1. What's Happening in Your Neck of the Woods?
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May 19, 2007:
New Brunswick, NJ
at 2:00 p.m. at the
Linwood School in North Brunswick. VSA arts of New Jersey (VSA/NJ), a
nonprofit statewide organization that provides arts opportunities
for people with disabilities, will honor the recipients of the 2007 Arts Achievement Awards and the 2nd Annual Dare to Imagine Awards. For more information on the awards and other VSA/NJ programming, contact VSA arts of New Jersey, 703 Jersey Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; (732) 745-3885; 745-3913 (TTY); info@vsanj.org.
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| July 8, 2007: San Diego, CA: Story Theater Keynote Kamp with Doug Stevenson, from 8:30 am - 5 pm at Embassy Suites San Diego Bay. Doug will teach how to craft and deliver an amazing speech, using techniques from his Dynamite Speech System and Story Theater Method. A well crafted and delivered story is the most effective and memorable way to make a point, teach a lesson, or sell a product or service. Early registration discount before May 21. www.storytheater.net, click on "Story Theater Method, Retreats, Events and Workshops"; then "Public Workshops"; or contact deborah@dougstevenson.com. |
| August 16-19: Seekonk, MA (near Providence RI): Performance workshop with Bill Harley! Don?t be the best - be the only - This workshop is designed for performers who have reached a certain level of competence and are trying to get to the next place. In other words, it's not for beginners. You should have performance experience, some sense of who you are as a performer and what you want to do. Individual coaching, group work, business ideas and great food in a comfortable rural setting. For more information: http://www.billharley.com/workshopsummer2007.asp |
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"Your Neck of the Woods" is randomly selected from Calendar listings submitted online. If you would like to see more events that may be going on in your area go to: http://www.storynet.org/Events/Calendar/. |
| We have put together a brand new way for you to CONNECT with other storytellers, story lovers, and story enthusiasts! Now there is a special place for you to chat, ask important questions, share stories, and more. What is this special storytelling land we speak of? For those of you who snuck a look at the preview, you will see changes to the forum topics. Thanks to all who responded with suggestions. |
| Networking through the Forum is easy as 1, 2, 3... |
| 1.) Register for Free |
| 2.) Post |
| 3.) Wait for a response |
| All of the Moderators are set and we are ready for YOU!!! Please join us. The forum is a great way to seek information because it will automatically archive all posts. This means if you had a question about insurance you could search the forum for all conversations about insurance and if there hasn't been a post about insurance you could post one. Isn't that easy! |
| We hope you enjoy the Forum! |
| The Greenwood World Folklore and Folklife database will soon become a member benefit. When the National Storytelling Network (NSN) brought the trial version to the membership, members were asked if they would be willing to contribute to the cost of the database. Many of you responded positively and enthusiastically. |
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The decision has been made to purchase the database for 1 year, beginning May 1, 2007. Donations may be made online at the Market Place for as little as $5.00 and up to your personal limit. Please visit the Market Place at https://www.storynet.org/market/ to donate, or send a check to Holly Stott with Folklore on the comment line of the check. Thank you all for your support. An announcement will go out once the database site is mounted on MemberClicks. The new user name and password information will be posted on MemberClicks. |
| Send checks to: |
| Holly Stott |
| Folklore @ National Storytelling Network |
| 132 Boone Street, Suite 5 |
| Jonesborough, TN 37659 |
| Need a gift for Mother's Day, or how about Father's Day? NSN is having a SALE !!!!! Now you can receive 30% off your favorite titles. NSN has the resources needed for your storytelling activities. In these books, tapes, and CD's you'll find one clever idea after another. Fresh new concepts are waiting for you. The possibilities for stories, programs, and professional development are as endless as your imagination. Share these products with your friends, family, and colleagues. Use them with your guild, classes, or program participants. |
| Available only from NSN. Recapture the magic of storytelling and take advantage of this sales-extravaganza. This opportunity is available only through June 30, 2007! |
| You can take advantage of this sale by visiting our online marketplace at |
| Please note some NSN products are not included in this sale (Wake me Up When the Data is Over, Tellabration! materials, Storytelling Troll, and Festival Keepsake) |
| Our quote for the week: |
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Stories are the fabric that are woven into a quilt: that warm our hearts, that challenge our brain, that preserve our past, that laugh at our future, that tap our emotions, that fantasize a reality, that we may return: changed to wrestle the day to day.
