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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6">Slam Poetry Showcase/Fundraiser</font><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15px; "><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">for the 2013 Northeast Ohio Poetry Slam Team!<o:p></o:p></span></p></b><b style="font-size: 15px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Thursday, August 1, 2013, 7 PM at </span></p></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Dobama Theatre</span></p></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">CLEVELAND IS GOING TO THE NATIONAL POETRY SLAM!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">WHAT IS THE NATIONAL POETRY SLAM?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">It’s Poetry!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">It’s Performance!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">It’s Competitive!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">It’s like a steel cage death match for people
who tap poems on their laptops and then read them out loud!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">One team will be declared champion!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">And YOU can help us WIN!!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">The 2013 Northeast Ohio Poetry Slam Team is going
to compete against more than 70 four-person teams from around the country in
Boston at the National Poetry Slam Competition from August 13-17, 2013.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Even though we're driving there, it's still
a costly trip. So we're throwing a Slam<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> Poetry Showcase/Fundraiser</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>on Thursday, August 1 at Dobama
Theatre. It will feature... </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Lucida Calligraphy"">Awesome Poetry Performances</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">by the four 2013Northeast Ohio Slam Poetry Team members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">AKeemjamal Rollins</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Christine Howey</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Caira Lee</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Arianna Cheree</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">There will also be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
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Helvetica">Raffles for gift cards, gift baskets and more amazing
stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:
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Helvetica">Refreshments donated by local restaurants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:
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Helvetica">Plus surprises!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Have fun...meet old friends...make new friends…be
entertained...enjoy food & beverages...win prizes...and donate!</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Make sure Cleveland and northeast Ohio is
represented at the National Poetry Slam Competition in 2013!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">WHEN AND WHERE:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Thursday, August 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">7 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Dobama Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">2340 Lee Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Cleveland Heights</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Only a suggested admission fee of $5! But we encourage you to buy lots of raffle
tickets and donate what you can afford. No donation too small (or too big!!).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">For more information, email: slam @lake effectpoetry.com</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">See You There!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-size: 15px;"> </o:p></p>
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