HBO Def Poet brings act to UAF

Submitted by Jeff Stepp
Phone: 6026
09/29/04

Buddy Wakefield -- featured earlier this month on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam -- is the 2004 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion. Buddy will be bringing his one-man show to UAF on Friday, Oct. 8, at 9 p.m. in the Hess Rec Center. Admission is free.

Along with over 100 other competitive performance poetry victories to his credit, Wakefield is also the 2003 Seattle Poetry Grand Slam Champion, 2002 Long Beach Grand Slam Champ, and Midwest Regional Poetry Slam Champion voted Favorite Poet at the 2002 Midwest Poet’s Choice Awards as well as Best Featured Slam Poet. Anthology Magazine has awarded Wakefield First Prize in their poetry competition.

Born in Shreveport, LA, mostly raised in Baytown, Texas, now claiming Seattle, Wash. as home, Wakefield has been a busker in Amsterdam, a lumberjack in Norway, a street vendor in Spain, a team leader in Singapore, a re-delivery boy, a candy maker, a street sweeper, a bartender, a maid, a construction worker, a CD store manager, a bull rider and a booking agent