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My computer made a hiccup while I was trying to edit this. The later reply is the 1 to read. Sorry for the confusion.
Go to a library big enough to own the 2 volumes of Margaret Read MacDonald's Storytellers Sourcebook. They take a bit of work reading how they are arranged & any abbreviations, but can help you find stories half-remembered, or on a topic, or from a…
Go to a large enough library to have the 2 reference books by Margaret Read MacDonald called Storytellers Sourcebook. They take a bit of getting used to using, but if you read her explanations of how the book is arranged & what the abbreviations mea…
Thank you, Denis.
This is precisely why I say "The deaf community is a true community and American Sign Language is a true language." Hopefully anyone taking a class in ASL is also getting an introduction to this. Getting out & associating with deaf…
For fillers, try jokes & riddles. Halloween is fast upon us & a black kettle filled with them on individual strips lets you choose from your audience somebody to pull 1 out, read it (if kids, read it for them), & move on to the next story.
Tim,
I just started a very specialized ning site for those interested in storytelling in Michigan & am experiencing a similar issue. Folks are pleased to have the opportunity to network & also promote themselves & events, but they're mainly a group…
Prowl a bit The Civil War group. It is the American Civil War. There are 10 of us there. You may get ideas from the various postings there. Possibly some questions for individuals will also pop into your head. B.A. Botkin's A Civil War Treasury of T…
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- About Me:
- After roughly 35 years of combining storytelling with being a children's librarian, I'm now a full-time professional storyteller.
Some of the places to find me on the internet besides my website:
*MI Arts & Humanities Directory
*Historical Society of Michigan Directory
*Storyteller.net;
*behind the scenes of the Youth, Educators, & Storytellers (Y.E.S.) Alliance as my position on the Y.E.S. board is webmaster
*I've added to my own website the following blog that lets you see online the email newsletter "MIStory", which lists Michigan storytelling events & I post information related to storytelling groups in Michigan . MIStory online's address is http://michiganstorytelling.org
*I'm also the Michigan state rep. for National Storytelling Network so this lets me help promote Michigan storytelling & Michigan storytellers.
*locally on NorthOaklandCountyStorytellers.org
*as a member of Northlands Storytelling Network, I'm found on the Michigan page of Northlands.net
*National Storytelling Network's information at Storynet.org
After all those years storytelling in library, I've a large international folktale repertoire, which can include puppets, sign language, & music. I also reenact Liberetta Lerich Green, who grew up on a Mich. Underground Railroad Station & was active in the Civil War homefront effort. Liberetta always travels 100 years into today, so she has many historical topics available to her. Additional historical reenactment characters are a Hired Girl and a 1 Room Schoolteacher. Workshops for children, teachers, librarians & storytellers, including residencies are also available.
STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD & BACK THROUGH TIME
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- http://www.LoiS-sez.com
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- At 6:22am on January 15, 2009,
Tim Sheppard said… - Hi Lois, yes I'm here! A Tim/Tom combination sounds... hmm, like a percussion workshop. Okay, I'm up for that.
- At 6:14pm on October 26, 2008,
ofra kipnis said… - { am very happy to pead your prose again. How is your health, i remember you had problems.
I am now 81 one and alittle limited in my movements ;so if the fest location is easy on almost cripple i'll be in suisse this coming august for the fest.
please take care "hazak veematz" love ofra
- At 8:52am on September 14, 2008,
David said… - Greetings.
The Icelandic-American storyteller was probably telling Christmas stories about the Yule-Lads, the thirteen sons of the Troll woman Grýla. There are many sources of their stories in many different languages.
As for the wood-trolls they are probably taken from Norwegian tradition, as there are very few trees here in Iceland and the trolls tend to live in caves, cliffs/mountains and lakes/rivers.
David
- At 6:22pm on August 18, 2008,
StoryMasters • Linda Day & MyLinda Butterworth said… - Hey Lois;
Loved walking the walk and doing stories in your swap. Hope we connect again in the future.
StoryHugs,
MyLinda Butterworth
- At 4:14am on July 26, 2008,
Sheila Wee said… - Hi Lois,
Great to hear from you! It's so nice to finally get to see a pictures of my internet pals. I also like the fact that the profiles give a little more insight into what people are doing than a normal listerv would.
Cheers,
Sheila
- At 6:35pm on July 3, 2008,
Gail N. Herman said… - Hi Lois! I'm off to teach storytelling in Connecticut Sunday and won't be back till the 19th. I'll be telling stories at the "Starry" Telling Festival near Columbia, MD that day. then I'll be home. Are you ever coming out to Maryland. Come visit me at the lake.
- At 11:42pm on June 14, 2008,
Lois Sprengnether Keel (LoiS) said…
- Info on Michigan Storytelling website/blog by LoiS
I want to announce I now host the online version of the email list, MI Story. This lists storytelling in Michigan or including Michigan storytellers; links to find Michigan storytellers; national, regional, & local organizations; & any available classes or call for tellers. http://michiganstorytelling.org
Yvonne Healy puts MI Story together as Editor-in-Chief & Judy Sima handles the email distribution. Yvonne decided last year to stop maintaining an online version on her website. (Honestly I don't know how she handled all the hats she wore, but I learned about quite a few of them when we almost lost her to a planned move to Nevada.)
I hope fills the need for travellers & others wanting to find storytelling, but don't subscribe to the email newsletter. It's attached to my website http://www.LoiS-sez.com , so why not take a peek there, too?
LoiS(miling just to know once again we have an online means of people in & out of state seeing what's going on in Michigan storytelling)
- At 4:31pm on May 7, 2008,
Lois Sprengnether Keel (LoiS) said…
- Why is it I always feel like photos of me look like blackmail material!?!? In my "Little Plaid Riding Hood" cape I look like a refugee, but then we all do, don't we?
Csenge, you certainly are fitting your business card where you call yourself The Multicolored Lady! The page may be in Hungarian, but I can't help noticing you labelled us all The Trickster Sisters.
Hmmmmmmmm. . . I may just resemble that remark. I know the others in the photo sure do.
It was great getting together. With luck your ears have recovered from my shock at seeing you!
- At 4:02pm on May 7, 2008,
Csenge Zalka said… - Ooops link doesn't seem to work :P
http://tarkabarka.blogspot.com/2008/05/szakvidk-5-nagy-finl.html
I know it's Hungarian, just see the picture ;) I'll write the English version soon!
- At 4:01pm on May 7, 2008,
Csenge Zalka said…
- Hey!
Check this out ;) It was so great meeting you at Northlands! I'm just recovering from last week's adventures :)
Cheers,
Csenge
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