If you aren't at one of the other weekend activities, come to Ormond Beach
Riverfest near the Casements off Granada.

http://www.ormondriverfest.com/  Lots of good music and other activities.
Backintyme will be there performing on the Pavilion South stage at 2:15pm
Saturday.

Mary Lee

Sorry ya'll, this didn't come through last time.

Dear Storytellers:

Just a reminder that it is not too late to  register for the Bold Faced
Liars Showdown. There are a few spots left for  competitors.

If you love to laugh and to make others laugh, you will not  want to miss
the Bold-Faced Liars Showdown.  It is guaranteed to be a  hoot!
The Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast (SACS) in  Laurinburg, NC,
will present its Third Bold-Faced Liars Showdown on January 23,  2010
at its performance center, 131 South Main Street.  Michael Reno  Harrell,
award winning national storyteller, musician and a very funny fellow
will be the chief judge for the afternoon contest, and will give a
storytelling concert in the evening.

Storytellers 16 years old and above,  who have imaginative lies to share,
are invited to enter the competition. Prizes  will be awarded to the three
finalists and certificates will be given to all  competitors. For
application forms, and to review competition criteria and  rules, go to
www.storyarts.info
and click on the Bold-Faced Liars  Showdown.

If you are not a teller of fibs, you still will not want to  miss this
fun-filled event. Tickets to the event can be purchased online or by  mail. For
tickets,
go to www.storyarts.info.

As you probably know,  Michael Reno Harrell has been featured at the
National Storytelling Festival in  Jonesborough, Tennessee. He keeps
audiences entranced with his funny stories  and his wonderful music. The
first fifteen tellers who submit applications to  tell their lies in the
competition will be invited to have lunch with  Micheal Reno Harrell.

Hope to see you there,

Jan  Schmidt
Executive Director
jan@...
and
Brenda  Gilbert
Board Chair
brenda@...



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The Tampa Bay Area Storytellers Guild's web site has changed. The new web site
is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TBASG/

Please check us out.

Geneva Nelson

Dear Storytellers,

If you do not know who Dale was, he performed at one of the very first
story camps as a featured performer. I have video of him performing at Camp Lake
Moon in 1985. I spoke to Mary Lee this morning and told her if his family
agees, she could post the video for folks to see.

Ada


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>----- Original Message -----
From: Jean Hewitt
To: Mary Lee Sweet
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Dale Webber


Just had a phone call from Lee Paulet that Dale Webber passed away at 3 this AM.
COPD.  Please send this info to Folkme people.

Thanks!!

Jean<


Those of you who do festivals probably knew Dale. He was mostly a sound man in
recent years, but for years he played banjo, sang and told stories. He was at
one of the first StoryCamps as a featured performer.

If you have Dale Webber stories, please share them. Let's keep him alive through
the stories.

Mary Lee

FOR TIMELY RELEASE

Contact: JANE SIMS, Publicist
828.664.1429,  Cell: 904-8323-7969
E-mail: _StoryBuff@..._ (mailto:StoryBuff@...)

Regional  Storytellers Perform in Asheville TELLABRATION!

What:    Tellabration! The International Celebration  of Storytelling
When:    November 22, 2008,  3:00 PM
Where:   Asheville Folk Art  Center on the Blue Ridge  Parkway
Cost:      Donation: $5 per  person


Asheville, NC—
It's Time for Tellabration! when  thousands of people around the world
gather in small towns and big cities to  celebrate storytelling during the week
before Thanksgiving.  The  international , celebration of storytelling,
known as Tellabration! serves  to build grassroots community support for the
age-old art of  storytelling.  Since its beginning in 1988, the annual
observance has grown  into one of the most impressive collective events in the
history of the modern  storytelling revival.
Citizens from Asheville  and surrounding communities join the global
TELLABRATION! Spirit for the  thirteenth year, as Asheville Storytelling Circle
hosts the local event on  Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3:00 PM at the Asheville
Folk Art Center on the  Blue Ridge Parkway.
Featured tellers include  Michael Reno Harrell an award winning songwriter,
as well as a veteran  storyteller and entertainer who makes his home in the
Southern  Appalachian Mountain town of Morganton, NC.  His original songs
and  stories have been described as "Appalachian Grit and Wit" but, as his
writing  shows, Michael's awareness is much broader than the bounds of his
boyhood home  or even the Southern Experience.  Aside from being featured at
the  National Storytelling Festival, International Storytelling Center,
Merlefest and  the Walnut Valley Festival, for many years he's toured the  US,
British Isles and through most of Europe.  Michael's recordings  have garnered
awards in Country, Americana and Folk circles.
   The program also features Jimmy Lee  Clayton, who has spent years
delighting audiences  with hilarious tales -- many of which elaborate on the
perils of growing up on a farm in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains  with mischievous
brothers.  He moved from Polk County, FL, to  Jonesborough, TN, after
devoting thirty years as a middle school teacher to  "trying to tame some of the
wildest creatures known to  mankind."  Following his retirement he wrote a
book of fractured  fairy tales which interjects his signature down-home style
into the  Mother Goose tradition.  Jimmy Lee has been featured at
storytelling  events in Florida, currently tells with the Jonesborough Story 
Guild
and picks banjo with the Old Timers Bluegrass Band at the  Cranberry Thistle.
     Also on the program are Asheville  Storytelling Circle members Karen
Eve Bayne and Sarah Larson.  Bayne is an  international storyteller who
returned to NC after living and working abroad  where she says her experiences
in
business and as General Manager of the London  Philharmonic enriched her
storytelling.  She is the director of the Do Tell  StoryFest in Hendersonville,
and has  been a featured teller at the Johnson  Farm Storytelling Festival.
  Larson is a world traveler who  chose Asheville for her home.  She has
collected stories  from many cultures and enjoys telling Biblical stories to
children.  Emcee for the event is puppeteer and storyteller, Pete  Koschnick.
     Donation: $5; proceeds enable area  storytelling events and activities.
  Tickets will be available at the door  on the day of the event.
     Information:  828-777-9177 or  828-658-4151.
     TELLABRATION! 2009 is sponsored in  partnership with Southern Highlands
Craft Guild and the National Storytelling  Network.


