BLITZ

[blɪts]

n

1. (Military) a violent and sustained attack, esp with intensive aerial bombardment

2. any sudden intensive attack or concerted effort

3. (Team Sports / Football Terms (both Rugby & Soccer) American football a defensive charge on the quarterback

vb

(tr) to attack suddenly and intensively

[shortened from German Blitzkrieg lightning war]

GET LIT’S

BLITZ

Brought to you by

Ned Colletti and the LA Dodgers


The Get Lit Players (Los Angeles’ award winning classic teen poetry troupe)

As defined in the dictionary, a blitz is any sudden intensive attack or concentrated effort. So what does this have to do with the Get Lit Players and poetry? And why are these select inner city teens visiting over 15 high schools and performing for over 10,000 teens from February 7th – March 15th 2012 ???
Because Los Angeles is in CRISIS

Have you heard?

Yesterday a bill hit the floor that would DEVASTATE charter schools in CA. LAUSD ARTS ED BRANCH theatre teacher friends found out that there will indeed be a ONE HUNDRED percent arts ed LAUSD cut. 100s of music, theatre, visual arts and dance teachers no longer have gigs.

We all know that arts education is the reason that many of us liked school in the first place. What we looked forward to. What gave us an identity. Where we found our voice. How can LOS ANGELES (of all places) deprive their youth of this experience?
While Washington, Sacramento, and school boards hash this out – more and more of our teens are slipping through the cracks. Less than 60% graduate high school and Los Angeles teen literacy rates are second lowest in the nation. (They have been for the past eight years.)

Something has to be done… and the Get Lit Players are stepping up to do it.

From February – March our Get Lit Players will be visiting high schools throughout Los Angeles County.

They will be performing classic poetry by Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Li Po, Edgar Allan Poe, Pablo Neruda, Lucille Clifton and more, as well as their own original poetry – all the while inspiring their peers to be readers, writers, leaders in their communities, and participators in the arts.



SCHOOL VISITS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

2/7, 2-3pm, CHAMPS: 6842 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91405

2/17, 10:45am; 12pm (noon), Ramon C Cortines VAPA: 450 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012

2/21, 10:46-11:46 am, 11:50-12:50 pm, Triumph School: 14019 Sayre Street, Sylmar, CA 91340

2/21, 2:05-3:30pm, Lakeview Charter High School: 919 Eighth Street, San Fernando, CA 91340

2/24, 2:00pm Washington Prep: 10860 S. Denker Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90047

2/27,10:55am – 12:00pm, East LA Performing Arts Academy: 456 S. Matthews Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033

2/27, 2-3pm, Roosevelt High School: 456 S. Matthews St., Los Angeles, CA 90033

2/28, 9:55am-10:35am, 11:30am-12:10pm , El Rancho High: 6501 S. Passons Blvd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660

3/1, 8-9:15am, Animo Inglewood Charter HS: 3425 W. Manchester Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90305

3/2, 10:20-11:30am, TAFT: 5461Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364

3/4,10:30-11am, Marriot, Irvine: 18000 Von Karman Avenue · Irvine, California 92612

3/7,9:45am-10:45am, Brentwood: 12001 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049

3/12,10:25-11:22 am, 11:28-12:25 am, Van Nuys High: 6842 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91405

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