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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. Please come out to the send off feature by the Worcester Youth Slam Team on Sunday night.</font></p><p align="justify">
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Worcester Storytellers - Friday Night</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Worcester Storytellers</u> meets on the second Friday of
each month at the Village Arts Gallery (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The
reading starts at 8:00 p.m. This month they hold an open reading followed by a
feature by <b>Tom Seidenberg</b>. Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover.
They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who
feature. For more info please contact dave<a href="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=0142vZ8WHctS5HzS0kHjzbGQ==&c=tkV-A-OQyxR5XEE0wLbdiUKkWEHb0B3P8QLQPSkaQrM=" onclick="window.open('http ://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=0142vZ8WHctS5HzS0kHjzbGQ==&c=tkV-A-OQyxR5XEE0wLbdiUKkWEHb0B3P8QLQPSkaQrM=','', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=300'); return false;" title="Reveal this e-mail address ">...</a>@<a href="http://aol.com">aol.com</a>.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, July 12th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/ys08.jpg" alt="2009 Youth Slam Team" title="Youth Slam Team feature on July 12th!" align="right" width="128" height="167" hspace="5">
Join the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> tonight for our regular poetry open
mic and a send-off feature for the <u>Youth</u> Slam
Team. Help us send the Youth Slammers on their way as they prepare for
their trip to the Brave New Voices event in Chicago, IL. Jeff Seigrist,
Kate Richardson, Elyse Bianchest, Carolyn Mshooshian and Eddy Habib are
expected to perform.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts around 6:00 p.m. No cover; please put some
money in the bucket to support the Youth Slam team.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">July 5th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was a quietish holiday weekend Poets' Asylum this week.
The members of the 2009 Worcester Slam Team were on hand as were a handful of
other folks who read in the open mic. Thanks to all those who shared their
voices with us. After the open we held a 3 person <b>open qualifying slam</b>
to seed the iWPS Selection Slam on August 30th. Gary Hoare, Bobby Gibbs and
MC Speil took part in the two round word fest with Bobby & MC Speil tying for
the top position. Both move on to the iWPS finals. We'll have a second open
qualifier on August 23rd where two slots for the iWPS finals will be up for
grabs.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Photo Gallery Update</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/album.gif" alt="Photo Album" title="Lots of new photos to see." align="right" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="7">
Well the rainy weather has been good for one thing; we finally have uploaded
photos from the last several months of features. Visit our <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/photo.html" target="_blank">Photo Gallery</a> to check out all the updates.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We've uploaded photos from the features of Kyria Abrahams
(02-01), Steve Subrizi and Sam Teitel (02-08), Caitlin Meissner (02-15), Seren
Divine (03-08), Gary Hoare (05-10), Rushelle Frazier (06-07), the 2009 Worcester
Slam Team Feature (06-14), Melinda Leet (06-21) and Chad Anderson (06-28).
Enjoy.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fundraising Update</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/thermometer.png" alt="Fundraising Thermometer" title="$872 still needs to be raised!" align="right" width="80" height="185" hspace="5">
So far this year we have raised $1628 toward the expenses of sending a team to
the <a href="http://www.nps2009.com/" target="_blank">2009 National Poetry
Slam</a>. Thanks to all those who have given money in support of the team.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The team has produced a chapbook to help raise money for their
trip to Florida in August. You can pick up a copy from Cyndi Keeley at the
reading. We are asking for a minimum donation of $5 for the book; you can
always give more if the spirit moves you. T-shirts have been ordered and we
should have them in hand my July 13th. You can reserve a shirt in your size by
e-mailing <a href="mailto:webmaster@poetsasylum.org">webmaster @
poetsasylum.org</a> with your shirt size. We expect shirts to sell for $15
each.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We still need to raise a minimum of another $872 to cover our
expenses. To date the Poets' Asylum has spent $2573.50 on NPS & PSI
registrations, hotel rooms & airfare to West Palm Beach. That completes our
expected expenses for the team this year. Any help you can provide is greatly
appreciated. We can't do this without you and we thank you for your generosity.
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