(ED.  Founded in 1995, the Asheville Storytelling Circle is a  nonprofit
organization dedicated to excellence in the oral tradition by  affirming
various cultures through storytelling, and nourishing the development  of
emerging and established artists.  Monthly meetings are held 3rd  Monday, 7:00
PM,
at Asheville Terrace Apartments Community Room, 200 Tunnel  Road.
Information: 828-658-4151.  New members and  guests welcome.)




DIRECTIONS to the Folk Art Center: From Interstate 40 East: Take  Exit 55
to Highway 70.  Turn left and go about one mile to the Blue Ridge  Parkway.
Go underneath the Parkway and exit right onto the Parkway  entrance ramp.
At the stop sign, turn left (north) onto the Parkway.   Go approximately
one-half mile and the folk Art Center is on the left.

CONTACT:
Jane Sims, Publicist
828-664-1429, Cell:  904-823-7969



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Bare Bones Stories for Halloween.

http://www.story-lovers.com/barebonesstories.html - lots of great stories -

Thanks Jackie Baldwin and her hard work for all storytellers.
http://www.story-lovers.com/


Mary Lee

Frank & Mary Lee Sweet
MLSweet@...
http://backintyme.com/performances.php


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Geneva,

As owner/moderator of Floridastory Yahoo Group, I really appreciate your efforts
to bring in new links. I have added the Tale Tellers of St. Augustine and I hope
your encouragement to other groups brings in more. Thank you for the push to
"get it done." I've been meaning to add it, but your request is what it took to
get me going.

Anyone who wants their group added can do it themselves, or if you send me the
details, I will add it for you. You can add and then click 'edit' to change or
add to your information. Send requests to have me add your group to
MLSweet@.... Thanks.

Thanks for all your hard work on behalf of storytelling, Geneva. Please continue
to post your activities and anytime you are looking for stories on a certain
topic, feel free to request ideas. Our list is not very active, but we have a
lot of talented members who would be glad to jump in with suggestions.

Mary Lee Sweet - owner/moderator
Jane Sims      - moderator

Recently the moderator of this group was gracious enough to add a folder to the
web site for this group when I requested it. The folder is called Florida
Storytelling Groups (see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/floridastory/links ).

I added the link for The Tampa Bay Area Storytellers Guild web site to the
folder. However, no other links have been added to it. Why don't all of you who
are members of a local storytelling group in FL add your group's web site to the
Links folder? That would make it convenient for any of us who are traveling in
FL to contact other storytelling groups.

Geneva Nelson
Tampa Bay Area Stortellers Guild
http://www.meetup.com/TB-Storytellers/

What a Story! What a Journey! What a Song!  $65.

Sounds like a fun get-a-way. Of course, unless you live nearby, you've got to
pay the hotel too.

Mary Lee

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Annie Wenz <annie@...>
To: folkme@...
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:49:43 AM
Subject: [folkme] Annie Wenz/Amelia Island Oct 16-18/performance & workshops!
{01}


Hi Y'All


I have a really fun gig & some workshops coming up the weekend of Oct 16-18 at
Florida House Inn~ Amelia Island!  (YAAAY!)  http://www.floridahouseinn.com


So I thought I'd give the advance hi-de-ho in case any of Y'All are interested
in a getaway.
WHY NOT???!!!
As many of you know, Amelia Island is a gorgeous island about 45 min NE of
Jacksonville.
Beaches, galleries, great food, shops.... AND MUSIC!
(Come alone, or bring your honey cause there's something for everyone there on
the island!)


The very beautiful & funky "Florida House Inn"  http://www.floridahouseinn.com
in the heart of the Fernandina Beach Historic District, is Florida's oldest
surviving hotel! (who knew:)
Innkeepers Joe & Diane Warwick are music lovers & supporters... (we love them)


So I'm absolutely DELIGHTED that they'll be hosting me in a weekend of music &
workshops! (wahoooo)


PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE ADVANCE WORD!


