Words Aloud Poetry Cooperative (Grey-Bruce)
2003 Schedule:
(GO
to 2004 Schedule)
February 14:
For everyone in love with life -
celebrate valentine’s day
with poetry by Liz Zetlin & five
course meal
Winner
of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, Liz Zetlin marries love with laughs.
After listening to Liz, you walk out the door & everything seems a little
more miraculous. Her love of food and gardening will accent appetites
throughout the sensuous menu by Chef Dawna Proudman. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
at Along
the Picket Fence TEA
ROOM
515 Main Street North, Mount Forest
FRIDAY, February 14
6:30
p.m. Tickets $30. (519) 323-9643
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2003 UNESCO's World Poetry Day &
Dialogue Through Poetry Readings
At the BEAN CELLAR in Owen Sound
(next to the Roxy Theatre)
For more information,
For
a full roster of poets and our Reading Schedule for Friday Night:
GO
To: poetryschedule
June
22, 2003:
Words
Aloud invites you to Celebrate Summer
Spoken Words for the Solstice
Sunday, June 22, 2003 7:30
p.m. until dark
Southampton Café - rooftop patio
poetry, prose, laughter with
Jennifer Frankum, Paul Scott, Anne Duke Judd,
and others...
tickets $5.00 include dessert and specialty coffee or tea by chef Armen Higgins
donations accepted for local literacy programs
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July 1,
2003 – Tuesday, Canada Day 7:00 pm
Daniel Kolos launches his
first poetry collection,
Slipped Out
Come
early and join Anne and Daniel, Michael and Matthew
for a
lamb roast, a croquet game, a walk around the Labyrinth
and a
swim, but BYOB and musical instruments and lawn chairs
Priceville
Fireworks at dusk!!! All
activities are free For information,
e-mail damilos@bmts.com
The Slipped Out poetry collection is $20.00, tax
included
(Visa,
MasterCard, check and cash accepted)
This
First Edition of 110 collectible copies was printed and hand bound by Gavin
Stairs of Pendas Productions, London, Ontario
Friday,
July 4th, 7:30 PM
13th Annual Art Garden opening
and
Self Portrait show
The
Flesherton Gallery and Local Colour
With
Poetry Reading by the members of
Words
Aloud Poetry Cooperative:
Judy Lowry
Liz Zetlin
Barbara MacKay
Daniel Kolos
Followed
by a Drum Jam at 10:00 PM
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July
12, 2003
Eugenia
Gold Rush Festival
Eugenia Falls pavilion, 1:30 pm
Ode to the Gold Rush:
Daniel Kolos, a member of the Words Aloud Poetry Cooperative,
reads commissioned poem:
Fool’s Lure
Junior
Poetry contest
Grades 7-8 entries: Rhyme Form Delivery Prize
1.
Jason Ducket 9 6 9 1st
2. Reuben McCallum 7 5 5
3. Jinger Lorenz 8 5 5
4. Brittany Brown 8 7 8 2nd
5. Maia Lemon 7 8 5 3rd
Grades 4-5 entries:
1. Zoe Zetland 6 8 8 2nd
2. Brook Fuller 9 8 5 1st
3. Devon
Kloosterboer 10 5 5
4. Wade Walker 8 8 5 3rd
5. Andrea Jansen 5 7 5
Those who did not attend automatically received
5 points for Delivery.
Points for Rhyme were also awarded as ‘Structure’ for those entries where Rhyme was irrelevant.
Junior
Poetry contest
More
information will be forthcoming!
What is Words Aloud Poetry Cooperative?
A group of independent poets who regularly bring the spoken word
to the many communities of Grey and Bruce Counties (in Ontario). Membership is by participation.
LINKS TO MEMBER POETS WEBSITES:
Daniel Kolos
http://www.bmts.com/~damilos/poetry.html
currently acting as Coordinator
Liz Zetlin
http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/zetlin.htm
http://www.bmts.com/~brucedale/judd.htm
http://www.bmts.com/~brucedale/jenni.htm
http://www.bmts.com/~brucedale/dawna.htm
http://www.bmts.com/~brucedale/jon.htm