I grew up loving to read myths and fairy tales which seemed to spring from a more vivid truth than anything else-- whether church, school, work, and private or public politics of the groan up world. Now I feel so lucky to be able to tell stories to children in schools & gardens & museums. I also create storybooks and storytelling CDs with original music composed by Louisville composer, Sara McLean. At night, I love to dance the Argentine tango!
Beatrice! Beatrice! Beatrice! Beatrice! Beatrice! Beatrice! Beatrice! How are you!? What are you up to these days? PLease keep in touch with us! We MISS you! Nancy and I are organizing a storytelling delegation to INDIA! Nov. 1-16, 2008. We'll going into villages, neighborhoods, community centers and seeing, swapping, playing, sharing with master tellers, musicians, puppeteers, balladeers, street theater folks and much more: check it out: www.ethnohtec.org (go to the "Come to India" link.
I admit that I often give away shows too. I get such a rush of euphoria when I get to tell stories that I don't care much about the money. Yet I can't give them all away then I would be a true starving artist. As far as price we charge $350 for the first performance and then reduce the price for additional performances. Since Grandma is over 70 and has two artificial knees I try not to do more than 4-5 daytime performances at a school. Most of our performances these days are for schools and libraries. We have traveled from coast to coast on a small scale we are still trying to build our business like everybody else.
My favorite audience is children. They get so excited about the stories you tell and I love fairy tales too. On the other hand it is nice to tell to older audiences for the variety. Oh well I am a hopeless storyteller destined to tell stories till the lights go out upstairs.
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My favorite audience is children. They get so excited about the stories you tell and I love fairy tales too. On the other hand it is nice to tell to older audiences for the variety. Oh well I am a hopeless storyteller destined to tell stories till the lights go out upstairs.
always a tale to tell,
MyLinda
always a tale to tell,
MyLinda