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Dale Jarvis
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FEST 2009 in Switzerland
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International Storytelling
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Applied Storytelling: the Power of Story
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Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance
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The Legend of Paddy Mahony's Gold
The story of Paddy Mahony's gold, a tale of buried treasure and its supernatural guardian, from Horse's Head, Little Colinet Island, St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
Horse's Head was inhabited by one Paddy Mahony, who dwelt in what was referred to as a "solitary hut". Somehow it was revealed to the lucky Paddy that a great treasure was to be found in a certain place near Horse's Head. Paddy lost no time, and set out with shovel in hand in search of the buried treasure. What he found at the bottom of his pit, and what was found to be guarding it, can be discovered by listening here.
Read by storyteller and author Dale Gilbert Jarvis from his book "Haunted Shores: True Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador" published by Flanker Press.
OggVorbis and streaming audio versions of the story available from archive.org
The Lady at Number 16
A ghost story from the city of Valletta, Malta. Told by storyteller Dale Gilbert Jarvis, and recorded live at the "Voices in the Vaults Summer Storytelling Series" on Friday, August 29, in the Newman Wine Vaults Provincial Historic Site, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
A classic ghost story, incorporating motif E281 - “Ghosts haunt house.” While this story could be told about countless port towns, this particular tale is based on a story from the walled city of Valletta, on the island of Malta. A printed version of the story can be found in my book "The Golden Leg and other Ghostly Campfire Stories" (St. John's: Flanker Press, 2007).
The story is said to be true, and the street in question is St. Ursola Street, in the heart of the old city. An early version of the Maltese tale was written up in Blackwood’s Magazine in the 1800s, and a more recent version can be found in Joseph Attard's book “Ghosts of Malta” (Malta: Publishers Enterprises Group, 1997). Another good source for Maltese stories of the supernatural is Vanessa Macdonald’s “The Unexplained: Ghost Stories From Malta and Beyond” (Valletta: Progress Press, 2001). When I was in Malta in 2006, I had the privilege of meeting Vanessa and her family, and sharing ghostly tales from both sides of the Atlantic. I would certainly recommend her book to anyone with an interest in true hauntings.
Meet the mysterious lady by clicking here.
OggVorbis and streaming audio versions of the story available from archive.org
Foolish Jack
Newfoundland has a great tradition of Jack stories, and I've been telling a lot of Jack tales to my storytelling students in grades 4-6 at Holy Cross Elementary in St. John's. This is a story recorded live with one of my classes on Friday, 11 April 2005."Foolish Jack" is a Jack tale from Appalachia, and while I had heard many versions of the story, I had never considered telling it until I heard it told by storyteller Elinor Benjamin last November when we told stories together at a few schools in Conception Bay as part of the St. John's Storytelling Festival school outreach program. For more information on the origins of the story, and for references to other versions, visit:
http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/tales/FoolishJack.htm.
You can listen to the recorded version by clicking here, if you have the sense you were born with!
The Origin of Death - Dale Jarvis
A week ago a friend and valued member of the local arts community passed away, very suddenly. Ever since, I've been thinking a lot about this particular story, so I decided to record it, and put it up here. Just a little something to think about...
The City of Art
I first heard this story told by Irish storyteller Ray McGrath at the St. John's Storytelling Festival in 2005, and it stuck in my mind. The music in the background is "Estampie" from the Naxos CD "Landini and His Time". Listen to the story here.
Dale Jarvis - St. John's, Newfoundland
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- About Me:
- Dale Gilbert Jarvis is a performer who has been telling stories since 1992. Dale has been one of the few professional storytellers in St. John's, and has performed at a variety of events, conferences, luncheons, and benefits. He is in great demand for storytelling festivals across Canada, and has been featured at local and international festivals in Cape Breton, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, St. Mary's, Regina and Whitehorse, and as told tales as far away as Beijing and Oslo.
Dale tells stories of the faerie folk, tales from the collections of the Brothers Grimm, ghost stories, legends and traditional tales from Newfoundland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and beyond.
He is the founder of the St. John's Storytelling Circle, president of the St. John's Storytelling Festival, Inc., and was the Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada representative at the inaugural meeting of the Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) in Norway, 2008.
Dale has written and performed in a number of other storytelling shows, including "Away: An Evening with the Faerie Folk", "Graveyards & Goosebumps", "Tales in the Temple" and "The St. Valentine's Dreadful Date", and "Pirates at the Pier". He has collaborated with musician Delf Hohmann on two storytelling shows "Under the Juniper Tree: Stories and Songs from the Brothers Grimm" and "The Devil Made Me Do It!".
He also offers workshops for beginning storytellers and on storytelling for historical interpretation, and has taught storytelling to adults, highschool level students, and most recently, is working on an Arts Smarts program with grades 4-6 at Holy Cross Elementary School in St. John's, Newfoundland, where he teaches kids to tell their own stories, and puts their stories online in MP3 format.
- Website:
- http://www.hauntedhike.com
The Golden Leg and Other Ghostly Campfire Tales All author's royalties go to support the Camp Delight Children's Oncology Camp. Buy a book, and help send a kid to camp!
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The Legend of Paddy Mahony's Gold
The story of Paddy Mahony's gold, a tale of buried treasure and its supernatural guardian, from Horse's Head, Little Colinet Island, St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. … Continue
Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 3:13pm — 4 Comments
Storytelling in Newfoundland and Labrador - Fall Report
Storytelling continues in Newfoundland and Labrador! This summer was no exception, with lots of events and activities. Kelly Russell was busy all summer with the "Time in Pigeon Inlet" project in Bay Roberts, which was a truly immersive event, with enactments of Ted Russell's works and story telling, songs, Newfoundland dance, and traditional Newfoundland food. It was immensely popular. More information at http://www.pigeoninlet.ca In St. John's, the New… Continue
Posted on September 19th, 2008 at 2:39pm —
Review of FEST: Federation for European Storytelling Symposium, Oslo, August 2008
Posted on September 10th, 2008 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments
The Ghostly Lady at Number 16
A ghost story from the city of Valletta, Malta. Told by storyteller Dale Gilbert Jarvis, and… Continue
Posted on August 30th, 2008 at 6:45am — 1 Comment
Hopping on the Twitter Bus
I've taken the plunge and started using Twitter a lot more, in light of all the travelling I've been doing. It is a great way to keep people updated on what you are doing, and I use it to provide some ever changing information on my website and facebook page. Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay conne… Continue
Posted on August 25th, 2008 at 6:28pm — 7 Comments
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Nathalie
I was very happy to read your review on Fest. And somehow, do you know that song"I want to travel with you"(Suzanne by Leonard Cohen)...it's a beautiful melody. Reading you reminded me of this song for it is fantastic to travel-read you:-) and from Canada to Norway, just with a few words.
Do you collaborate where you live with a museum that would be "material patrimony". And how do you if you do:-)?
greetings and a beautiful day to you
Nathalie
few messages left though...
nice thoughts for you!
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Deirdre
What news Norway?
Jennifer
What new of Norway.
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