FYI- I've had the honor or teaching songwriting & music workshops for over 20
years at some of the best schools of songwriting in the country, including 14
years at "The Song School" in Lyons, CO. (they're the folks who put on
Telluride. It's considered to be the best song school in the country. yaaaay.
These are the workshops I proudly present there... )




The FLORIDA HOUSE INN Annie Wenz Weekend Scoop...


FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 AT 8PM- I'll be doing a FREE concert in their "FRISKY MERMAID"
PUB
http://www.friskymermaid.com/    (Any place called Frisky Mermaid HAS to be
FUN!)


The hope is that folks will hear the music & then maybe come to one of the
workshops I'm teaching over the weekend.  Or if you can't make a workshop,
obviously we won't undo the music you enjoyed;)






WORKSHOPS:


SATURDAY- 10/17   10AM- 1PM-  What a Story! What a Journey! What a Song!  $65.
The fine art of writing a great story song. (about your childhood, about your
1st love, about yo mama...)




SATURDAY- 10/17 2PM- 4PM-  Wooden Flute Workshop $45
Learn techniques & secrets to playing a Wooden/Native Flute.
(you can bring your own flute- OR I will have some sweet wooden flutes made by
my friend, flute wizard Ray Wood available for use & or purchase- they'll be
under $50)


*** discount for both workshops - $100.




SUNDAY- 10/18  10:00 AM until 1:00 PM -  Writing & Performing Humorous Songs 
$65
Writing funny songs not only you mother will love;)




SUNDAY 10/18  2:00 PM until 4:00 PM- The Art of Drumming & Percussion  $45
For anyone who'd like to learn more about the art of drumming & percussion.
(also great for teachers!)


*** discount for both workshops - $100.


Call the Inn ASAP if you're interested in reserving a room or space for a
workshop!
800 258 3301


Or you can email me if you have any questions!


Hope to see some of you there... Or please pass this on to anyone you think may
be interested.


MANY MANY THANKS!
Annie
annie@...




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Annie Wenz
Cell 413 977 1715
http://www.anniewenz.com
http://www.facebook.com/annie.wenz


Performing Artist/ Songwriter/ Biker/Wildwoman/ RN/ Educator
Player of Guitar, Piano, Percussion
Indigenous Flutes, Hubcaps from Queens... & Life!


Elixir Guitar Strings  http://www.elixirstrings.com/
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You & me are like a coupla renegades
Everybody pointin fingers... "act your age!"
Shotgun tap dancin on a steeple mountain tall.
Slidin down the shiny edge... push it... watch it fall.....
We're laughin at the hurricane.
Thumbin up our noses plowin thru the thick of pain
Live hard. Cry hard. Fall down. Fill your cup. Lift it up.
Here is my heart!


Jerri Nielsen ("Ice Bound") & Annie Wenz- April 2007


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"...it's not really when you die. It's whether or not you really lived."
Jerri Nielsen~ 3/1/52- 6/23/09

Tampa Bay Area Storyteller's Guild (TBSG) has many public events scheduled
between now and the end of the year. I've briefly listed them below. If you will
be in the area we'd love for you to attend any of our public events. We may be
adding even more. You can always check http://www.meetup.com/TB-Storytellers/ to
see our calendar (on the left, then click on Upcoming).

Geneva Nelson
Kenneth City


Sat., Sept 12, 6 p.m.:(TBSG) members will be telling stories at Creative Clay's
Opening Reception for their Good Folk and Fine Art exhibition of works by
folkfest St. Pete artists and the artists of Creative Clay. The reception will
be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The storytelling will be from 6 to 7 p.m. All events
are free and open to the public.
1124 Central Avenue
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
727-825-0515
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Thurs., Sept. 17, Oct. 15, and Nov. 17, 7 to 10 p.m.: Open Mic Night at Wings.
Most of the performers there are musicians, and some are poets, and several TBSG
members regularly tell stories there. Admission is free, and you can buy coffee,
tea, and pastries there. If you need to arrive late or leave early, that's fine.

