Schedule for the 2010 Kentucky State Poetry Society Mid-Year Conference

The 2010 Kentucky State Poetry Society Mid-Year Conference is the first of such events and is being held to coincide with National Poetry Month which is always April. This year's Mid-Year Conference will be held on April 16 and 17, 2010.

All events will take place on Main Street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Meetings and workshop will be held in the Masonic Lodge and The Kentucky Fudge Company at the top of Main Street across from the courthouse construction. Main Street intersects with US 68 from Lexington, from Louisville turn left at the intersection of US 127 and US 68 then at the stop light turn right on Main Street.

The Friday Night Poetry Reading will begin at 7 pm in the Masonic Lodge and end when everyone is ready to stop. Attendees may come and go as they please.

Saturday Morning, attendees will meet upstairs at The Kentucky Fudge Company, just up the street from the Masonic Lodge at 10 am for a short introduction meeting and workshop assignments and locations.

Workshops will begin @ 10:45 and run until lunch time. There are several wonderful places to have lunch right on Main Street including one of Kentucky's best Mexican restaurant, Lafonda's. The Kentucky Fudge Company will be open with fantastic sandwiches and drinks and organizers are hoping one of the best home cooking restaurants in Harrodsburg, Cousins, will be open. Just off of Main Street is a wonderful café called The Bus Station where you can get a great burger and other tasty delights.

At 1 pm attendees will meet at The Ragged Edge Theater, just down Main Street from the Masonic Lodge where they will be entertained by some of the Ragged Edge Players. From there they will go to the next round of workshops which will end at around 4 or 4:30.

The Finality Banquet will be held upstairs at The Kentucky Fudge Company where attendees will be treated to one of the finest buffets they have ever experienced. After they eat The Kaboom Writers Collective will speak to them about their writing experiences and read some of their work.

The Workshops:

Haiku Workshop led by Drew Logan. This workshop is highly recommended if attendees have ever wanted to write haiku or if they are just wondering if they could. Drew has a large collection of haiku to share including many of his own.

How To Produce A Video Of Your Creative Writing led by Tom Vigneri, a professional videographer and producer is a workshop discussing how to adapt printed work into television presentations by explaining visualization, sound, performance, equipment needs, resources, the production process and production techniques.

A Persona Workshop led by Sherri Wright will explain persona poems, what they are, how to share someone else's skin for a brief time, see as they see, think as they do, let them whisper their stories into one's ear. No brain cells will be harmed in the attendance of this workshop.

Note: Due to the lack of proper equipment the Chapbook Workshop led by Bobbi Rightmyer must be canceled, but Bobbi will be around to answer questions and explain the process. Just ask her to tell you about the process.

Prior registration is required, as well as a list of the workshops one is intersted in attending. The public is welcome. For more information, contact KSPS' President Tony Sexton at contentedme@hotmail.com.