The Helen Creighton Folklore Society Presents:
WTF: What The Folk!
PROTEST
folksongs . folktales . folkart . folklore
Friday, April 23rd
6:30pm Gathering and grabba cuppa
7 - 8:30pm - Performances
Just Us Cafe, 5896 Spring Garden Road
Taxes got you down? Fed up with the state of the environment?
War? Overwhelmed by man's inhumanity to man?
Then...Raise your voices, raise a ruckus and raise our collective spirits
With protest songs & stories [ old and new ]
Format: Open mike unplugged. Cost: free will donation
If you are free on Friday, please join us. Tell your friends and family. The space is cozy, the coffee is great and the fun is contagious!
Protesting is optional.
Yours in folk,
Host/co-ordinators: Margo Carruthers 425-3828, Cindy Campbell 466-0157
WTF:
What the Folk! meets, same time and place , every second and fourth Friday of the month.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
The Trouble With Trees
Storytelling last Thursday evening at Just Us Cafe was all about trees....well, not quite...the trouble with telling tree stories is that they branch out in different directions! There were tales with trees such as the tree of life and freedom, a mention of an oak tree (just to get the tree theme in the story being told), a tree pining for some fun with a kite, a tree who became a woman, a tree climbing dog, and even a song about wood from trees, but somehow we ended the evening talking about ghost stories....perhaps the connection was haunted woods? No matter, I'll go out on a limb and say all of us who were there had a tree-mendous time!
(Sorry, I couldn't resist)
Yours till the tree pines,
Cindy
(Sorry, I couldn't resist)
Yours till the tree pines,
Cindy
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Stories About Trees
To all storytelling fans, tellers and listeners:
Another great night of stories coming up next week.
Last month's gathering led to the idea of stories about
TREES, but who knows what will grow that night?
Come join us in the forest (where the wild things are).
Thursday April 8, 7-8:30 - but come early!
Upstairs at Just Us! Coffee Shop,
Spring Garden Road at Carleton
All welcome, bring a friend!
Contact: Cindy Campbell
storysong@ns.sympatico.ca
Another great night of stories coming up next week.
Last month's gathering led to the idea of stories about
TREES, but who knows what will grow that night?
Come join us in the forest (where the wild things are).
Thursday April 8, 7-8:30 - but come early!
Upstairs at Just Us! Coffee Shop,
Spring Garden Road at Carleton
All welcome, bring a friend!
Contact: Cindy Campbell
storysong@ns.sympatico.ca
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Storytelling Workshops Offered!
Storytelling Workshops: Spring 2010
Cindy Campbell’s Place (Dartmouth) or TBA
I am excited to be able to offer storytelling workshops this Spring. I have been telling stories professionally for 10 years and this fall I will be attending a storytelling festival and offering workshops. To help me prepare, I am offering a variety of workshops at a special price.
Whether you choose one or two workshops, you’ll get your creative spirit soaring to new levels...just bring your enthusiasm!
To register, contact Cindy at 902-466-0157 or at storysong@ns.sympatico.ca. I can also take requests for workshops at another time and place.
My web page can be found on www.professionalstoryteller.ning.com. For updates on storytelling and workshops, check out my storytelling blog at www.storytellingnovascotia.blogspot.com.
Costs for Each Workshop:
$30.00 per person
$25.00 for members of Storytellers Circle of Halifax
Beginner Storytelling Workshop:
Tell It! An Introduction to Storytelling
Saturday, April 24 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Wanna find out more about oral storytelling? Or perhaps you are interested in being a storyteller but don’t know if you have what it takes. Want to learn a few basic skills and connect with your storytelling style? This workshop is for you and will help you find, choose, learn, develop, and tell, your story.
Beginner/ Intermediate Workshop:
At the Root , It’s All about Connections
Saturday, May 15 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Storytelling at its roots has been connecting people and helping to define their culture and beliefs for several thousand years. Storytelling develops connections unlike any other art form.
Find your connection whether it be world or cultural tales, personal or family stories, community or historical, fairy or folk tales. Learn a few basic skills that will connect with your storytelling style and help you find, choose, learn, develop, and tell, your story. Discover a few techniques that can help you connect with your listeners of any age and audience size.
This participatory workshop is for novice or intermediate tellers who wish to explore storytelling for use in literary, educational, or historical environments, or for community, casual or performance type events.
Journeyman/Masters Workshop:
Delving for Buried Treasure: Dig Deeper, Connect, and Open Up
Saturday, June 19 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Think you’ve found a treasure of a story but can’t quite see the map? Been telling a story for so long, you’ve lost the magic? This workshop will help you navigate and find the hidden treasures in a new story or an old one. Learn constructive dissection of story parts or characters, then rebuild the story with satisfying improvements. Explore ways to combine several versions of a story or to weave fragments of one story into another one. Find out how to take small stories, anecdotes, folk lore and make a longer cohesive story. Discover the many ways to develop story combos, such as storysongs or how to enhance a story through trickery of voice.
This particpatory and peer supportive workshop is for journeymen or master tellers who wish to delve deep, explore, experiment, share ideas and experiences and feel empowered by change.
Cindy Campbell’s Place (Dartmouth) or TBA
I am excited to be able to offer storytelling workshops this Spring. I have been telling stories professionally for 10 years and this fall I will be attending a storytelling festival and offering workshops. To help me prepare, I am offering a variety of workshops at a special price.
Whether you choose one or two workshops, you’ll get your creative spirit soaring to new levels...just bring your enthusiasm!
To register, contact Cindy at 902-466-0157 or at storysong@ns.sympatico.ca. I can also take requests for workshops at another time and place.
My web page can be found on www.professionalstoryteller.ning.com. For updates on storytelling and workshops, check out my storytelling blog at www.storytellingnovascotia.blogspot.com.
Costs for Each Workshop:
$30.00 per person
$25.00 for members of Storytellers Circle of Halifax
Beginner Storytelling Workshop:
Tell It! An Introduction to Storytelling
Saturday, April 24 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Wanna find out more about oral storytelling? Or perhaps you are interested in being a storyteller but don’t know if you have what it takes. Want to learn a few basic skills and connect with your storytelling style? This workshop is for you and will help you find, choose, learn, develop, and tell, your story.
Beginner/ Intermediate Workshop:
At the Root , It’s All about Connections
Saturday, May 15 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Storytelling at its roots has been connecting people and helping to define their culture and beliefs for several thousand years. Storytelling develops connections unlike any other art form.
Find your connection whether it be world or cultural tales, personal or family stories, community or historical, fairy or folk tales. Learn a few basic skills that will connect with your storytelling style and help you find, choose, learn, develop, and tell, your story. Discover a few techniques that can help you connect with your listeners of any age and audience size.
This participatory workshop is for novice or intermediate tellers who wish to explore storytelling for use in literary, educational, or historical environments, or for community, casual or performance type events.
Journeyman/Masters Workshop:
Delving for Buried Treasure: Dig Deeper, Connect, and Open Up
Saturday, June 19 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Think you’ve found a treasure of a story but can’t quite see the map? Been telling a story for so long, you’ve lost the magic? This workshop will help you navigate and find the hidden treasures in a new story or an old one. Learn constructive dissection of story parts or characters, then rebuild the story with satisfying improvements. Explore ways to combine several versions of a story or to weave fragments of one story into another one. Find out how to take small stories, anecdotes, folk lore and make a longer cohesive story. Discover the many ways to develop story combos, such as storysongs or how to enhance a story through trickery of voice.
This particpatory and peer supportive workshop is for journeymen or master tellers who wish to delve deep, explore, experiment, share ideas and experiences and feel empowered by change.
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