If you want to perform that night, arrive before 7 to sign up and choose your
time slot. It's first come, first served, but if you arrive by 6:30, you are
almost assured of getting a spot.
Wings Bookstore
4500 4th Street North St Petersburg , FL 33703
(727) 522-6657
http://wingsbookstore.com/
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Sun. Sept 20, Oct. 18, and Nov. 15, 2 to 5 p.m.: TBSG monthly meeting. Our
meeting format will be:
Story swap (anyone can get up and tell a brief story)
A workshop or group discussion (subject TBA)
Guild business meeting
Location:
Church of the Good Shepherd
639 Edgewater Drive
Dunedin, FL 34698
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Sat. & Sun., September 26 – 27, 2009, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. St. Pete Folk Fest,
Downtown St. Pete (outdoors, on Central Avenue between 11th and 13th Streets),
FREE. See
http://creativeclay.org/site/?page_id=83. TBSG storytellers who will tell a 3 to
5 min. folk tale before each musical act.
===========================================================
Sat. Oct. 3, 2009, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pinellas ArtOberfest, 47 S. Saturn Ave. ,
Clearwater 33755. FREE. Pretzels, beer and brats (and more) offered up with a
smile at a day-long celebration of the visual and performing arts. TBSG
storytellers will tell stories for all ages in 2 sessions between musical acts -
exact times TBA.
===============================================================
Tue. Nov. 17th. 6:30-7:30: COOKIES and COCOA ....
Get ready to CELEBRATE!  Join the Tampa Bay Storytellers' Guild for hot cocoa,
cookies and WINTER HOLIDAY TALES from around the world.  The Dunedin Public
Library,  223 Douglas Ave. ,  Dunedin , FL is hosting this free TELLABRATION!
event. The stories will enchant adults and children alike.  Whether it is after
supper or just your appetizer, come feast your ears and tickle your palate.
Dunedin library:
http://www.dunedingov.com/home.aspx?page=departments/library/library

Need a week-end break?  Check out the Rhythm Bones Fest Aug. 28 - 30. You never
know who might be there and the regular members are pretty interesting
themselves. Information is available on the website
listed below. If you decide to go, e-mail me at
MLSweet@... .

http://www.rhythmbones.com/

Bones Fest XIII is being held in Louisville, Kentucky on August 28-30, 2009 in
the fantastic Clifton Center for the Performing Arts (check out their website
www.cliftoncenter.org ) hosted by
Gil and Linda Hibben, https://www.hibbenknives.com/gil.htm , who hosted the very
successful Bones Fest VII. This Fest will be like no other in that we will
record the Fest and produce commercial CDs and DVDs titled Bones Fest Live for
sale to the public. The Fest will be videoed by Mike Carter who produced the
Bones Fest VII video. A block of rooms has been reserved for us at a cost of
$79.90 which includes breakfast. Bones Fests are for fun, to share, and to
learn. All the details are here http://www.rhythmbones.com/

Who goes to a Bones Fest? Ya never know!  But they are all wonderful people!
They come from all over the country (sometimes from overseas) and from all walks
of life and become an extended reunion family dedicated to mastering the skills
of rattling the bones. There are cabaret performers, street performers, whaling
museum docents and tall ship sailors, computer geeks, retired military,
educators, martial arts pros, knife makers, plumbers, electricians, doctors,
lawyers, cowboys, farmers, engineers, mothers, brothers, fathers, sisters, sons
and daughters, two country hall of fame bones players, one multiple winner of
the Irish bones playing contest in Ireland and even a couple of Florida
storytellers. In the past, they have come from California, to the New York
Island, from the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters, England, Denmark,
Scotland, Ireland and even Texas! ;-)

Put Bonesfest on your Bucket List!

Mary Lee

FOR TIMELY RELEASE:


CONTACT:

Jane Sims,  Publicist
Tale Tellers  of St. Augustine
904-823-7969

_StoryBuff@..._ (mailto:StoryBuff@...)




SEPTEMBER "THEATER OF THE MIND: STORYTELLING"
"UNTOLD STORIES FROM ST.  AUGUSTINE'S CIVIL WAR ERA"

St. Augustine, Florida—
Tale Tellers of St.  Augustine continue a long tradition September 15,
2009, when they bring the  "Theater of the Mind: Storytelling" series to St.
Augustine's San  Marco Theatre, 28 San Marco Avenue, in downtown St. Augustine.
    "Untold Stories from St. Augustine's Civil War Era" has  been recognized
as a unique and entertaining program which  interprets the adventure and
intrigue of individuals associated  with northeast Florida during the 19th
Century around the time of  the American Civil War.
     The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.
     Originally developed under the auspices of the  Florida Humanities
Council and St. Augustine Historical Society, the program  features the
enlightening and entertaining stories of St. Augustine's  native-born
Confederate
General Edmund Kirby-Smith and his bride Cassie  Selden, the Belle of
Lynchburg, VA (Wayne & Jane Sims); Matriarch  Francis Kirby-Smith, Edmund's
mother
(Donna Stephens); Esther Hill Hawks, the  first female Union Army physician
(Margaret Kaler); Francis Kirby-Smith Webster,  elder sister of General
Kirby-Smith (Betty Fell); and T. Buckingham Smith, Union  sympathizer, diplomat,
attorney and benefactor who lived in St.  Augustine for many years (Bob
Stephens).
General  admission: $8., first-come, first-served.  Discounts available
with any past "Theater of the Mind: Storytelling" flier or  program; Group
rates for 10 or more with  advance reservation.
San Marco Theatre is  located at 28 San Marco Avenue across from Ripley's
Believe-It-or-Not  Museum.  Free off-street parking is available in the
Ripley's lot;  Handicapped parking behind the theatre accessible from Castillo
Drive.
For additional information or reservations:  904-808-7211 or 904-471-0179.

