Slams 2012 Are We on Your Campus?

Campus Slammer has been out and about. The stories have been great and the energy high. Just a couple to go and we will know who all the finalists are for the big finale at the Connecticut Storytelling Festival April 28, 2012. www.connstorycenter.org

Western Connecticut State University held its slam the finalists are:

Jenna Waltuch and Zach Waterman

Eastern Connecticut State University finalists are:

Catherine Gotners and Frank Perrin

with Katherine Marois  3rd place subbing for Frank at finals

University of Hartford had a great turn-out and the finalist chosen were:

Greg Manizza and Dana Eckstein

Connecticut College Finals are tonight April 13, 2012

8 PM in Ruane's Den Harkenss House

theme: Nobody Knows

April 23 we move on to Uconn

CLAS second floor

Sponsored by: Long River Live

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Campus Slammer Season 2 Begins!!

The Connecticut Storytelling Center is very excited to bring season 2 of Campus Slammer to college campuses around Connecticut. www.connstorycenter.org

 Colleges can sign up with us by contacting Carolyn Stearns at mothermoo2001@yahoo.com

We have room for a couple of last minute entries as all local slams must be over before the finals on April 28, 2012

A local Campus Slammer can be held during a club meeting, class, in a coffee shop or  other space frequented by students.  Students tell a 5 minute personal story in competition. There is a theme for each campus and the students are competing locally for  the 2 spots that move on to the finals. Those finalists receive Campus Slammer t-shirts and other prizes as well as a free pass to the entire CT. Storytelling Festival!!!! I'm thinking some of those workshops will help those stories  in the finals, which will be that night the last event of the day at the CT Storytelling festival April 28th!!

                                                         Got a Brilliant Idea for a Story?
Check out your campus theme and twist an event that stands out in your mind to fit the theme, then tell it just like you were telling a group of friends at a party! You could win a prize!

Got Campus Spirit?  These Schools do - WCSU, ECSU, Conn College, U-Hartford, Uconn

( QVCC and CCSU have  committed to 2013 Campus Slammer)

Western CT State Univ. - Campus Slammer West of the River

Campus Slammer travelled west of the CT River last night to slam some stories on the Western CT State University Campus.  WCSU is the final college to host a local Campus Slammer in the 2011 season. 

We are less than a week away from the CAMPUS SLAMMER FINALS at Conn College April 28, 2011 7:30 p.m. in the Ernst Room of Blaustein Hall  finalists please confirm attendance  at csc@conncoll.edu

Now the results from WCSU Campus Slammer

There were 5 brave souls who tried a slam story before the musical open mic event kicked off.  Our first contestant had a very nice rhyming poem about life.  Second up was a well written love story.  Our only male competitor told us the humorous story of how he got his name and how his father was punished for it.  Then we heard about a mysterious phone number on a dining hall napkin.  The evening finished with 3 quick family stories. 

Ricky,  Jazmyn,  Diana, Sara, Jenna

The crowd, most of whom were there for the open mic, seemed to really enjoy the change up of a spoken word opening.  Our winner is unable to attend the finals so our 3rd place finisher will represent.  Congratulations to all the contestants.  Our winners are Jenna and Sara.  We'll see Sara and Ricky at the finals.                                                                   




Campus Slammer is a program of the Connecticut Storytelling Center  http://www.connstorycenter.org/

Western Connecticut State University Joins Campus Slammer

Thursday April 21, 2011 the Campus Slammer comes to WCSU.  The regularly scheduled Midtown Coffeehouse open mic night will have the added fun of Campus Slammer. Students can  bring their own 5 minute story and share it in a fun competition.  When the scoring is done the  two finalists will be chosen to move on then to Campus Slammer Finals at Conn College on April 28 at 7 p.m.  Here is a sample of  story to show you what was doing in Boston's massmouth slams. http://www.massmouth.org/ Michael Anederson took second with this tale in 2010. Come on out and try story slam! Campus Slammer WCSU!

Details on Campus Slammer at:  http://www.connstorycenter.org/