BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Angelo State University//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20171018T010000Z DTEND:20171018T030000Z LOCATION:Plaza Verde\; Clubhouse GEO:31.441274;-100.457985 SUMMARY:UCPC: Angelo Speaks featuring The Asia Project DESCRIPTION:WHO ARE THESE GUYS ANYWAY? \; Since 2009\, The Asia Project has toured over 600 colleges with an ac oustic music poetry act that has amazed audiences all over the country. O n the microphone is Asia Samson: writer\, poet and part-time ninja. He ha s been seen on HBO Def Poetry Jam and has shared the stage with such arti sts as Janelle Monae\, Jill Scott\, DMX\, Mos Def\, Dead Prez and KRS-One . \;Accompanying him on the guitar is his brother-in-law Jollan who uses music to create an atmosphere that brings poetry to emotional levels you would never expect. Together they have been featured on TEDx\, Butto n Poetry\, and have worked with companies like Disney and To Write Love O n Her Arms. They have broken college-booking records for the most booked poetry act garnering them the awards of APCA College Performer of the Yea r and thrice APCA Spoken Word Artist of the Year. \; Okay\, so maybe Asia isn't the ninja we said he was but we can guarante e- you won't see them coming. \; ACCOLADES -Broke records for highest booked poetry act i n the college market w/ over 600 shows since 2009 -3x Recipient of Assoc. for the Promotion of Campus Activities "Spoken Word Artist of t he Year" -1x Recipient of Assoc. for the Promotion of Campus Act ivities "College Performer of the Year" -Featured on HBO's "Russ ell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam" -Featured on BET's "Lyric Cafe" -Featured on Black Family Channel's "Spoken" -Speaker at T EDxSetonHall -Featured for Disney's Event Planning -3x Featured Video at internationally known Button Poetry YouTube Channel -Featured poet at legendary Nuyorican Poet's Cafe -Feature d poet at Hawaii Slam -Featured poet at the 1st annual "National Poetry Conference" \; -1x Team Champion Southern Fried Regi onal Poetry Slam -3x Team Finalist Southern Fried Regional Poetr y Slam -3x Individual finalist Southern Fried Regional Slam Cham pion -1x Team Finalist PSI National Poetry Slam -1x Ind ividual finalist Akoben Word Up Poetry Festival -1x Team Champio n Hot Air State Poetry Slam -Black on Black Rhyme poet of the we ek -Urban America poet of the month in May -Performed w / major label artists: Janelle Monae\, MosDef\, KRS-1\, DeadPrez\, DMX &a mp\; Jill Scott X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Since 2009\, The Asia Project has toured over 600 colleges with an acoustic music poetry act that has a mazed audiences all over the country. On the microphone is Asia Samson: w riter\, poet and part-time ninja. He has been seen on HBO Def Poetry Jam and has shared the stage with such artists as Janelle Monae\, Jill Scott\ , DMX\, Mos Def\, Dead Prez and KRS-One. \;Accompanying him on the g uitar is his brother-in-law Jollan who uses music to create an atmosphere that brings poetry to emotional levels you would never expect. Together they have been featured on TEDx\, Button Poetry\, and have worked with co mpanies like Disney and To Write Love On Her Arms. They have broken colle ge-booking records for the most booked poetry act garnering them the awar ds of APCA College Performer of the Year and thrice APCA Spoken Word Arti st of the Year. \;
Okay\, so maybe Asia isn't the ninja
we said he was but we can guarantee-
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