On the last Wednesday of every month, Nicole Moody, hosts an evening of spoken word, live music & soul hop... street poetry, beatbox, rap, anything lyrical. The night has become a solid event on the Zula Bar calendar, with its own underground following. In March 2007, the verses album was released! As a reflection of the words on the streets of Cape Town and South Africa, this (the first ever spoken-word album in SA) album connects to the voices behind the mic. Come be inspired. http://www.myspace.com/versessessions

IT’S NOT WHERE YOU’RE FROM…IT’S WHERE YOU’RE AT.

CAPE TOWN'S FAVOURITE
SPOKEN WORD SESSION
TURNS 5YRS OLD

WHAT DO POETS, COMEDIANS, BEATBOX MASTERS, HIP-HOPPERS, SONGBIRDS, MUSICIANS
AND SOMETIMES EVEN DANCERS DO ON THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH?
THEY TAKE THEIR PLACE ON THE VERSES STAGE AT ZULA BAR, OF COURSE.

CAPE TOWNÕS MOST ECLECTIC SPOKEN WORD, LIVE MUSIC AND SOUL-HOP SESSION STARTED IN 2004
WITH AN AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 20. FIVE YEARS LATER, THE MONTHLY EVENT SEES SOME 200 PEOPLE ATTENDING. EACH EVENT FEATURES A POET/SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, A LIVE BAND AND AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR OPEN MIC SESSION. THE LATTER OFTEN ENJOYS SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATIONS
AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE A POET JAMMING WITH A GUITARIST WHO'S BACKED
BY A HUMAN BEAT-MACHINE.

WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE ONGOING APPEAL OF THE EVENT, NICOLE MOODY
- VERSES FOUNDER AND SPOKEN WORD ARTIST HAS THIS TO SAY: " PEOPLE ARE NEVER QUITE SURE
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN FIRST COMING TO VERSES, NERVOUS THOUGHTS OF HIGH-SCHOOL POETRY RUNNING THROUGH THEIR MINDS COUPLED WITH A SLIGHT UNEASE AT THE UNKNOWN
HOWEVER, WITHIN THE FIRST HALF AN HOUR WITHOUT FAIL, I'LL LOOK AROUND AT THEIR FACES
AND SEE NOTHING BUT ENTERTAINMENT AND QUITE OFTEN, AWE! "

JOIN IN THE CELEBRATIONS AT THE 5TH BIRTHDAY VERSES SESSION ON WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST
FROM 9PM AT ZULA BAR, LONG STREET. FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE LU CHASE, EMILE JANSEN, TEBA,
STAR ANISE AND NEWTON STANFORD JUST TO NAME A FEW. R30 COVER CHARGE.

FOR MORE INFO, PLEASE E-MAIL freshverse@hotmail.com OR TEL 072 2838315.