A Message from Jaylene Clark:

I am so excited I can hardly type this message! Tonight I will be competing in the third level of competition at the world famous Apollo Theater! I feel so blessed to have made it thus far. I was just speaking to someone who works at the Apollo and that person said that spoken word poets usually do so poorly at the Apollo that they were actually thinking about taking that particular category out of the competition two years ago! Thankfully I am still in it and I hope to advance to the Super Top Dog Finals in October! 

It is an amazing feeling to be a native Harlemite, performing at the Apollo Theater, in Harlem, and speaking about my home of Harlem. It is incredible and such an honor! 

Every time I step on that stage I am representing Harlem KW Project, LLC! I went into this competition because of HKWP. The grand prize is $10,000 and I would love to donate some of that money to our company, as well as some to supporting the arts in Harlem. Tonight, as I did both times in February, I will be wearing my HKWP shirt. On Feb. 15 I wore my white one, Feb. 29 I wore my black, so tonight, of course, I must wear a red one! HKWP STAND UP!!

Thank you to every single person who has come out to support me thus far! Tonight's group is my biggest yet! There will be over SIXTY people in the Apollo Theater tonight cheering me on, as far as I know! I cannot wait!

If you have yet to get your tickets and you wish to go, purchase themhere!

Follow me on Twitter for live updates during the show at @JayleneClark! Follow @HarlemKWProject for live tweets from HKWP in the audience! #JayleneAmateurNight 

Happy May everyone!
 
May is a super busy month for Harlem KW Project, LLC and we just wanted to share with you all that we are up to!


After 8 self-booked performances for the Harlem KW Tour, we will be performing our final show for the 2011-2012 year this Friday, May 4th at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Our first college tour has been amazing. Thank you to all of the schools and students that have welcomed us with open arms into your academic communities. We hope that we were able to educate you about gentrification as well as encourage you to support your local arts culture. The Amherst show will begin at 7PM and will be held in the Red Room. We are so excited that our understudy Joyelle will make her debut at this show! If you know anyone in the surrounding area of Amherst please spread the word! The college is about an hour from Boston. Be sure to follow us on twitter @HarlemKWProject for tweets while on tour! #HarlemKWTour


On May 16th at 7:30 pm, our very own Jaylene Clark will be competing in the Top Dog competition at the Apollo’s Amateur night. Jaylene will perform her poem "SoHa" from Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale in the Top Dog competition! She needs to place in the top three to advance to the Super Top Dog contest where she competes for $10,000! If Jaylene wins the $10,000 she plans to donate a portion of the money to HKWP, as well as a portion to supporting the arts in Harlem. To support Jaylene you may purchase tickets via Ticketmaster, or avoid the fees by purchasing at the Apollo Theater Box Office. The Box Office is open from 10AM to 6PM on weekdays and 12PM to 5PM on Saturdays. Let's get Jaylene to that Super Top Dog title!! Thanks in advance for your support! To purchase tickets online, click here!
 
On May 20th at 4:30 PM, Killer Whale is making its way to DC for a one-night only performance at the well known BusBoys and Poets restaurant! This "community gathering place" is located at 1025 5th Street NW (5th and K) in the historic Mount Vernon Triangle district of DC. Tickets for this performance are only $20 and are still on sale. Encourage your friends and family from the DMV area to come out and see the show! To purchase tickets, click here!
 
As always, thank you for your continued support of Harlem KW Project, LLC. We hope to see you at our performances! SPREAD THE WORD!

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