Newsletter for March 2009
Welcome to the March 2009 Edition 20 of the Online Newsletter for The Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc.
Ebba Bodame’s workshop on Body Eloquence was truly fascinating and those attending aim to continue learning about this topic vital to storytelling with Ebba in the near future – stay tuned for further details.
THE GUILD IS HOSTING A STORYTELLING SPECTACULAR IN MAY – DON’T MISS OUT!
Internationally acclaimed author/ Storyteller Ken Benn from New Zealand
Saturday 23 May - A full day workshop covering the topics “Humour in Storytelling” and “How to bring life to Historical Characters”.
Comedy Workshop - performance and healing laughter
- Truth and pain
- Light and shade
- Cultural traps and humour
- It's all in the timing
- Rejuvenating semantics
Researching and Performing Historical Characters - how to get into the life of a character you want to portray
- What do audiences want to learn?
- Separating fact and narrative
- Distinguishing between dark and shade
- Giving a guru flesh and blood
- Why clay feet are better than gold
- Discarding the script and living the life!
- Performance traps
Visit Ken’s website: http://www.kenbenn.co.nz/
9.30 - 4pm at The Hughenden Arts Hotel, 14 Queen Street, Paddington.
Cost - $95 members / $125 non-members – includes morning and afternoon teas and lunch.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL – filling up fast - ring Sue on 9977 0331 or email her - suestory@tpg.com.au
WORK OPPORTUNITY
Illawarra-South Coast Children’s Book Council is seeking expressions of interest from storytellers who can tell Aboriginal, African and/or Arabic stories. They are applying for funding for a festival in 2010. If you fit the bill, can you please send your full contact details, including your charges, to Di Bates at dibates@enterprisingwords.com.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
MARCH
Sunday 15 March – St Patrick’s Day at Vienna Cottage, 38 Alexander Street, Hunters Hill. 11am – 3pm. Program now full with the following storytellers telling on the day – Reilly McCarran, Maggie Newlyn, Stephen Martin, Vivienne Ward, Ebba Bodame, Annie Eyers, Kiran Shah, Barbara Castledine, Kerrie Parkinson, Jo Henwood, Christine Carlton and The Talespinners and we welcome Patricia who will sing Irish ballads. Thanks to the following people who are bringing cakes for the cake stall Marie Smith, Sue Alvarez, Barbara Castledine, Jo Henwood, Vivienne Ward and Stanley Cribb. MCs for the day are Dianne Minter and Vivienne Ward. This is a great day to bring the kids and the grand kids with Marie and Graham Smith running the craft activities.
St Patrick’s Day Raffle
Our first big fund raising event for the year is the St Patrick’s Day raffle at Vienna Cottage. Our organiser for the raffle is Maggie Newlyn and she’d love to hear from you. Please email Maggie on maggie.newlyn@optus.com.au or bring your contribution on the day.
Saturday 28 / Sunday 29 March – Norman Lindsay Children’s Literature Festival, Norman Lindsay Gallery, 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent, Faulconbridge via Springwood Blue Mountains. 10am – 3pm each day. Program now full with the following storytellers telling over the weekend – The Talespinners, Stephen Martin, Marie Smith, Ebba Bodame, Annie Eyers, Kiran Shah, Barbara Castledine, Jo Henwood, Eve Hofstetter, Kylie de Gour.
People running the stall include Marion Nicolson, Vivienne Ward, Leigh McMahon and Louise Sheppard.
Congratulations to Jo Henwood who is a Festival Speaker over the weekend – check out the full program – a link to which is on the Guild’s website.
Saturday 7 March – Storytelling @ The Roxbury, 182 St John’s Road, Glebe, 8pm, featuring Tommy Dean, Darren Hayden and Michael Costello, supported by live music. Tickets $15 at the door or http://www.moshtix.com.au. Congratulations and best wishes to our members K Street Productions on their new venture at The Roxbury Hotel.
Saturday 14 March – join visiting English storytellers Michael and Wendy Dacre on Voyages of Wonder at the Kamaroi Steiner School, 220 Forest Way, Belrose at 7.30pm. Tickets $24, $20 concession, $12 students from Sherryl at Kamario 9450 1651 or email Joy Day joyeday@hotmail.com
Saturday 28th March - OH Creativity Cards Workshop Boronia Room, Eden Gardens, North Ryde - cost $300. Call Diane Low on 0400 585 730 or email diane@trueyou.com.au for details.
APRIL
Sunday, 19th April Tellers Tea at The Hughenden Arts Hotel, 14 Queen Street, Paddington 2pm – 4pm ‘Bibs and Bobs’ - Featured Teller Christine Greenough $20 includes Devonshire Tea. Please call Christine on 0413 878 891 if you’d like to be on this program with her or be part of the open mic.
CONGRATULATING MEMBERS
Congratulations to Annie Eyers on being selected as a Workshop presenter at the NSN Pacific Regional Talk Story Conference in Hawaii in July.
Donna Jacobs-Sife is currently on a storytelling tour of South Africa.
Congratulations to Sue Alvarez who successfully applied to the University of Technology Sydney for a final year student placement to conduct a marketing plan for the Guild. The student will be interviewing selected members within the next few months.