Where would we be without stories? No telling! |
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-Michael Perry, Storyteller |
| If you haven’t yet sent me words that describe NSN membership to you, please take 5 minutes this week to send your quote to: Frankie@storynet.org We don’t have much longer to advertise our contest, so hurry with your quote and with getting your new members. |
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Click on the link below to see what the member who recruits the most new members will receive. |
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http://www.storynet.org/NSNMembership/Contest/memcampaign.html#a |
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For more details please visit: |
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http://www.storynet.org/NSNMembership/Contest/memcampaign.html |
| The Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling offers an opportunity to be awarded a $5,000 grant. The deadline is May 7, 2007, with the project to be completed in calendar year 2008. |
| The grant will support a model storytelling project that is service-oriented, based in a community or organization, and, to some extent, replicable in other places and situations. More than one award may be given, depending on quality of proposals and availability of funding. |
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For detailed guidelines, the application form, and information about past recipients, please go to the link for the Brimstone Grant found at: http://www.storynet.org/Programs/Grants/Brimstone/index.html |
| The early registration ends at midnight tonight (April 30) PDT. You still have time to save money. |
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http://www.storynet.org/Events/Conference/2007/registration.htm |
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Since our first mention of this program in the Bulletin in March, we've had about a dozen offers from our members to mentor. We've also added another option to the program. If you missed the March Bulletin, below is a description of this endeavor. |
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We are looking for Storytellers who have been telling for a while and who feel they have knowledge to share with less experienced storytellers. There are people committing to the art form of Storytelling every day, or want to expand their experience but who are unsure of how to get started, what to do, and how to do it. You can be the bridge from the unknown into a future of Storytelling prolificacy. |
| There have been some additions to our original thinking about mentoring: |
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The seekers of help and the helpers may register their desire to participate by emailing Frankie@storynet.org
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| Dear Friends, |
| Once again we have been notified of a possible scam going around via email targeting storytellers. I have enclosed the email below. Please beware if you receive this. This is the exact letter. I did not change it. Thanks. |
| Hello,
My name is Jude Micheal,I am presently in the UK here i work as a videographer. The reason why i am contacting you is that my wife sharron will be Celibrating her 40th Birthday Party soon, precisely on the 2nd of June 2007,please check your avalability for this date becouse I will want you to take care of the Entertaiment aspect of the event by telling my Guest Interesting Stories. |
| I came across
your profile on the www.storryteller.net and am impressed with your
Profile,experience.
The venue address of the event is:740 HERMANN RD NORTH BRUNSWICK,NJ 08902. |
| We are expecting about 60-70 guest at this party & its going to be an indoor party. The party starts 1pm-2pm according to our program of the event. You are to start performing when it is 1pm till 2pm with breaks. All expenses would be taken care of by me;Please I want the best service from you, because she is my only wife & i love her so much So your best production is needed at this occasion. |
| Pls Let me have your CHARGES to work for 1 Hour on that day,1pm -2pm ,moreso let me know how you plan to move down here. I will want to put it to your notice that i will take care of your hotel only if requested by you,please let me know how many of you will be comming for this event? |
| I hope to read from you soon & also to have your service QUOTE and answer's to all this inquiers: |
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an audio or video tape available? 2)What type of deposit is required? 3)What is your refund/ cancellation policy? 4)What are your overtime rates? 5)What is your Quote for this Gig? |
| I look forward to your response So that i can make quick arrangement of paying you a deposit payment so that you can book my wife event on your calendar. Pls email me back asap. |
| Best Regards Jude Micheal. +447031973041 (Direct Line) +447031968248 |
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Greetings!
Glenda Bonin who lives in Tucson has suggested that The Bulletin Forum might be a good place to discuss the answers to some questions she has received from inexperienced storytellers. As a storyteller, story teacher, performer and workshop presenter for more than twenty-five years, Glenda loves what she does! Her experience includes work with grades K through 12, college classes, library programs and community events, and her storytelling programs include puppetry, magic, theatre arts and creative writing activities. |
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(Faye Wooden) |
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| Glenda says, "Telling stories is a person-to-person experience. It is a time of dreaming, wisdom and truth...an excellent and subtle teaching tool with universal appeal. I believe that teachers who add stories to enhance curriculum are the very teachers whose lessons are retained for a lifetime." Find out more about her work on the web at storyworksgroup.org. | |
| While these topics came in the form of questions from new tellers, they are important matters for all of us in the storytelling community to consider. In response to a question about whether there are storytelling do's and don'ts, Glenda stated that most do's and don'ts are determined by each teller on a personal level. Then she listed some issues which would make good topics for The Member Spotlight: |
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| Who wants to weigh in on one of these significant issues? Do YOU have another topic to introduce? |
| ...Waiting to hear… |
| Faye |
| fayewooden@adelphia.net |
| Dear Members, |
| I came across this art project online. The Fairy Duck Project is a project that allows artisans to create a duck and send it to children in Africa. The children to whom these will be sent to do not have toys. Its an inexpensive way for people to help children. The people in charge of this program hope to send 1,000 Fairy Duck Dolls to Africa. They will send you the patterns to make a duck! |
| You can find out more about the Fairy Duck Project by visiting... |
| http://fairyducks.blogspot.com/2007/04/fairy-duck-kit.html |
| -Holly Stott |