At the INK! Performance Slam on 7 July 2014

On the first Monday of this month, 7 July 2014, I had the pleasure of being a featured performer in our community's monthly INK! Performance Slam. As the showcard below says, it's "The Cedar Valley's #1 Talent and Open Mic." This particular INK! was number 21, so the series is almost two years old. The Octopus Bar in Cedar Falls has been the home of INK! since the inception of the series in 2012. Because of recent bar closings in our town, the Octopus is now quickly becoming the go-to place for emerging music acts as well as established ones. If you're on facebook, you can "visit" the Octopus bar here. Anyway, back to INK! (Which, by the way, you can check out on facebook here.) That evening, I had the privilege of being on the same bill with Jerica Crawford, one of my former poetry students and now a mainstay of the local poetry scene. Great performance, Jerica! Josh Hamzehee, one of the INK! organizers, filmed many of the performances that evening. And he very kindly shared two videos: me singing the Van Morrison song "Moondance" and also reading one of my own poems, "Aswang." Thanks, Josh! Vince Gotera, "Moondance" at INK! July 2014 http://youtu.be/U8iTzFJXaog   Vince Gotera, "Aswang" poem at INK! July 2014 http://youtu.be/CQXC7Ru848Q

 

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Ingat, everyone.   ヅ   See you at INK! first Monday next month?