Connecticut Storytelling Center is the sponsor of Campus Slammer.
Inter-collegiate story slams are
underway and bring us new exciting
live personal stories. We can't wait for the
CT Storytelling Festival to see and
hear the Finals of this seasons slams
April 28, 2012 more
detail at: www.connstorycenter.org
This Thursday April 28, 2011 7:30 p.m. at the Ernst Room in Blaustein Hall Connecticut College the finalists from 6 campuses converge for a show down in 5 minute stories!
Through this door will pass the finalists of 6 Campus Slammers... only one will leave the victor, from which campus will the wordsmith hail? Come to find out. 7:30 Conn, College, New London, an easy after work drive and free evening entertainment!
Who will be the first ever winner of Campus Slammer? To return with 2 runners up for the Big SHOWCASE MIC at Connecticut Storytelling Festival & Conference http://www.connstorycenter.org/ Saturday April 30 at 9:30 p.m.?
Eastern, Western, Uconn, U-Hartford, Wesleyan, Conn College
Slam down that winning story at the finals of Campus Slammer!
Calling all finalists from the 6 participating colleges. Bring that story you won the local accolades with to the finals at Conn Colllege on April 28 at 7 p.m.
Which college will take home the 2011 top honors?
Uconn? U-Hartford? Wesleyan U. ? Conn. College? ECSU? WCSU?
We look forward to hosting all the Campus Slammer finalists and hope you plan to bring a crowd from your home campus to cheer you on. Conn College is an easy drive from all the competing colleges, so fill the car or campus van pool and come on out! Blaustein Hall is picturesquely situated at the top of the quadrangle on the Conn. College campus, with a beautiful view out over Long Island Sound.
One coffee shop
5 judges
7 story slammers
1 timer
1 large batch story listeners
2 finalists
That is the recipe for a great night of Campus Slammer Story Slam at Wesleyan March 31, 2011.
As things were organized everyone ordered their favorite hot drink and settled in to hear stories on the theme: Winners and Losers! Thanks to their on-campus radio station for coming out and recording the stories to air on their show Speak Your Piece.
Look for scheduling at http://www.speakyourpiecewesu.wordpress.com/
Winners and Losers in the stories came from every where but among the tellers we had a field of all winners, they all did an awesome job and the scores were close and broken by adherence to the time requirement. Way to go - Victor, Paul, Chris, Lindsey, Charlotte, Taylor, Jake and Hannah!
Thanks to the Espwesso Coffee Shop for sharing their space and trying to make coffee quietly while our story slam was in progress. They were a warm oasis on a cold wintry night. Many thanks to campus coordinator Lindsey Abrams.
Two finalists were selected to represent Wesleyan at the Finals April 28, 2011 7 p.m. at Conn College in New London. Taylor Goodstein and Paul Pianta, Congratulations! Your stories were fun and entertaining for us all. We look forward to seeing you and a strong support team from Wesleyan at the finals.
The overall winner from the Finals of Campus Slammer will return with 2 runners up to anchor a Showcase Mic on Saturday April 30, 2011 at the Connecticut Storytelling Festival, http://www.connstorycenter.org/ The Showcase mic will follow the main storytelling concert. Seven other people interested in sharing a slam story will have an opportunity to tell that evening with our winners.
Presentation Tips on a personal story from Nancy Duarte in this short video clip. There are some very useful tips as you prepare for a Campus Slammer or the Campus Slammer finals.
Upcoming Dates:
March 29,2011 Eastern CT. State University Webb Hall Rm 110 7 p.m. theme Humor
March 31, 2011 Wesleyan University Middletown CT. Coffee house 7 p.m.
Finals Conn College 7 p.m. April 28, 2011 Ernst Rm Blaustein Hall
Showcase Mic winner and two runners up April 30 9:30 p.m. ( after feature concert) CT. Storytelling Festival Conn College New London, CT.
Connecticut has Always Been Known For Great Stories
The tradition of great stories is alive and well on 7 Connecticut campuses. That's right, Campus Slammer brings fresh stories to the listeners of Connecticut. Starting Monday night Campus Slammer will be on a college campus near you! Check it out at: www.connstorycenter.org/campusslammer
In Mark Twain's neighborhood hear them at Trinity College and University of Hartford Campus Slammer contestants will slam 5 minute stories for 2 winners each. The campus winners go on to the finals at Conn College April 28 at 7 p.m..
