And Now a Word from the Slam Master

Actually, this will be a number of words...

Hey kids, here is the crazy lowdown for what's up with the Slam Series. As you may have heard me bitching about...no matter what I plan, the Slam is and organic expereince that requires flexability, yada yada yada. So the points series may require some "adjustment" later but currently looks like this:

I have taken the finalists from the two rounds and added their scores (from final rounds only) together. Now some wierd things happen because some poets have been in both rounds and other just did R1 or R2. And that is ok. There are two rounds to go and so far it looks like the top 16 points earners will qualify.

Winners from Round 2 were:

1st RW (45)
2nd Rook (40)
3rd Johnathan (36)
4th KP (34)


So, Going into R3 here are the standings

Johnathan 78
KP 74
RW 45
Rook 40
Mandie 40
Ted 36
Scott 35
Sky 28
Esteban 24
Dan 23
Trella C 22

Round 3 could change a lot and still leaves openings for the finals for any newcomers who make it to the last round. Also worth noting, scoring during the last round, last month, was brutal so if you are wondering what's up with some of those low numbers...yeah people got upper 30's in the first heat and 20's in the second...ouch. Buth with two months to go there is a lot of shakin' to be goin' on!

And finally a micro rant: I know last month we were competing with the olympics and all but sign up was kinda thin...and the audience showed up pretty late. ok, it is what it is, and it is still one of the best art events in Bend...BUT if I get fewer than 8 poets, I'm really going to have to seriously question if this is gonna fly. And we are going to have to raise some $$$ to compete at Nationals. So if you are into Slam you got to help me get people into the Slam! The buzz must BUZZ and the Words must be spoken! See ya there!