We’re excited to announce a new effort for SPARKcon 2009 – a Yearbook! Beth and Britt are looking for your best 10-20 photos from each SPARK. Based on the quality and quantity of images, we can figure out the layout and amount of pages. Our intention is to give everyone a chance to relive their best experiences at SPARKcon, and in many cases, see some of the things they missed. We hope to use this book as a fundraiser for next year’s events.

The simplest way to get us images is to mail a CD to:
SPARKcon
323 W Martin St
Raleigh NC 27601

If you email us at contact@sparkcon.com we’ll know to look for it.

Please put each photographer’s name in the actual file name, so that we are sure to credit everyone properly.

Please note: in order to clear us with copyright laws, these images must be owned by a photographer who has signed a Photographer’s Release. Any performers depicted must also have a signed Talent Release.

Look for a “yearbook signing party” coming down the road… SPARK on!

Speaking for the rest of the Bobbleheads, we were amazed by how consistently everyone “got it” this year. All of you seemed to be right on the same page with the same vision, which just gave all of us even more energy. This unified voice seemed to even carry over to every tweet, article and interview that we saw. We’re truly lucky to be living in an environment filled with such positive, creative and community-minded people like all of you. And it’s operating at a level I haven’t seen anywhere else.

There is a symphony of chatter going on about what to do next year. We ask that you write these ideas down as soon as you can – before we forget. As organizers, it might be best if you can write suggestions as comments to this post. However we can read posts on the public site (“feedback” page), or on the facebook group.

If you have any interesting stories or favorite vignettes of the event, please share those as well. Otherwise tag your photos with SPARKcon in flickr or tell us where else you put them.

We will be scheduling a meeting in the next few weeks to try to visit with all of you again and capture all of your thoughts. Be on the lookout and come prepared to celebrate!

Thank you again and Spark on!

Aly

Please note: we hope to have all of you at the kickoff meeting at 6 on Thursday to pick up badges, have a drink, and support the keynote speaker and Pecha Kucha event.

For tonight we just want to go through final logistics:

1. overall plan of the event, with rain plans
2. confirmation of every act in your SPARK as per the published schedule, and turning in all talent release forms
3. your final volunteer needs
4. any outstanding facilities needs
5. your official photographer and videographer names, and turning in all photo/video release forms
6. scheduling a recap meeting *with a SPARKcon yearbook event*

Spark on!

Aly

See attached photographer/videographer release form. The idea here is that anyone who gets special access to SPARKcon can capture their images in exchange for mutual use of the resulting images.

SP09_photo/video_release

-Aly

He can be reached at the following:

FTBPhotography.com
email info@FTBPhotography.com
404.921.8413

Or feel free to send your inquires to me, and I can pass them along.

mwood@themis-media.com

Super Small Dances on Saturday at 2pm:

Footnotes Tap Ensemble will not perform as part of Super Small Dances; Code f.a.d. Company will be the only group in this informal show.

Super Small Dances on Sunday at 6pm is canceled. Raleigh Ensemble Players will instead present a 7pm show in their space.

Main-stage Dances:

A selection of short dances by Footnotes Tap Ensemble, nosi Dance Theatre, Code f.a.d. Company, and Acroentertainment will be presented on the main-stage on Saturday night, in between segments of the artSPARK image slam. Stay tuned for the exact schedule of performers!

RALEIGH, NC (September 5, 2009) — Want to roll around in words?  How about a roll in the hay?  You’re in luck!  Slammin’ poetry and sweet seduction get top billing at this year’s storySPARK, part of the annual SPARKcon festival in downtown Raleigh.
It’s a potent one-two combination that starts at 9pm on Saturday, Sept. 19 with Poetry Slam on the main stage.  Poets and audiences will then make their way to Humble Pie Restaurant on Harrington Street 10:30pm for readings and music celebrating love and lust.

Literary impresario Dasan Ahanu hosts both events, with a potentially irksome assist from Raleigh Quarterly publishers Greg Behr and Billy Warden.
Other literary events are programmed by the complementary PoetrySPARK team, which is organizing poetry readings by more than 60 local poets. Events are planned for that Friday and Saturday at the Morning Times.
“I’m not sure all of this smart, sexy fun is at all appropriate for North Carolina’s capital city,” said a flustered official who asked not to be identified.  Featured performers include:

PoetrySLAM, Main Stage Sep 19 9:00 pm

Joseph Churchwell
Walden Raines
Jru Salam
Andrew Tyree
Ron Hargrove
Shye
Ang
Trina Thoughtz
Tavis Brunson
Paula Latham
Tia Miles
Anika Alexander
George Yamazawa

StorySPARK After Dark Erotic Poetry, Humble Pie, 10:30 pm

Corey T. Parker
Rahkie Mateen
Kelly Borberg
Michael Mayo
Cami Brown Shuga
Lakeya Gardner
Shye
Nikki
Ang
Lizh
Trina Thoughtz
Geneva Bowden
Tavis Brunson
Tia Miles
Anika Alexander
Jamela Lrato
Erin Byrd
Andrew Tyree
Ron Hargrove (KrossWordz)
Teniel Bishop
Greg Behr
Billy Warden
Sadia Latifi

About SPARKcon:
SPARKcon showcases local creative talent in the NC Triangle. For four days, Raleigh’s Fayetteville St, public spaces, clubs and stages will be filled with art, music, dance, film, fashion, design, proposals, and more.
Celebrating local cultural richness and empowering action through an open-source approach to collaboration and cross-pollination, SPARKcon is not a funded city program or an economic development stunt. It’s completely grassroots and by the people for the people! Join us as we explore the creative spirit of the Triangle!

Contact information:

Greg Behr
gebehr@gmail.com