UPCOMING STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS
Music and Storytelling- with Kira Van Deusen
DATE: Saturday, November 10, 2007
PLACE: The Masonic Temple, Cathedral St.
TIME: 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
COST: $25 (adults) $15 (seniors, students and unwaged)
For storytellers at all levels who would like to add a touch of music to their telling, or for improvisational musicians who want to work with storytellers. We'll play with improvisational sounds and rhythms using mainly our voices. Bring instruments if you have them. Then we'll discuss and experiment with how a teller can use music to enhance a storytelling, as well as some of the ways it can go astray. Music can add atmosphere or provide a rest for absorbing story details. We'll also discuss the process of storytellers and musicians working together.
Maximum 20 participants. No musical experience necessary.
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Storytelling, Peace and Reconciliation - a workshop for Remembrance Day
DATE: Remembrance Day, Sunday, November 11, 2007
PLACE: The Masonic Temple, Cathedral St.
TIME: 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
COST: $25 (adults) $15 (seniors, students and unwaged)
UNESCO designated 2001 the International Year for Dialogue Among Civilizations, a fitting start to the Decade of Peace and Non-violence. Throughout the world, people are using storytelling to bridge chasms of distrust and prejudice. Folktales and literary stories allow us to examine our attitudes and prejudices on a symbolic level, employing the ancient archetypes to focus on our similarities, rather than on our differences. Personal and family narratives, on the other hand, grant us the rare opportunity of seeing the world through the eyes of another. Sharing experiences he has gained working in collaborations with organizations like UNICEF Canada and the Hospital for Sick Children, award-winning storyteller Dan Yashinsky will show how stories can begin to help us beat our swords into ploughshares.
Space is limited for these workshops; please pre-register with Sandy Woolfrey-Fahey…
709-685-3444 / storytelling@nf.sympatico.ca
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WOMEN'S ACCORDION CIRCLE
Do you love the accordion? Let's get together!
When: Every Monday, 7:30 P.M.
Where: Arts and Culture Centre, Second Floor, Old Art Gallery Space (email for directions)
Bring your accordion to the Women's Accordion Circle, an informal, safe, and supportive environment for women of all ages to perform, experiment, and share stories about making music with their accordions. Come play a tune, learn a new one, or tell your stories about your accordion.
Interested? Call or e-mail Kelly Best
746-2399 (after 6 pm, please); kelly.best@gmail.com
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