Share a Story - Change the World
-
Cindy Campbell
- Female
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Canada
- Share
- Blog Posts (2)
- Discussions (1)
- Events
- Groups (6)
- Photos (2)
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Cindy Campbell's Groups
-
World Storytelling Day
64 members
-
Marketing
93 members
-
Storytelling in Education
130 members
-
It Takes Two • Telling...
38 members
-
Story Biz
117 members
Cindy Campbell's Discussions
Ideas needed for kids workshop, ages 5-7
2 Replies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Carol Leigh Wehking Feb 27.
Cindy Campbell
Gifts Received
Cindy Campbell has not received any gifts yet
Latest Activity
Looking for a tandem tale that has a mystery element to it. Pourquois tales might be do-able, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a tale with a guessing element, or solve it aspect to it . I have George Shannon's Solve It tales but was hoping for...
Profile Information
- About Me:
- I was born and raised in Nova Scotia with roots in Prince Edward Island.
I heard my first oral stories as a child while sitting around my grandparents kitchen in P.E.I., listening to the adults talk. I heard stories about people, events and the history of a community. I especially loved hearing family stories or humorous stories. Singing and music weren’t long after the stories in that kitchen and I loved the old songs which were really ballads and folksongs that told a story.
After 30 years of performing experience, I am foremost a storyteller but also a varied performer: singer, musician, puppeteer, actor, writer.
I tell a wide variety of stories to a wide variety of ages in a wide variety of forums. I tell many kinds of tales: folk, fairy, tall, true (sort of), untrue (outright lies), super silly, personal, family, historical, community. I have told stories to all ages from babies to seniors. I have told stories in a Yert and on the back of a flat bed truck. I have told tales dressed as a pirate or a Cape Breton Bag Lady and as just plain ol’ me.
My interests and experience in storytelling are generally in these areas:
- oralcy based programs for preschoolers
- offering workshops on collecting family stories
- community stories projects with museums and elders in the community
- storytelling for teens and by teens
- youth in storytelling initiatives
- traditional music, folk songs and ballads
In 2000, I started an educational entertainment company called StorySong Express. Along with operating the business, creating and telling, I am also trying to finish a CD, book and website....so much to do, so little time!
Career highlights include:
T.D. Canadian Childrens’ Book Centre 2006: One of three storytellers chosen from a national competition. Storyteller on tour throughout various communities on the lower North Shore of Quebec which included visits to schools (Grade primary to grade ten), and community centres.
CASA - Community For Anglophone Social Action: 2006 Storytelling Tour of the Gaspe region of Quebec. Promoting storytelling in high schools and community centres. Encouraging teens and adults to tell their community stories for a Storytelling Festival planned for the following year.
Youth In Storytelling Initiative 2006/2007: Project Manager
In partnership with Pier 21: Canada’s Immigration Museum, and funded by the Helen Creighton Folklore Society, this year long project was in 3 stages:
1. Storytelling Presentations for School Classes visiting Pier 21 in June. In conjunction with Storytellers of Canada Conference 2006.
2. ‘Tell Your Family Story’ Contest for Youth.ages 9 - 18. Stories of Immigration to Canada or how immigration influenced your family or culture.
3. Storytelling In the Classroom: encouraging oral storytelling clubs in the schools and encouraging teachers to use oral storytelling across the curriculum.
Youth Programmer for Public Libraries:
Super Silly Cindy Show for LOL Summer Reading Program, 2008:
- Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- St. John’s Public Libraries, St.John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Saskatoon Public Libraries, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Festivals and Other Events (just a few):
- Ottawa Storytelling Festival 2004, Ottawa, Ontario
-Atlantic Storytelling Festival 2005, St. Peters, Cape Breton
-A’tukwey Storytelling Festival 2006, Isle Madame, Capre Breton
- Mahone Bay Mussel Festival 2008, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
- Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards 2005, 2007, Atlantic Canada
- Word On The Street / Pier
-Child Care Connections Conference and Child Care Celebrations
Other Interests:
- Vice President of Storytellers of Canada/ Conteurs du Canada. Coordinator of SC/CC Conferences 1999 and 2006. Former editor of Le Raconteur, news journal for SC/CC.
- Board member, Helen Creighton Folklore Society, Nova Scotia.
- Board member, Dartmouth Heritage Museum
- Coordinator of the Storytellers Circle of Halifax.
- Member, Canadian Society for Traditional Music, Co Chair for Conference 2008.
- Member of SOCAN and Writers Federation of Nova Scotia
- Website:
- http://sc-cc.com
Cindy Campbell's Photos
Cindy Campbell's Blog
Tandem Tale with a Mystery
Looking for a tandem tale with a mystery element or twist to it. Have George Shannon's Solve it Stories for ideas but am looking for a story that's a bit longer, appx. 10 minutes. Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks,
Cindy
Thanks,
Cindy
Posted on July 21, 2009 at 3:12pm —
Surrounded by Storytellers
I am in Victoria, BC at the Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada Conference at the University of Victoria and am ready to immerse myself in story...sigh!
Posted on July 8, 2009 at 2:47pm —
About
Badge
© 2009 Created by Dianne de Las Casas, Author, Award-Winning Storyteller on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
Comment Wall (9 comments)
You need to be a member of Professional Storyteller to add comments!
Join this Ning Network
love,
Melanie
You told me to join and I did! I was so sleepy when I wrote my profile, and now it seems incoherent. Reading yours, I thought of ways I could do mine that would make more sense. It was great seeing you at the conference in Victoria. You looked full of light whenever I looked at you. Good luck on the Board, and sorry I won't be there to work with you all.
Thanks it was great fun. This is the fouth session of my After School program and the kids keep coming back. I think my favorite part is that they are all becoming lovers of story.
I'm sorry to take so long to respond to you. Your list of activities and projects is marvellous. I hope to update my site someday soon. Our son Stephen is attending Acadia University this year. I hope to come and visit. It may not be until spring. Perhaps we can rendezvous then! I too am busy. There are performances workshops and school residencies on the horizon. I am gathering railway stories right now for a school project. I'm looking forward to interviewing seniors in the railway community of Ogden in S.E. Calgary. Hope to talk to you soon.
What a great site PS has become and what a great community of tellers. Forgive me for being so late in greeting you. My heart decided to throw a little surprise party at the emergency room... not a heart attack just Pericarditis (non-lethal... only painful condition). I am recovering nicely, was able to go ahead and get married and move. So you might forgive my late greeting. Hope you join some of the groups... mine will pick back up as I get more settled into our new routines. Anyway... welcome to PS and I hope you learn to love it and this wonderful collection of tellers as much as I do.
Buck
Great seeing you in Saskatoon.
Al