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- Creative storyteller and educator Dr. Gail Herman, has performed and taught storytelling extensively throughout the United States, as well as in Ghana, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, India, Jamaica, Germany, and the Virgin Islands. She uses percussion world folk instruments, sound effects, mime, chant, and audience participation. Besides performing for students in schools and libraries, Herman works with teachers to infuse storytelling into the curriculum using the kinesthetic, musical, and spatial aspects of learning. She teaches for Lesley University, Cambridge, MA; Garrett College, MD; and The University of Connecticut (Confratute). Gail directs the Tall Tale Liar’s Festival in MD.
As a former teacher of pre-school and primary grades as well as a K-8 enrichment teacher, she tells world folktales, tall stories, and family stories. She calls her style of telling "Organic Storytelling" (tm) because her stories grow and change with each audience she meets. Herman explains, "Stories were often 'organic.' Over the centuries and across continents, tellers have recreated stories to be stories of THEIR folk." This is what she loves to do with students -- she helps them create their own stories or their own versions of stories they've heard or read.
Her performances include "Creatures and Sounds of Our Minds' Eye and Ear," "World Folktales," “Stories of India and Ghana,” "Pet Stories," "Family Stories," and "Before We Knew Better Stories."
Gail has written many articles about storytelling, including one in Better Homes and Gardens. She published two books: one on storytelling and one on art appreciation and movement which was co-authored with Patricia Hollingsworth and called Kinetic Kaleidoscope; she writes a column on the arts for Teaching for High Potential, and contributed chapters to several books including Storytelling Classroom: Applications Across the Curriculum. Some of her stories are published in anthologies such as Spinning Tales- Weaving Hope, Telling Stories to Children, Joining In, and Holiday Stories.
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Resuming where we left off, I'm definitely interested in the Tall Tale Liar's Festival. Garrett Co. isn't too much of a stretch for me. My wife and I use to rent a cabin up near Deep Creek lake summers back when our kids were small-fry. What are the dates for the next Festival? I'll send you a few brochures for my business: A Sea of Stories. Take care -- Marc.
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
I'm a Maryland-based storyteller. Where can I find out more about the tall tale liar's festival?
Marc Young
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What a delight to see you here. Needless to say I'm sending you a friend request.
Folks, if you don't know Gail's work & knowledge yet, you're in for a treat. Just allow time for her response as she may be
BUSY, make that VERY BUSY.LoiS(orry for all the shouting in this comment, but I'm excited to see you here)
P.S. Trust you will join the Y.E.S.! group here.