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Hear Now
A Musical Gift for Youth Literacy
This project is a labour of love, two years in the making, and a major fundraising effort for our organization. Sixteen singers, songwriters, musicians and poets have contributed their original music in a compilation CD, Hear Now, a featured cultural project. Talented young people join seasoned professionals in this multiple mix of music genres. All recording and engineering have been donated by Track 6 Studio. The Gala Concert CD Launch was held at the Victoria Jubilee Hall in Walkerton on Oct.16th 2010 before an enthusiastic audience. All proceeds are dedicated to our Volunteer Tutor Program supporting struggling young learners. The CD is available for sale at venues throughout our region and from our website. $15 + $5 shipping & handling = $20. no tax
Words Aloud Documentary DVD
Home Sales Price - $14.95 plus $5.00 shipping
For high schools, universities, colleges, community groups and libraries, visit McNabb Connolly. www.mcnabbconnolly.ca/titles/4317/words_aloud
Producer/Director Elizabeth Zetlin is donating all proceeds to Youth Literacy.
Words Aloud – the festival that brings a small town . . . to its feet!
Canada's best poets and storytellers electrify audiences, revealing spoken word's power to delight, inspire and transform. This documentary takes you on a journey through the many forms of spoken word, including dub, slam and lyric poetry, performance poetry, and storytelling. The film addresses issues of immigrant experience, inner city issues, and cultural identity, including black and aboriginal points of view.
You’ll get an insider’s look at the Words Aloud Festival — performances, interviews, and the story of Adam, an 18-year-old student who begins to find his own voice. You’ll discover what makes a poet, what drives them to create, what’s most difficult about the writing life, and what compels them to continue.
You’ll see how a small town creates a vibrant poetic community. Canada’s 2010 Olympic poet, Shane Koyczan, demonstrates why our own voices are so important and why poetry is truly the shortest distance between two hearts.
Words Aloud’s goal is to create community through a shared cultural experience and support literacy learning for youth.
LINKS
Watch the Trailer. 1 min 30 sec. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tt1SyYYv8
Learn more about spoken word with Exploring Contemporary Canadian Voices – the spoken word — a free online study guide and companion to the Words Aloud Documentary.
This Guide features all the performers in the documentary and more. It is designed to support high school curriculum for English, Dramatic and Media Arts, but it could be used by Literacy groups and anyone interested in finding out more about the performers and enhancing their understanding of spoken word. www.wordsaloud.ca/studyguide
Check out Words Aloud website for festival info and archives of past festivals. The Words Aloud Festival is three days of spoken word that takes place annually the first weekend of November, in the town of Durham, Ontario. Co-sponsored by the SGB Youth Literacy Council, The Flying Canoe, performed by Rag & Bone Theatre will be presented at the Victoria Jubilee Hall in Walkerton for family audiences on Saturday afternoon, October 23, 2010.
Visit the Words Aloud Documentary page.
Join the Words Aloud Doc Community for the latest news, videos and comments. http://tinyurl.com/y3sdc8e
Watch the Words Aloud YouTube Channel Over 150 videos of Words Aloud Festival performances, interviews and workshops from past festivals. www.youtube.com/user/WordsAloud2
OTHER RESOURCES
Poet Laureate Map of Canada: www.poetrymap.ca Visit all of Canada’s Poet Laureates, past and present. Resources include bios, photos, poems, FAQs and tips on creating a poet laureate position in your community.
League of Canadian Poets: www.poets.ca The national association of professional publishing and spoken word poets in Canada.
Young Poets: www.youngpoets.ca The place for young poets and their teachers |
Words Aloud won second place for Feature Film at the Killington Film Festival in Vermont, April, 2010
and is pleased to be an official selection at the Okanagan International Film Festival in Kelowna, BC, July 2010.