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Tom & Sandy Farley left a comment for Coralia RodríguezJune 21

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Tom & Sandy Farley commented on Coralia Rodríguez's blog post 'Article de Presse Festival de Chiny, Belgique.'June 15

"on a chiné des histoires. . ." je ne connais pas le mot . On supose écouter/prendre du délit dans/se bien amuser avec/ C'est marquer pour le juillet 07. Qu'est-ce se passe ces jours-ci? Sandy Farley

Jackie Baldwin and Tom & Sandy Farley are now friendsApril 20

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About Me:: We have been telling stories tandem and solo since 1979. Tandem telling is two or more tellers sharing one story. Here we bring together our experience with solo telling, improvisation, story theatre, and cooperative recreation, all of which we also teach. Sandy also teaches ESL. Tom sells children's books.

We are active in Quaker Meetings, Kiwanis service projects, and Alternatives to Violence Project. We manage the quakerstorytellers.org web-site.

Website:: http://www.spont.com

Our first CD, Words to the Wise, was released 11/20/2003. It contains twelve wisdom tales from original and traditional sources selected for ages eight through adult.

Our second CD, Words Go Questing, was released 2/18/2005. It contains seven tales of seeking and finding [six short and one much longer mythic fairy tale in two parts] also selected for ages eight through adult.

Both CDs can be purchased on-line at CD Baby.

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At 2:19am on June 15, 2009, Coralia Rodríguez said…: Hello Sandy &Tom! Nice to meet you. Thanks for reading my blog.
The verb "chiner" in French, means "going hunt antiques". In this case the journalist plays with words, the name of the city is Chiny. Juillet 17 is not a special day, it's only the date of the festival in 2007.
It's one of the oldest storytelling festival in Europe, a beautiful international party of words in Belgium!
Yours,
Coralia.

At 11:27pm on September 22, 2008, Bill and Kath Worsfold said…: Tom and Sandy - "Hi" from some of your friends "down under". I have fond memories of the lovely meal we shared with the two of you and our Auckland storytelling friends, and the stories we shared after.

Cheers,
Kath Worsfold

At 7:01pm on June 8, 2008, Bobbie Kinkead said…: Sandy and Tom, how fun and nice to see you on this web source, I find this Ning quite friendly and inspiring - thanks, being my friend here and in our Bay Area committee of storytellers. Check out the Storytelling website I listed on my page, finally got the Gala and the story you told in the mix of 'comic life'.

At 4:19pm on May 16, 2008, Tom & Sandy Farley said…: Storytelling on Sunday 5-6 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on KSVY 91.3 FM http://www.ksvy.org/home.htm the last story on the playlist is our tandem telling of “Yumi’s Courage” [13 minutes] written by Wayfarer Tomm.

At 11:22pm on April 19, 2008, Barry Gray said…: I know many Quakers in Argenta, BC, Canada, but have not attended any meetings myself. I hold them all in the highest respect. I will check out your quakerstorytellers site. Thanks.

Barry Gray, Nelson, BC, Canada

At 4:35pm on April 15, 2008, Holly Stevens said…: Thanks for the invite, Tom and Sandy! I believe I saw that you two are leading another storytelling related workshop at Annual Gathering this year (or is my feeble mind making it all up?) I remember fondly attending the performances of your workshop members in Amherst. We won't be there this go-round, but Bill and I are joining the planning committee for Annual Gathering 2009, which will be at Blacksburg, Va., (Virginia Tech) again. You're such a gift to all of us!
Holly Stevens

At 4:14pm on April 15, 2008, Bill Harley said…: Thanks for the add - it was great to see you in Pleasanton - thanks so much for making the trip. Yours, Bill

At 12:10pm on April 15, 2008, Margaret Meyers said…: Thanks for your note. Yes, stories are examples, deep teaching about these important topics, presented in a way that people can really take it in. Wonderful work.

What part of CA are you in? I grew up in Pasadena and most of my family is still in CA.
Margaret

At 8:52pm on April 13, 2008, Tom Taylor said…: "Dry Clean Only" . . . that's hysterical! WHO came up with that?

Welcome, Tom and Sandy!

You'll love this place, even tho' there are some here who are "soakin' wet," if y'follow my drift. I'm one of'em, and started the biblical telling group Steve mentioned earlier - and, he's right: we'd love to have you join us!

Sorry I didn't greet you earlier, but I've been out of pocket and off-line since noon Thursday (TX Storytelling Festival).

You've got lots of friends on this site, and you'll meet lots of new friends, too. Take a while to check out all the bells and whistles on the place - contact any of us for help, or go to the FAQ Group, who may've already answered your question.

We are so delighted you're here, you two have so much to teach and share with us - as Buck said, please post some audiofiles so we can hear a bit of what you do.

Long day, early work tomorrow, so I'm signing off - but, before I do that, I want to say again how glad we are to have you with us, how I look forward to your sharing with us, that I wish you the very best and, again, send a warm Welcome to the both of you!

Sincerely,

Tom Taylor
FBC, Belton, TX

At 2:03am on April 12, 2008, Steve Evans said…: Greetings and welcome to this great site! I hope you enjoy it!

What a fascinating profile you have! I look forward to leaning more about the two of you and what you do.

I see you've already joined the Tandem group, but there are a couple of others you might consider as well: the Biblical Storytelling group, and the group Applied Storytelling: the Power of Stories. I would love to see you active in both and learn from your insights and experiences!

Best wishes to you both! STEVE