     The Tale Tellers of St. Augustine, a non-profit  organization of
cultural and educational orientation, was founded in 1993 to  promote the art
and
perpetuate the tradition of storytelling.  Dedicated to  community
enrichment, the guild promotes appreciation of storytelling by  providing venue
for
its performing members.  Guests and new members are  invited to monthly
meetings at 7 p.m., second Mondays, except July.   Meeting information:
904-829-8711.

(ED: In  its eleventh year,  "Theater of the Mind: Storytelling" is a
series of  bi-monthly storytelling programs featuring seasoned members of Tale
Tellers  of St. Augustine.)


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JULY "THEATER OF THE MIND: STORYTELLING" AT LIMELIGHT THEATRE

St. Augustine, Florida-
   Tale Tellers of St. Augustine present "Theater of the Mind: Storytelling" at
Limelight Theatre, Tuesday July 21.
"It Was A Dark & Stormy Night" features a wonderful assortment of chilling and
scary tales.  The program begins at 7:30 PM, and refreshments will be available
during intermission.
   Admission: $8 per person, with group rates available.  Limelight Theatre is
located at 11 Old Mission Avenue in downtown St. Augustine.  For reservations or
concert information:  904-829-8711 or 904-471-0179.

Just a quick note to thank all of you who have emailed, sent cards,
flowers, healing energy, prayers and more! I was discharged from wound care
today
and am making real progress. I hope to be able to rebuild my stamina now and
get back to some semblance of normal - whatever that is! It has been a long
journey since my surgery at the end of April and you have all been amazingly
supportive. Take care and stay in touch!

Thanks again! Ada


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Saw it on Good Morning America today. At least United is now willing to pay
up! What a mess!

We went to Nashville on Southwest for my daughter's PhD graduation ceremony
last year. Both trips - up and back - our bags were mishandled. We actually
watched them come off the plane and fall into a pile because the baggage
claim truck was not there. The trip up, we waited along with the rest of the
passengers for our luggage and nothing ever came. The Sky Cap we hired, went
looking and found them. Again they were piled up in a disorganized mess
outside the terminal. Many of the passengers were still standing around waiting
for their luggage when we left. We told as many people as we could what had
happened.

When we got home, the bag with my dresses and Jerry's suit was so damaged
the solid cedar suit hanger was broken into pieces, the plastic hangers were
shattered and the solid plastic corner liners of the suitcase were
shattered. Fortunately by some miracle, none of our clothing was damaged. I
called
Southwest after we got home and made a complaint. They gave us two $100.00 off
coupons on our next flight no questions asked. So some airlines do try to
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A story circulating among the musicians...be sure to check out the song on
youtube!

In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week
tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage
handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely
damaged. They didn't deny the experience occurred but for nine months the
various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the
damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing
to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to
compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my
experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by
anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2
has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I
promise. Follow me at http://twitter.com/DaveCarroll. Video Produced by Curve
Productions of Halifax, http://www.curveproductionsinc.com.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

I want to share a wonderful new resource. Their first  book, The
Storytelling Classroom, is fabulous too. I do quite a few school  residencies
and
these books are incredible! Objectives and plans and  assessments, etc. are
spelled out and I find them easy to  use and adapt. I am thrilled to be included
in this book! Check it  out.

Carrie  Sue

Literacy Development in the Storytelling  Classroom shows just how powerful
a tool storytelling can be for  building vital language skills—not just
reading and writing, but speaking,  listening, visual literacy, and information
literacy as well. It is an  exceptionally rich and rewarding resource that
helps teachers and tellers work  together to focus story time on language
development.

Moving  grade-by-grade from pre-K to middle school, Literacy Development in
the  Storytelling Classroom offers both research-based ideas and specific
lesson  plans for using storytelling to promote literacy learning. Lessons
seamlessly  integrate material from traditional domains of social studies,
science, math,  and language arts, while incorporating elements from the
creative arts, such as  music, visual arts, drama, dance, and folk crafts as
both
storytelling vehicles  and curriculum extensions. The stories themselves in
this collection are drawn  from the full spectrum of the world's cultures—
every child is represented, and  every child will benefit from the concepts
and lessons in this remarkable  book.

Title  Features:

     *   Specific lesson plans for each level from pre-K to 5th grade
     *   Contributions from a variety of professional educational
storytellers and  teachers who use storytelling in their classrooms
     *   Photographs of children engaged in storytelling lessons as well as
original children's art and additional diagrams and charts
     *   An extensive bibliography of print, multimedia, and online
resources on  both the theoretical basis and practical applications of classroom
storytelling
     *   An appendix of national standards and abbreviations


Edited by:
  Sherry Norfolk, MLS, is a  storyteller and teaching artist on the rosters
of several state and regional  arts councils, as well as Young Audiences,
Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta) and  Springboard to Learning—Young Audiences of
St. Louis.

