Hi gang,
Summer has
gone by way too quickly and the absence of WTF! is making us restless but Fall
has some interesting things happening that just may fill the void.
*** HCFS AT THE LIBRARIES ***
The Helen
Creighton Folklore Society has a few programs going on in October to celebrate
25 years of our involvement with the annual ghost story writing competition.
These programs can be found in the current library guide.
25 Years of Ghosts! : Songs, Stories,
Folklore
Families/Ages
7+
The Helen
Creighton Folklore Society’s musicians, singers, and storytellers celebrate 25
years of ghost stories! The Society members will tell, sing or perform 25
songs, stories, and folklore bits in this 1 hour program for families and for
adults who dare to attend. Not for the faint of heart!
Alderney
Gate Public Library Sunday, October 19/2:30 pm.
How to Craft a Scary Tale
All ages
Maritime
Folk Series Workshop with Cindy Campbell Stone.
Youth
leaders, campfire storytellers, film makers, and writers... iit all starts
with a tale well told.
Tantallon
Public Library Saturday, October 4/2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Registration
required
Maritime Folklore Series: The
Supernatural!
2-part
session with Margo Carruthers
Supernatural
songs and stories, superstitions, folklore, and a bit of Gaelic too!
Alderney
Gate
Wednesday,
October 22/7:00 pm & Wednesday, October 29/7:00 pm
Haunting Encounters
with Cindy
Campbell Stone
Ages 9+
What kinds
of ‘things’ go bump in the night? Hear stories that may make your heart pound,
your blood curdle, and the hair stand up on the back of your neck.
Tantallon Public Library Saturday, October
25/2:00 pm
*** HCFS PRESENTS GEOFF KAUFMANN***
The Helen
Creighton Folklore Society with support from the U.S. Embassy is presenting a
series of events with the legendary Geoff Kaufmann on October 23,24 and 26.
Geoff is known internationally for his work at Mystic Seaport organizing the
annual sea music festival. He is the program director for music at the museum
but is also an accomplished musician, singer, songwriter and historian.
On Thursday,
October 23, Geoff will be the featured performer at the Rose and Kettle Concert
Sessions. A great evening of sea music starting at 7pm.
On Friday,
October 24 at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic at 7pm, Geoff will present
his one-man show "So Long from Home: A Connecticut War of 1812 Tale in
Prose and Song” based on the diary of Benjamin Franklin Palmer, a United States
privateer taken prisoner in the War of 1812 who kept a detailed diary of his
experiences here at Melville Island Prison and subsequent detention at Dartmoor
Prison in England. This event is being held in collaboration with the Company
of Friends at the Maritime Museum. Earlier
in the day at 1 pm, Geoff will be conducting a workshop on the application of
music to heritage interpretation.
On Sunday,
October 26 at 2 pm, Geoff will be presenting a program reflecting spirituality
at sea called "Natural Reflections" at All Saints Cathedral in
Halifax.
I hope that
you will find something of interest here to tempt you out of the house and into
the company of other WTF! friends looking to reconnect after this very long
hiatus.
Margo and
Cindy
