event, contact Michelle Shedro, 303-832-5879 (office) or 720-838-4171 (cell) or mshedro@americascores.org. |
