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GRIOT WORKS™ Tell your story! Whether you write it or live it, whether it's fiction or truth, training to be a Griot (gree-oh) means becoming a storyteller-a keeper of history and community. Griot Works trains you or your organization in the art of storytelling, from writing workshops to BoUnce-our improvisational performance events. Students gain public speaking and performance skills, as well as increasing their reading capabilities through international folklore, mythology and fables. Trained troupes of students perform their community service by storytelling for younger audiences in hospitals, family shelters, public libraries and after-school programs. Griot Works is sponsored by:  Announcing - "BoUnce" BoUnce is Griot Works™ program of Urban Wilderness Project 
BoUnce is a cooperative competition between all-ages storytelling sports teams. Individuals are invited to perform and then randomly placed with 2- 4 other individuals to form 3 on 3 or 5 on 5 teams.What: BoUnce™ open mics are a cooperative performance competition between all-ages and styles. It's different than a poetry slam because poets, storytellers, spoken word and hip hop artists join together to make one storytelling sports teams. BoUnce™ open mic is for youth and adults. Individuals may sign-up to perform and be randomly placed with 2- 4 other individuals to form 3 on 3 or 5 on 5 teams or you can come with a team ready to play. Teams are scored by judges from the audience and the winning team shares half the door! Come sign up to perform, or to enjoy the show! The Entertainment: So, here's the twist--Basketball. Forget lame reality shows with disgusting or life-risking dares that don't feature you! This is your chance to show off, be silly, and be in the spotlight. Between performance rounds your team plays to get points for successfully dribbling a ball, passing multiple balls or even making a basket (not necessary to qualify). Any skills counts, not just scoring! The Inspiration: During the Harlem Renaissance, when segregation kept basketball teams and the Cotton Club for white only, the Harlem Rens played basketball between jazz music and the literary performances that created legends. Read more about it in On the Shoulders of Giants by Kareem Abdul-Jabar. When: FIRST FRIDAYS EACH MONTH at the coffee shops, libraries or other locations! BoUnce: The Sport of Storytelling kicks off its performance season on February 6, 2009 at 7PM. Where: CALL 206-464-8364 to find out the hot performance spot for the month! How: SIGN-UPS START AT 6 PM, GAME TIME 7 PM Suggested Donation: $1-5. ALL STORIES, POEMS, LYRICS, RHYMES AND CONTENT MUST BE suitable for all-ages. No racist, sexist, homophobic performances. Please bring a completed waiver signed by your parent or guardian if your are under 18 years old. BoUnce: The Sport of Storytelling™ - A Storytelling & Performance Workshop Series 
Cost· Free to the public Who · Youth from 14-19 What · Interested in spoken word, storytelling, Improvisation, Theater and writing games? Learn to bring your poems and stories, to life through improvisation, movement, and voice control. Join Griot Works Youth Troupe! Where · Pritchard Island Beach. Address: 8400 55th Ave. (where Cloverdale meets the Lake) When · Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (includes snacks) Dates · Every Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - Thursday April 9, 2009 Why Service-Learning Benefit · This workshop is offered free to the public with the hope and intention that you will use your new skills to restore and encourage positive communities by volunteering for 4-6 hours to bring stories to children who are in hospitals, transitional living situations or homeless family shelters. You are an important part of Urban Wilderness Project's Griot program. Volunteer--Be Part of the Solution. Register For Classes Now! Register one of 3 ways: Call Urban Wilderness Project at 206-464-8364, leave your name and contact info. Bring the signed UWP General Waiver form with you. Mail a note stating why you want to attend and what you hope to learn. Include your signed UWP General Waiver form to: Urban Wilderness Project, P.O. Box 18874, Seattle, WA 98118. Email us and tell us why you want to attend and what you hope to learn. Put BoUnce in the subject line. Then, mail a signed UWP General Waiver form to: Urban Wilderness Project, P.O. Box 18874, Seattle, WA 98118. Sign Up Now! Contact Us Jourdan I. Keith, Founder & Director 206-464-8364 Office 206-579-5848 Cell urbanwildernessproject@yahoo.com P.O. Box 18874 Seattle, WA 98118 © 2004, Jourdan I. Keith site design by Kind Of 7.com |