Jane Stenson  is on the early childhood faculty at the Baker Demonstration
School in Wilmette,  IL, and adjunct faculty at National-Louis University,
Chicago, IL.

Diane Williams is arts industry director and accessibility  coordinator for
the Mississippi Arts Commission.
Carrie Sue  Ayvar, Storyteller/Cuentista
North Miami Beach, FL
305  945-4804
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FOR TIMELY RELEASE:
Date:  June 15,  2009
Contact: Jane Sims,  Publicist
904-823-7969
E-mail:   _StoryBuff@..._ (mailto:StoryBuff@...)

JULY "THEATER OF THE MIND: STORYTELLING"
"IT WAS A DARK & STORMY  NIGHT"

St. Augustine, Florida—
Tale Tellers of St. Augustine  present "THEATER OF THE MIND: "It Was A Dark
& Stormy Night," an evening of  scary and unsettling tales featuring a
variety of storytellers, Tuesday July 21,  at Limelight Theatre.  The
performance begins at 7:30 p.m.   Refreshments will be available during
intermission.

General Admission: $8; group rates available.  For  reservations and
concert information: 904-471-0179 or  904-829-8711.
The Tale Tellers of St.  Augustine, a non-profit organization of cultural
and educational orientation,  was founded in 1993 to promote the art and
perpetuate the tradition of  storytelling.  Dedicated to community enrichment,
the guild promotes  appreciation of storytelling by providing venue for its
performing  members.  Guests and new members are invited to monthly meetings
at 7 p.m.,  second Mondays, except July.  Guild information:   904-829-8711.

(ED: In its twelfth year,   "Theater of the Mind: Storytelling" is a series
of storytelling programs at  Limelight Theatre featuring seasoned
performers from Tale Tellers of St.  Augustine.)

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Contact:
Jane Sims,  Publicist
Tale Tellers  of St. Augustine
Blue Ridge StoryFest @ Lake Junaluska
NCSG Fall  Storytelling Festival, Brevard
Asheville Storytelling Circle Tellabration!  '09
904-823-7969
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If you are anywhere nearby,  come join us!
Stories of Florida - Con  Sabor!

Flowing seamlessly between Spanish and English, storyteller Carrie  Sue
Ayvar takes her audiences on a multicultural journey of the imagination with
her large repertoire of tales. Con un poquito de sabor Latino (with a bit of
Latino flavor), Ayvar blends traditional, international, and personal
stories,  connecting Florida's people, languages, and cultures.
When
Tuesday
05/12/2009
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sponsor
Wellington Branch Library
Contact
Cindy Permenter
561-904-2390
Where
Wellington Branch Library
1951 Royal Fern Dr
Wellington, FL 33414
County
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Check it out

http://www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest/Highlights.cfm

or google Florida Folk Festival 2009 and then click on Highlights. You will see
Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Click each to see schedules.

Mary Lee

For those of you who know Ada Forney - she had her operation last Thursday and
came through it fine. Today she is going to a rehabilitation facility where she
will be under constant medical care until she is ship shape to go home. If you
wish to send her a get well card, here is her home address. Her husband Jerry
will make sure she gets the cards.

Ada Forney
1357 Palmwood Dr.
Melbourne FL 32935


Mary Lee

Mary Lee Sweet
MLSweet@...
http://backintyme.com/performances.php

Sorry  for the last minute notice but if you have a chance to check this
out it should  be good. I saw jackson Gilman at Sharing the Fire recently - he
is excellent...  really brilliant!

This Tuesday at 9 PM on April 14th Jackson  Gillman will be speaking about
refining your performance Using Outside  Critique.
Jackson and I have been talking about this  podcast and we are both looking
forward to it.
If you can't make it; email me before hand  or Facebook IM me during that
time with a question and I will slip it in - be  sure to note if you want me
to say your name or not.  These shows our  recorded live in a conference
call format, so you can be part of the program  too.


How to Access The  Discussion:


Please call a few minutes early, as we will  be starting this discussion
right on time.


Dial-in Number: (218)  936-3860
Access Code: 5679691#
Call in time: discussion begins at 9:00  PM Eastern Time on Tuesday on
April 14th,


Cost to you: The cost of your long  distance phone call to the number
above. There are no additional charges. The  call will not run over one hour.
You
may stay for the entire hour or end when  you wish.


Legal Notice: By participating in  this call you are granting Brother Wolf
Storytelling and Eric Wolf the right to  do whatever they want with your
recording and giving up all rights and granting  the producer the right and
permission to make audio recordings of your name,  voice and likeness and
thereafter distribute same commercially or  noncommercially.


I hope you are having a great week full of  stories!


I hope your stories are from the  heart.


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Carrie Sue  Ayvar, Storyteller/Cuentista
North Miami Beach, FL
305  945-4804
Cayvar@...
http://www.carriesueayvar.com
http://www.storynet.org/tellers/CarrieSueAyvar.htm
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FAYI  For all y'all's information

----- Original Message -----
From: The Silver Nightingale
To: sf_folk
Cc: gigs@... ; SouthFLWriters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: [sf_folk] Storyteller for Grownups - Elizabeth Ellis - March 22,
2009


I picked up this info yesterday while playing at Main Library and passing it
along, please feel free to do the same!

Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis
Sunday March 22, 2009
4 - 6 PM
Free!
Broward Main Library Auditorium
100 S. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, 954/357-7443
The "Divine Miss E" is a versatile, riveting teller of Appalachian and Texas
tales and stories of heroic women, though her personal stories are her best.
Invariably hilarious and poignant, she is a repeated favorite at the
National Storytelling Festival. This free program for adults and mature
teens is a storytelling event in honor of Women's History Month.


Here's the Press Release with more extensive info:

Contact: Barbara Miller, 954-357-7443, bmiller@...

Broward County Commission Libraries Division Announces
In Honor of Women’s History Month
Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis Performs at the Main Library, March 22, 4 p.m.

BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Designated an American Masterpiece Touring Artist by
the NEA (National Education Association), Elizabeth Ellis brings her
poignant and hilarious storytelling to the Main Library on Sunday, March 22,
4 to 6 p.m. The “Divine Miss E” grew up in the Appalachian Mountains and was
a children’s librarian at Dallas Public Library before becoming a
professional storyteller. Ms. Ellis is a versatile, riveting teller of
Appalachian and Texas tales and stories of heroic American women, though her
personal stories are arguably her best. Invariably hilarious and poignant,
she is a repeated favorite at the National Storytelling Festival.
Ms. Ellis is performing at the Main Library auditorium, 100 S. Andrews
Avenue, Fort Lauderdale in honor of Women’s History Month. Selected a
“Listener’s Choice” at the 30th Anniversary of the National Storytelling
Festival, she is a recipient of the John Henry Faulk Award from the Texas
Storytelling Association and the Circle of Excellence Award from the
National Storytelling Network. She has mesmerized nearly a million listeners
in her thirty-year career as a professional storyteller.

Admirers have said that “Elizabeth Ellis’ voice sounds like chocolate
tastes. Her stories are just as addictive as chocolate.” A mother and
grandmother, Ms. Ellis makes her home in Dallas.

This free event, for adults and mature teens, is sponsored by the Friends of
the Fort Lauderdale Libraries, the Florida Center for the Book, and the
Florida Atlantic University South Florida Storytelling Project. The emcee
for the event is Caren Neile, Director, South Florida Storytelling Project.
Beverages and snacks will be for sale during the event from the Charcuterie
Too Restaurant. For more information, call 954-357-7443.

The award-winning Broward County Libraries Division, founded in 1974,
provides essential quality-of-life community service as well as outstanding
customer service throughout Broward County. It has grown to become the
ninth-largest library system in the nation. It is also one of the busiest,
with more than ten million walk-in customers visiting its 37 locations
throughout the year. Broward County Library provides more than three million
items and 3,000 computers, and facilitates events and programs that
satisfy the changing needs of Broward County’s diverse community of
children, teens, and adults for information, education, and recreation. It
retains a strong emphasis on literacy and after-school programs. The library’s
Web site, www.broward.org/library, continuously evolves to meet the needs of
its customers and to offer information that encourages exploration of
knowledge and self-expansion. In addition to providing electronic visitors
with information about its locations, services, and events, the Web
site has easy links to online catalogs, references, and electronic
databases. Broward County Library has also become a leader in
E-Communication, offering easy ways for its customers to stay electronically
informed through its E-Newsletter, E-Spotlights, EUpdates, and E-Invitation.
Visit and bookmark www.broward.org/library.
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Hello:

Just a reminder ---early registration for the Tallahassee Festival of
Books and Writers Conference (Apr. 3,4,5) ends March 1. Everything to
be held at the Holiday Inn and Suites on Graves Rd. There are still
seats in the conference and we have a few tables left for authors,
publishers or craft vendors at the Festival.

Everyone is invited to the BIG READ kick-off celebration on Saturday
evening April 4, 6:30 PM -- music by the Tate's Hell Blues
Band,snacks and a cash bar. Forms are available at
www.tallahasseewriters.net

You can register by e-mail or fax with your credit card. If you must
use a check--fax or e-mail your registration form with a note that
the check will follow.

Do not hesitate to call if I can be of help -- 850-576-0721

Anne

Here is a list of speakers:

Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Pulitzer Prize Winner Robert Olen Butler.
Robert Olen Butler is the author of 10 novels, including A Good Scent
from a Strange Mountain. He is the Francis Eppes Professor of English
at Florida State University.

