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ART OF WORDS: Poets’ Open Mic

ART OF WORDS Poets Open Mic

Hosted by Tamell (Big) Bailey and CathyB.  Featuring songwriter/guitarist Will Jones. Participants will need to sign up by 5:45pm in order to be included in the open mic (5 minutes per act).

This is a great opportunity for adults and young adults to practice performance skills in front of a small audience, receive feedback, and get inspiration for creating new performance pieces.

Featured performer Will Jones lives in Aiken, SC. He is a retired environmental geologist, though the writer in him also leans into lessons learned from his other occupations from farmwork to emergency management. Will came into songwriting by way of writing poetry. So, it’s no surprise that his songs are lyric-driven, or that two of his favorite songwriting toys are internal rhyme and using words not usually found in song, words like “perambulating,” and “en passant”. Will’s musical influences tend toward songwriters like John Prine, Smokey Robinson, Kate Wolf, Leonard Cohen, Carole King, and Guy Clark.