First of all, I want to thank everyone who has reached out to me and my family with love and support during recent months. It has helped me muster the strength to get up each morning, despite the temptation to try to sleep it all away. I’ve hesitated to update folks on how I’m doing, because I get torn between my natural instinct to reassure and ( Read more... )

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Dear All,

We are having another Shannon Leigh benefit. Yes, another one. But this time there's a twist. We are celebrating her musical side. Come enjoy a night of fantastic music featuring such acts as Wammo and his new country band, Shane Bartell, Bill Davis, Oliver Steck, Gary Graves and many more! You can't afford to miss a line up like this ( Read more... )

Shannon Leigh Memorial at Sea

Saturday, August 16th, 2008, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Fisherman’s Wharf, 900 N. Tarpon, Port Aransas, Texas

Ashes will be scattered in the Gulf of Mexico off Port Aransas at Sunset

Memorial at Sea will be followed by a

Beach Bonfire at 8:00 pm

(meet at 8:00 pm at Fisherman’s Wharf & we’ll caravan to the beach)

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I saw the book for sale at the Ruta Maya event, but couldn't afford it that night. Is there anywhere else I can get it?

Friday night was beautiful, painful and real, as a packed house at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe watched NYC poets perform Shannon's words. Host Mahogany Brown talked about Shannon's feature at the venue back in January, as well as Shannon's incredible achievements and what she meant to all of us ( Read more... )

AUSTIN POETRY COMMUNITY TO HOST CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING LIFE OF AUSTIN POET SHANNON LEIGH SATURDAY AUGUST 2, 2008 8:00 P.M. AT RUTA MAYA
Event to double as benefit for poet’s family and National Poetry Slam sendoff for teams representing Austin

Members of the Austin poetry community will commemorate the life of Shannon Leigh at a tribute show, “ ( Read more... )

Saturday, August 2, 8 pm
Ruta Maya World HQ
3601 S. Congress

Featuring:
Austin Poetry Slam Team
Austin Neo Soul Slam Team
Killeen Slam Team
Austin Under 21 Slam Allstars
Blacklisted Individuals
Xenogia Spoken Word Collective
Cry Havoc Action Choreography
Show Me Tiger!
Plus much more ...

Hosted by Mike Henry and B Fran
Soundtrack by Herman Mason
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Blake: I don’t even know what to say at the service. Everything I write about her becomes so complicated, so wordy ( Read more... )

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