Thursday, January 27, 2011

Mics and Moods featuring Dre-T from SAYS!! january 29th,2011!

Welcome to the new year folks! and a NEW Mics and Moods!! We have teamed up with Sacramento Area Youth Speaks to bring you a new and improved Mics and Moods Experience. Some of the changes:
1. We now only charge $5 admission
2. Poets get in for FREE!! Yes!! FREE!!


Sol Collective Art Space...2574 21st street (near 21st and broadway)
9pm
$5

Come this Saturday and check out Dre-T...a member of SAYS,and a Hip Hop inspired poet..




Sacramento's Andre F. Tillman Jr aka Dre-T is a songwriter, poet, Hip Hop performing artist, educator, and record producer.He has independently produced and released 5 complete music projects. Dre-T is also a member of SAYS (Sacramento Area Youth Speaks), a project of the CRESS Center at the UC Davis School of Education that creates opportunities for youth to discover and hone their poetry, writing, and performance skills. Dre-T was one of five poets to represent the youth of Sacramento at Brave New Voices 2010 13th Annual International Youth Poetry Slam Festival. Brave New Voices was sponsored by Youth Speaks Inc, Russel Simmons, Stan Lathan, HBO, and more. SAYS ranked in the top 10 out of 50+ slam teams in the country. Andre was a slam finalist at the 2nd annual SAYS Summit May 7, 2010. He has opened up for Mayor Kevin Johnson at For Arts' Sake's Grand Finale on the CSUS campus. Dre-T has also organized his own album release party,"Done Right Every-Time", with live performances on September 11, 2010 (Dre-T's Birthday).

Today, Dre-T continues to write and produce music (www.Dre-T.bandcamp.com). He is a student at American River College and works for SAYS as a Poet-Mentor Educator.



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