Opening Night

* Platter Cocktail Finger Food & Light Refreshments


* Welcome to Country & Festival Opening


* Frontier Projects (Festival Charity) Presentation


* Musical Performances by ESP with Christie Schlenker


* Debut Performance of original Piece written for cre8 Festival by

Mei Wei Lim. Performed by 'Reed Up'


* Poetry Slam Competition $10 on-the-night entry.
 Hosted by Liz

Routledge Fun! Entertaining!


1st Prize: Opal Cove Accommodation B&B Package

People's Choice Prize: Jeffery Baker Print


* Roving Dramatic & Circus Artists


* Display Galleries: Fine Artwork & Paintings



BUY YOUR TICKET ABOVE
 TO A WONDERFUL NIGHT

POETRY SLAM - SPECIAL EVENT
As part of the Official Opening Night Event.
With contributions from your host Elisabeth Routledge – winner of the Peats Ridge 2012 The World Travels Poetry Slam.
Hear great poetry, live and 'in your face'. With contributions from your host Elizabeth Routledge – winner of the Peats Ridge 2012 The World Travels Poetry Slam. The Poetry Slam is a much-loved event all over Australia with a healthy and vibrant competition amongst the slammers.

To enter and participate, pay on the night or send you request to info@cre8coffscoast.org
$10 for a 3-minute poem.
Great prizes! Including an Opal Cove Resort Bed and Breakfast for 2 Package!
People's choice Award (awarded by the Audience!) a beautiful Jeffrey Baker Print!

When: Saturday 25th January 2014
Time: 5.30 for 6.00pm start.
Where: Opal Cove Resort
Entry to Participate $10 for a 3 minute poem. Be part of the fun.
No ticket booking required. Pay on the night.

Poetry Slam Rules:

1. Poetry is ORIGINAL, written and performed by poet.(RULES 2 & 3 only apply to multi round slams)
2. Poet must have THREE POEMS prepared - in case they get through THREE rounds! ( Not applicable for one round slams)
3. Poets must supply Titles of said poems. Poets don't have to stick to these ... This is a bureaucratic rule and can be ignored with very little consequence!
4. Poetry should be learnt/ MEMORIZED and performed. NOT just read (Poets will lose marks if they read, unless they are really, really, REALLY good!). I mean REALLY good. First timers can ignore this and giving it a go is acknowledged!!
5. No poems that have previously WON in other Slam Events can be used. If you try and sneak one in our “research team” might find out after the Fact and you will be publically stripped of your title (and we’ll come after the prize...) like Lance Armstrong!
6. Judges will be briefed on looking at; CONTENT, PERFORMANCE SKILLS and AUDIENCE REACTION to the poems. If they are obviously biased, the audience is allowed to boo or a low hissing is acceptable!
7. Judges chosen from the audience must not be partners, family or best mates with the poets!
8. People's Choice will be chosen by audience vote (1 per person)…
9. Poems must be TWO TO THREE MINUTES no longer or shorter or you will lose points!
10. No heckling during performance!! Audience that is! Poets can heckle whenever they want!
11. NO PROPS, beat boxes, music, visual aids ... just you and your voice!
12. NEW RULE !!! Performance poets who are semi –professional, multi slam title holders will be handi-capped !!

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