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Poetry Jam 2004 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 Lensic

April 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

Chorus Members: Christine Allen, Jena Braziel, Ariana Rosen-Hatcher, Jennifer Tibbets, SriLa Goseyun, Emma Gavin, Claire Noonan, Sophia Andrews, Austin Allen, Dominique Ehrl, Zack Krasnow, Althea Fleming, Walker Fleming, Caitlin Kossman

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

Ensemble Members: Christine Allen, Georgia Visser, Lauren Schneider, Samantha Secular, Signe Onstad, Austin Allen

Intermission – 15 minutes

Act 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

Amor, by William Bolcom, based on a poem by Arnold Weinstein

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

Poetry Jam: April 2 At The Lensic
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