 Youth Speaks Hawai'i 3-Time Member of Hawai'i Slam Team Chatbook/CD: TRUE Confessions of a Compulsive LIAR Host of Bringing Back Kerouac www.myspace.com/poorwettree www.facebook.com/poorwettree www.youtube.com/dtales Tui Scanlan (TUI-Z)  Outreach Director Youth Speaks Hawai'i 2-Time Member of Hawai'i Slam Team New Album : Patient Zero www.myspace.com/chief_tui Bridget Gray  "...the only one to leave an impression was model tall and sassy Bridget Gray, whose delivery is more like spoken-word meets comedy." -THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ___________________________________________________________________________ "...clusters of the audience springing out of there seats, fists raised in the air for the ultimate. Gray got the fists and the shouts." -LOS ANGELES TIMES ___________________________________________________________________________ "Every Performance she gave was followed by a well-deserved standing ovation." -THE HIGHLANDER RADAR ___________________________________________________________________________ "Bridget Gray, tall and striking in camouflage pants and a "Got Soul" T-shirt rapped her way through several of her spoken-word poems as the audience watched raptly." -DAILY NEWS www.myspace.com/bridgetgraymusic Danny Sherrard  Danny is an amazing talent and spirit. He was part of the Youth Speaks Seattle program. He has been on the Seattle Slam Team and is the newest member of the Hawaii Slam Team. He will be releasing his book at the June 30th event Cast Your Eyes Like Riverstones into the Exquisite Dark Lyz Soto  Jon-Ra  Rob Words  William Giles  Melvin Wompat Borja  Liam Skilling  Travis T  Editor's note: Selah is living on the mainland now but she and Melvin meant so much to me as a developing poet there is no way I could leave them off this list. Selah Geissler  ..three time grand slam champ at First Thursday's in Honolulu - the largest registered slam ...HawaiiSlam team member since 2003 - competed in the NPS semi-finals in 2005 ...co-host of re:verses, a monthly event featuring poets followed by an open mic and, once in a while, we slam ...performer for GirlFest Hawaii 2004 & 2005, an annual womyn's festival benefit ...host of hawaii's first GirlSlam during GirlFest 05 -- we featured Rachel Kann, Bridget Grey, Andrea Gibson and Mush ...scheduled to perform for GirlFest Bay Area 2006 at Berkeley ...give free writing and expression workshops at a drop-in center for homeless teens on the island ...affiliated with Youth Speaks, Hawaii Chapter -- free poetry workshops for teens and a monthly teen slam ...featured in "HawaiiSlam: Poetry in Paradise," a documentary on Hawaii's first team at nationals Mainland Poets |