It will be anything but the "Quiet Corner" when Uconn and ECSU host the Campus Slammer. 5 minutes stories will pit college wordsmith one for another 2 from each securing a place at the finals.
WCSU and Wesleyan along with Connecticut College will host their slams and give us the final 14 slammers to appear at Conn College in the finals of Campus Slammer. Which Campus will have the honor of saying:
As Dr. Seuss said, ! "Oh the places you will go." Where you go, story goes with you. Right now on 7 CT. college campuses preparations are underway for Campus Slammer. A 5 minute story shared in competition. 2 finalists from each campus to move on to the final round at Conn. College ( April 28) from there a winner will be chosen and accompanied by two runners up they will take the feature spots in a showcase mic at the CT.Storytelling Festival. http://www.connstorycenter.org/ (April 30)
After Campus Slammer you will find so many places where storytelling fits every lifestyle. See in the video how becoming a classroom teacher, youth group leader or a parent, storytelling can be used. We will look at other uses of storytelling in future blogs, be sure to subscribe or check back.
I am so excited to hear you are visiting all those Connectiucut college campuses. What a wonderful season of listening to stories that will be. Please do remember to write and tell us how each one goes. I have watched with keen interest the Moth slams and MassMouth slams in New York and Boston via the You-Tube recordings. The stories of lives played out over a five minute period can be incredibly moving or in some instances so funny my sides ache with the laughter.
When you visit the Uconn Campus for their slam on Feb. 21,2011 try to stop by the Gampel Pavillion walkway and rub the statue Husky dog's nose for good luck! I heard the theme at Uconn is "Bad Romance" , might bring to mind some of those reading requirements from school or the old love letters discovered in a musty old chest. It will be interesting to see what twist the chosen tellers will bring to that theme.
The Campus Slammer will take to the airwaves on that day Feb 21. The local radio station, WILI 1400 AM is hosting some of the organizers to tell about the events and bring some added excitement to the already building anticipation of the event. Be sure to set your radio dial the night before so you can hear Wake Up with Wayne and the Campus Slammer guests.
I am reminded that many of the finalist will travel to New London to share their story in the finals. What a wonderful time to visit the Conn College Campus, and the Connecticut Storytelling Festival. April the campus is full of blossoms and green grass. All contestants will also receive tickets to the performance of Native American ( Choctaw) teller Tim Tingle, http://www.timtingle.com/ on Saturday night. I am looking forward to Tim's performance in particular. Directly after that the Showcase mic will be held featuring the Overall Winner of Campus Slammer and two runners up. That will certainly be a time to enjoy story and celebrate the 7 colleges who participated. We will share the stage with seven others that night by drawing names from a hat of those interested in trying out the fun of slam participation.
All in all the entire spring series is a great set of events to look forward to. I hope that you have wonderful weather as we have heard how the snow has captured most of Connecticut hostage this season. Please write and tell us how each event transpires.
Listen up all you in the Uconn and Eastern campus listening area. Just set your timer mark your calendar and Wake Up With Wayne!
That would be Wayne Norman and the WILI early morning radio show broadcast on 1400 AM from Main Street Willimantic. On Feb. 21 ,2011 You can wake up with Wayne and hear about the Campus Slammer. That's right we will be on the airwaves promoting the Campus Slammer to the whole Eatern CT region!
A 5 minute story to tell will get you into the local contest on your campus. 2 finalists will go from there to the Finals at Conn College on April 28 th. One winner and two runners up will be chosen. They will come back and tell their stories one more time at the Showcase mic at the CT Storytelling Festival on April 30, 2011 at 9:30 p.m. This showcase mic will follow the main concert of the CT Storytelling Festival. http://www.connstorycenter.org/ Check out this hot new storytelling craze!
You don't need to go to Thorpe Park and pay to ride their Slammer. Have a Slammer turn your world upside down, bring your story, represent your college, head to head, which University will end up on top? Tell your friends, bring your friends, to a Campus Slammer! Wake up with Wayne 1400 AM WILI Feb 21, 2011 to get more up to the minute details. That is the very day we will hold a Campus Slammer at Uconn. ( CLAS in conjunction with Long River Live )
Subscribe or follow this blog to get all the dates, times and locations and check the website page at http://www.connstorycenter.org/ We will update as each university gets their date set.
