Poetry is my breakfast, lunch and dinner. Without poetry I’d starve to death! It’s my shoulder to cry on, my friend I tell my secrets to. Poetry is life!–Manuel González |
Poetry Jam 2004 – April 2 At The LensicApril 1 & 2 – Santa Fe, New Mexico New Mexico CultureNet proudly presents Poetry Jam: April 2 At The Lensic, a special evening of poetry, performance, music and dance. Join us April 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lensic Performing Arts Center (map). Admission is by donation; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Act I, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.Manuel González: Poetry is Life / Where I Come From UNM “Word Revolution” Poetry Slam Team: Group Poem Angela Williams: Poem Kenn Rodríguez: Poem Alex Traube: Welcome Student: Poem Victoria Edwards Tester: Poem Student: Poem Joan Logghe: Poem Michelle Holland: Poem Student: Poem Ortiz Middle School Students, directed by Acushla Bastible and Charles Gamble: “Hip-Hopera” Student: Poem Student: Poem Desert Chorale Youth Chorus and members of the Santa Fe New Music Youth Ensemble, directed by Jamie Allen: Night Sound; by Thomas Middleton, music by Jamie Allen Desert Chorale Children’s Chorus: Swords into Plowshares (Chants for Justice); words by Margaret Mead, Mahatma Gandhi, the Bible (Isaiah 2:4), Jane Addams, the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Mother Teresa, music by Steve Heitzeg Santa Fe New Music Youth Ensemble: Mirror Pond; words and music by John Rimmer Intermission – 15 minutesAct II, 8:15 – 9:00 p.m.Janice Felty, mezzo-soprano; Landon Young, piano: Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven, by Aaron Copeland, based on a poem by Emily Dickinson R.W. French: Poem Rebecca Seiferle: Poem Jerry Mondragon: Poem Carlos Contreras: Poem Rose Bean Simpson: Poem Jo Harvey Allen: Poem Terry Allen: Songs Judyth Hill: Wage Peace |
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