Writers Conference Speakers Include:
·          Dan Dietz – FSU professor and playwright. Works include
Dirigible, Blind Horses, Tilt Angel, tempOdyssey, Americamisfit, and
The Sandreckoner, which have been performed from New York to Los
Angeles.
·          Adrian Fogelin – award-winning author of seven children's
novels, including Crossing Jordan and her latest title The Sorta
Sisters.
·          Cricket Freeman – literary agent with The August Agency.
·          Joann Gardner – FSU professor and author of the poetry
collection, La Florida, which won the Weldon Kees Award for 2005.
Director of Runaway with Words, a poetry program in youth shelters.
·          Philip Gerard -- author of Creative Nonfiction:
Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life and Writing a Book that
Makes a Difference. Chair, Department of Creative Writing at the
University of North Carolina Wilmington.
·          Claudia H. Johnson – author of Crafting Short Screenplays
That Connect. She was the first recipient of the PEN/Newman's Own
First Amendment Award for her efforts against censorship.
·          Michael Lister – author of crime novels Blood of the Lamb,
Power in the Blood, and North Florida Noir.
·          Pat MacEnulty – author of four novels, including From May
to December and Time to Say Goodbye.
·          Bucky McMahon – freelance journalist, travel/adventure
writer, and author of Night Diver.
·          Elaine Bernstein Partnow – author of the nationally
acclaimed book, The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years.
·          Ellen Pepus – literary agent with Pepus Literary Agency
(soon to be Signature Literary Agency.)
·          Barbara Joe Williams – owner of Amani Publishing and
faith/romance author.

CONTACT Anne: 850-576-0721, ahholt@... WEB-SITE: www.ahholt.com

Sorry we will miss this! You all do such a great job! Ada


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Flagler County Library 11:00am - noon Saturday February 21st.

http://www.flaglerlibrary.org/story/pdf/Backintyme%202-09.pdf

Saturday, February 21st from 11:00am - noon must be the standard
story time. Frank and I, as Backintyme, will be doing a program
celebrating our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. (He did not like to
be called Abe, according to one researcher.)

If you are not going to the Tampa winter stories, come to Palm Coast
and help us sing "For Lincon and Liberty Too" or "We are Coming
Father Abraham with Three Hundred Thousand More."

With words like "Or from foul treason's savage group to wrench the
murderous blade, and in the face of foreign foes its frgments to
parade," it's sure to be a stimulating challenge. ;-)  Ya gotta love
19th century lyrics! Words to those two songs will be provided.

Whatever you do tomorrow, have a great day doing it.
Mary Lee

Mary Lee Sweet
MLSweet@...
http://backintyme.com/performances.php

WINTER WONDERTALES IS A MAGICAL DAY OF STORY!

presented by the Tampa Bay Storytellers' Guild

Saturday, Feb. 21

11:00 - 12:00 Stories for school aged children

Special guests:  2 Youth Tellers from the Pinellas Storytelling
Festival

1:30 - 4:30 ADULT WORKSHOP: IMPROVING YOUR STORY DELIVERY

Facilitator: Jennifer Samuel-Chance, story consultant and coach.
Whether you tell stories to enlighten, entertain, or educate,
Jennifer will help you get your message out to your audience more
effectively.

7:00 - 9:00 STORY CONCERT

This olio of stories from favorite TBSG tellers is sure to delight
all ages from 8 - 108.  Let us entertain you!

The Dunedin Library is located at 223 Douglas Ave., Dunedin, next to
Knology Park, home of the Blue Jays.

For more information, call the library at (727) 298-3080 or Maureen
at (727) 736-6466.

~~~ALL EVENTS ARE FREE~~~Refreshments included.  COOL DOOR PRIZES
available

Submiited by Geneva Nelson, Kenneth City

2/15, Sunday 10:00am -2:00pm at  FAU
Diane Wolkstein, (_dianewolkstein.com_ (http://dianewolkstein.com/) )
STORYTELLING  INTENSIVE:
A  storytelling intensive is a 1/2 or full-day class with 4-8 students and a
master  storyteller. Each student gets about an hour to work on a story or
other  project, then listens and learns as the rest of the class works.
Price  is  $75 for a half-day. To find out more, e-mail _cneile@..._
(mailto:cneile@...)  as soon as  possible.
A  Storytelling Workshop for Story Lovers taught by Master Storyteller Diane
Wolkstein.
Well-told stories entertain,  teach, heal, nourish the soul and take us on
great adventures. To know a good  story is to have a treasure no one can take
away. This workshop is for everyone  who loves stories, wants to hear more
stories, or wants to learn to tell  stories. In this workshop, we will
investigate
different genres of story: folk  tale, fairy tale, epic and spiritual story
(Christian, Jewish, Taoist, Buddhist, Sufi). We will  also experiment with
different storytelling techniques- verbal and physical -  and each person will
have
an opportunity to tell a story. Wolkstein will discuss  approaches to
developing your storytelling talents.
"Diane Wolkstein is surely one of the great storytellers of the 20th
Century, and what she brings to this most ancient of all arts is a deep
understanding of the ways of the heart matched with exquisite craftsmanship and
unmatchable passion for and skill with language."
Jean  Houston.

Carrie Sue  Ayvar, Storyteller/Cuentista
North Miami Beach, FL
305  945-4804
Cayvar@...
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