Newsletter for November 2008
Welcome to the November 2008 Edition 17 of the Online Newsletter for The Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc.
TELLERS TEAS PROVING TO BE THE SUCCESS STORY OF THE YEAR!
Since we’ve been meeting at The Hughenden Arts Hotel our audiences have continued to grow. We will have to remove the café style seating and set up theatre style seating if they get any bigger!
Congratulations to featured tellers Mary French and Jo Henwood for their masterly crime, mystery and mayhem stories. Open mic’ers Jonathan Drew, Annie Eyers and Stephen Martin contributed brilliantly to the theme as well.
November Storytelling Meeting at the Hughenden – Saturday 15th November
9.30am – 4pm
9.30 President’s message
10.00 Candidates for accreditation - Annie Eyers, Stephanie Parello and Kiran Shah
Judging panel – Barbara Castledine, Christine Carlton and Donna Jacobs-Sife
11.30 Morning tea
11.45 Presentation of accreditation certificates – Eve Hofstetter, Stephen Martin and Julie Mundy-Taylor
12.00 Stories for the Recipe Book featuring Donna Jacobs-Sife and her delightful story entitled
“Tzimmes”.
12.30 Lunch – Hughenden has a café or bring your own
1.30 Susanne Gervay tells powerful stories that heal including how to communicate with teenagers.
2.45 Devonshire Tea
4.00 Close
Members - $25; non-members - $35; Concession - $30; Students - $ 15 (with id)
For all bookings and enquiries email Marie at kidcoast@bigpond.net.au
Look forward to seeing you there!
BUS ROUTES TO THE HUGHENDEN
To help everyone get to the Hughenden the following local buses will drop you close to the door:
• 380 – Circular Quay to North Bondi
• 333 – prepaid only – Circular Quay to North Bondi
• 378 – Bronte Beach to Railway Square
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
NOVEMBER
Tuesday 4 November – Book launch – Body Eloquence by Ashley Ramsden & Nancy Mellon Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street Sydney, 7pm Cost $12
Friday 7 November – Storytelling performance with Ashley Ramsden at Kamaroi School, Belrose, 7.30pm
Saturday 8 November – storytelling performance with Ashley Ramsden at Kamaroi School, Belrose, 7.30pm
Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 November – Workshop with Ashley Ramsden at Kamaroi School, Belrose, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Program for the 7th is based on poets Rumi and Hafiz. Performance on the 8th is the Hilarious Adventures of the Hodjah Nasruddin.
Contact Joy Day for all Ashley Ramsden events – 9958 0718
Saturday 22 November Storytelling Workshop with Jo Henwood
WEA, 72 Bathurst St, Sydney 9.30am – 4.30pm Ideal for all new storytellers.
Costs $98 Conc $88 Ph 9264 2781
DECEMBER
Sunday 14 December - Tellers Tea at the Hughenden, 2 – 4pm
Our last event for the year! Featured storyteller is Gayle Collins “Wild and Wonderful – Tales from Lightening Ridge” plus open mic.
Admission $13 non-members; $12 members and concession. Includes Devonshire Tea.
FUND RAISING EVENT
We are raising money to continue to promote the guild in a big way in 2009, building on the great work we’ve achieved this year.
HUGE CHRISTMAS HAMPER – DONATIONS WANTED!!!
Bring your donation to our Christmas Hamper on 15th November. We already have a promise of a traditional Christmas cake. We need a Christmas pudding, wine, biscuits, sweets and chocolates, jams, sauces, dried fruit, nuts, nibbles – ANYTHING!
Tickets for the hamper go on sale on 15th November, raffle will be drawn at our last meeting on 14th December.
Your gift problems SOLVED
Have you ordered your 2009 QUILT CALENDARS yet? Cost is only $10 (For P&H details ring Vivienne on 02 9362 1383).
Orders can be sent to either vivward@senet.com.au or PO box Q274, QVB Post Office, Sydney NSW 1230 (Attention CALENDAR). Please provide credit card details, money order, or cheque made payable to the Guild. Include your full postal address and phone number.
We’ve also got some great storytelling CD’s and books for sale – available at our meetings or on-line.
LAST CHANCE TO BE IN THE RECIPE BOOK!
Make sure you get your story and recipe in by our last meeting on 14th December.
Write a short story for our Recipe Book [and possible Calendar]. The story can be about your favourite food, cooking disaster, greatest successes or it may be a short folktale featuring food, followed by a suitable recipe. Don’t forget story maximum 500 words plus recipe.
Send to Vivienne Ward – vivward@senet.com.au or by post to Recipe Project, Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc., Box Q274, QVB Post Office NSW 1230.