THE UPTOWN POETRY SLAM
2006 NATIONAL TEAM COMPETITION
SENDING A TEAM TO AUSTIN, TEXAS
FOR THE 2006 NPS
AUGUST

SPONSORED BY
MU PO GUMBO & THE UPTOWN POETRY SLAM
REPRESENTING MARTYRS & THE GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB

QUALIFICATION PROCESS:

1. Form a team of 3 to 5 performance poetry competitors
2. Create a performance poetry group piece
3. Notify slampapi@slampapi.com your desire to enter the tournament and reserve a slot at one of the following Mu Po Gumbo shows at Martyrs on Lincoln Ave.
a. March 7 3 slots open on each date
b. April 4
c. May 2
d. June 3
4. Perform your group piece at the Mu Po Gumbo show.

Slampapi & Speak’Easy ensemble will give the thumbs up (or thumbs down) to your performance based on the quality of the text presented and the preparation (effort) taken to create, polish, and perform it. There may be an informal competition between teams at this stage but it will be Slampapi & Speak’Easy whom determine whether a team qualifies or not. All teams that present a quality performance (as determined by Slampapi & Speak’Easy) will qualify regardless of their scores in the informal competition.

AFTER YOUR TEAM QUALIFIES

1. Select a date on which to compete in the semi-finals. Tentatively those dates are:
a. Tuesday, July 11
b. Thursday, July 20
c. Friday, July 21
2. Create, prepare, polish, and rehearse 3 group pieces – duets, trios, and/or quartets. No solo performances will be allowed in the Mu Po Gumbo/Uptown Poetry Slam tournament.
3. Show up and compete in the semi-finals on your pre-selected date. Tentatively, there will be 5 teams competing in a 3 round bout judge in accordance with the NPS standard rulebook. The winning teams on each semi-final night will advance to the Final Competition on Saturday night, July 22.

FINAL COMPETITION

1. Will be held on Saturday, July 22.
2. Up to 6 teams will compete in the Final Competition depending on how many enter and qualify for the tournament. Finals details will be determined and posted a week prior to the first semi-final bout.
3. It will be a 3 to 5 round elimination bout. Low scoring teams will be dropped after each round. The exact process will be determined at a later date but prior to the last semi-final competition.
4. The winning team will represent the Uptown Poetry Slam, the granddaddy of them all, at the 2006 NPS – Austin, Texas this coming summer.

THIS IS AN ALL AGES TOURNAMENT

For more information contact: Slampapi@slampapi.com