Word-Up! Talking Trash for Kids

On Saturday, February 27th, from 9-11PM, area bloggers and social-media enthusiasts will step out from behind the safety of their monitors and iPhones to face off at Birmingham Racquet Club.

For a group of Detroiters accustomed to scrapping out turf in the cyber world by skillfully lobbing poignant barbs, placing the perfect spin on headlines and relying on the fastest servers, the opportunity to see who rises to the top in a face-to-face battle of good ole' fashion trash talk was too much to resist.

All proceeds from the event will go to The Dictionary Project, an Operation: Kid Equip collaboration with PositiveDetroit.net and Local Female Bloggers, to help complete the mission of putting a dictionary in the hands of 25 % of Oakland County School District's 3rd graders.

"We firmly believe in the power of words—help us put power in every child's hands."

Sign up here to play, attend, support or sponsor Word-Up. You may as well, cuz if you don't, we'll just talk trash about you anyway.

*Warning: Trash talk will be flying at this event, and is more than likely to land out of bounds at times. All attendees, playing or not, should arrive with well-padded egos.

*Important*

How it will work is...

Each court will play doubles for 20 minutes, then rotate up the river/down the rivers style and record the amount of games they won.

At the end of the 2 hours, we will add up all of the game totals and the players with the highest scores (winners can be on any court) will win a prize or some trash talk from the non-winners!

Theme is Stylish 70's Athletic Wear (not required, but strongly encouraged)

Note Photos on our Facebook Event for Inspiration

Prize will be awarded for Best Costume at event

Tennis and Spectator Spots are Limited and on a First Come, First Serve Basis.

Ticket Type:

Racquet-Wielding Word Warrior (aka tennis player) $20

Sideline Mudslinger (aka onlooker) $10

Benevolent Benefactor $30
(aka gets you in the door as a
sideline mudslinger + a shiny pin
that lets everyone know you're a high-roller)

Anonymous Benefactor (aka you're above
attending plebeian events, but would
like to contribute to the cause)

After party location will be announced during event

Click Here to Sign-Up!

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