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We walk the fires, tell the myths and legends, and sometimes become the stories as well!

Website: http://truethomas
Location: Walking the wild side!
Members: 13
Created By: True Thomas the Storyteller
Latest Activity: 2 hours ago

Discussion Forum

Okay folks- ante up! Tell us about all the personae's you've dressed up as and where ;)
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I've done viking, celtic, and a generic middle-eastern personae in the SCA. At pagan events- I'm True Thomas (I'm actually not pagan, but they like my stories anyway) lover of the fairie queen. At ... Continue

Started by True Thomas the Storyteller. Last reply by Carolyn Stearns Apr 11.

Gigs- Best gigs, Weirdest Gigs, and of course HELL Gigs.
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Let's see- one of my best gigs- I was flown to Ireland to marry a couple. Weirdest gig? hmmn. I've had a few- there was the event where I played Sir Nigel Ramsbottom, famous Jungle explorer at the ... Continue

Started by True Thomas the Storyteller. Last reply by Julie Barnson Apr 9.

What medieval groups are great to "adopt" storytellers?
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When I attended Brigham Young University, I started the Storytelling Club there. We had many "cousin" clubs, one of which was The Quill and the Sword (Medieval history group). They often invited ... Continue

Tagged: storyteller, befriend, cousin, medieval, groups

Started by Rachel Hedman. Last reply by Julie Barnson Apr 8.

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Comment by The Patchwork Players Story Theatre on April 2, 2008 at 10:20am: At the San Diego Ren Faire.

Comment by The Patchwork Players Story Theatre on April 2, 2008 at 10:15am: We love telling at Faire...don't get enough chance to do it often, but love that you all are here. Hazah!

Comment by Carolyn Stearns on April 1, 2008 at 11:58pm: So many groups so little time, but I am really into the historical side of storytelling. I do civil war period in costume and love that type storytelling. I also do wild west - something I got into becasue of my son, our competition crowd in Cowboy Mounted Shooting has become one of my test audiences. My wild west stories are fun to research and share. There are renasaince faires around here and I have been to one. It would be a great venue and I can see a great boasting voice carrying into the crowd and drawing listeners in. Someday we should meet at one of these and have a storytelling duel! Carolyn Stearns

Comment by David S. Sharp on April 1, 2008 at 10:50am: This discussion group sounded like something we do at our faires and different storytelling venues. We also tell and play for Mountain Man and Pioneer gatherings as well. I have wanted to make a stage with back drops for music and telling with a side booth for puppets. I was curious about using a puppet with storytelling much like Dead Bob in the previous comment. Any thoughts on the subject would be welcome.

Dave
Glastonbury duo

Comment by StoryMasters™ • Linda Day & MyLinda Butterworth on April 1, 2008 at 7:57am: Thomas;
I do not tell at faires but would love too. My first encounter with this type of telling was at a Ren faire in Arizona where I helped to tell a tale with Dead Bob. I was hooked. As far as costumes go I was a designer and created costumes for the theatre for twenty years. I know costumes from many periods and yours is great for a bard.

So tell me True how does one find the faires to become involved in? Myths and legends are the basis of my soup.

Always a tale to tell,
MyLinda

Comment by True Thomas the Storyteller on April 1, 2008 at 2:30am: And another fun get together at the Estrella SCA War- I'm near the edge

Comment by True Thomas the Storyteller on April 1, 2008 at 2:28am: And some photos to get us started

Comment by True Thomas the Storyteller on April 1, 2008 at 2:04am: And now for something completely different- Okay, for all you folks who do SCA, Ren Faires, Pagan do's, or what have you, I'm here, howsabout you? If you have an interest in what it may be like to dress up in period costumes, or wander the fires at night, telling story after story- I've been doing it for years. So tell me your story, and ask a question! True