Winter party
Prepare Yourself! …Duelling Cupids Bang-Bang!
Burn
off the February Blues with a Streaming, Steaming
ORGY OF POETRY
"Love goes by haps; some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps."
—Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
Come for an evening of ardour to warm the cockles of your heart. Ignite your inner poet and burn your sentiments on your sleeve. Write a poem or prose poem of 5 minutes or less on the theme:
“Sweet Nothings? — The pleasure and pain of courtship, love and cohabitation.”
Face your opponent at the podium of love. Prizes awarded by applause.
Mark your calendar: Friday, February 19, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
- Location: The Refinery, lower level. Next to St. James’ Church, 609 Dufferin Ave.
- MC’d by Anne Simpson, Saskatoon Public Library's current Writer In Residence
- Bring your valentine/lover
- Delectable libations and punch provided (donations basket)
- Please bring a shareable sampling of your tartiest treats, creamiest fruits, and/or most salacious veggies
- Dare to wear what best reflects the evening’s theme
- Come armed with a quiver of your (own) deadliest poems; or simply watch and cheer
- All Saskatoon-and-area writers are welcome
- Free to members of the Saskatoon Writers’ Coop and their guests
- Membership purchase available at the door for only $10
Respond Now (or at least a couple of days ahead of the event)!
RSVP Info Required. Please send us an email at: party@writerscoop.org with
->names of people in your party
->who (if any) of your party will come prepared to duel
Rules & Procedure
[remember: none of this is to be taken too seriously; the evening’s objective is FUN!]
- Each dueller is permitted to duel twice, each time with a different poem
- In a duel, a dueller may use only a poem written by her/himself
- Upon arrival, you will be asked, for each of your poems, to write on a slip of paper its title together with your name; these will be placed in a “draw-box”
- Duels are set up by draw
- With the help of an applause-o-meter, a winner will be determined for each duel
- Two pre-assigned judges will determine, from all of the duels, the two overall best duellers; using whichever of the two poems each brought, these two duellers will be invited to come up for the final, grand shoot-out
Music, Delectables, Potions
- We will do our best to provide an ambience of decoration and romantic music to encourage social mingling
- Each person is asked to contribute a plate of treats, preferably something that augments the evening’s “valentine” theme and does not require cutlery; all treats will be placed on tables along the wall; you may like to identify your special treat with a suitably provocative name
- COOP will provide small paper plates and serviettes
- COOP will provide a selection of beverages (both alcoholic and other), free of charge; nevertheless, a donation basket will be on hand to facilitate your generosity
- COOP will provide drink cups
Program
- 7:30–8:00 PM: Social mingling
- 8:00 PM: Jim Weseen, COOP’s President, welcomes everyone and introduces Anne Simpson who will MC for the 'duelling event'
- 8:00–9:30 PM: Duelling
- 9:30–11:00: Social
