riverwind        Aug/Sept, 2006            Volume 6                Issue 7

Riverwind Storytellers Co.      3322 West A  St.         Belleville, IL 62226

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                       August Highlights

                         

Riverwind Storytellers met at the Broadway Center for the Arts to see our own Stephanie Rhein in the play Misery. She was outstanding as Annie Wilkes - real "oogie!"

We didn't have much RW talk at Mariachi's ahead of time. So, please look at the upcoming dates and put them on your calendar. At the September meeting we need to have definite lists made for each event to  assure that we have the number of tellers the venue requests. 

                    

Riverwind September Meeting - Wednesday, September 13th, 6:30 pm - dinner, at The Rendezvous Room  in Hartford, IL. If you are not coming, let            Ron Adams know ASAP. We like to give Bob an accurate count on who will be there. If you are new to the group, please call Ron and let him know that you will be coming. As a reminder, if you are a regular at the meeting, we want you to pay $10.00 (tax and tip included) for the meal unless you call Ron to cancel. Here are the directions:

Directions:

bulletTake I-270 across the bridge to Illinois.
bulletTurn at the first Exit - Rt. 3 going NORTH.
bulletApprox. 4 miles there will be a light and a sign for Hartford.
bulletTurn Right at this light onto Hawthorne.
bulletGo to the first 4-way stop and turn right. Rendezvous (yellow building) is on the corner. Go to the south end for parking. It is handicap accessible.

 Bob's cell is 618/530-6922

                         

 "Sometimes I wish that I didn't have to use so many words to say so little."—Arlo Guthrie

           National Storytelling Conference

                           

                ”Storytelling:                                                             Reflecting Our Past,                                   Creating Your Future”

                         St Louis, MO

                        July 12- 15, 2007

Some important dates for the

NSN Conference in St. Louis  are around the bend:

bulletProposals for workshops must be submitted by changed to Sept. 7, 2006. To find out more, go directly to the NSN webpage click HERE
bulletCall for Regional Conference Tellers. Tapes must be sent by changed to Sept. 14, 2006   To find out more go directly to the webpage, click HERE
bulletFringe Lottery Proposals due in by Sept. 14, 2006.

For more info click on link above.

Take a new look at the easy-to-navigate NSN webpage. Just click HERE.

                             

"It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time     to say anything in it,  because we do not say anything   in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and     to listen to." -Treebeard from J.R.R. Tolkien's The  Two Towers               

                  Contact Information

Ron Adams           618/345-7880  President  mythmaker1@charter.net

Mary  Lu Bretsch              dmlbr@charter.net  618/234-9698      Treasurer                   

Marilyn Kinsella     618/397-1377 markinsella19@hotmail.com     Editor 

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              Dates to Remember

                    

bulletRiverwind Witches' Brew: October 20th at the Edwardsville Public Library. Put your best witch forward as Riverwind tells from 7-9 pm.
bulletSpooks 'n Specters: October 24th at the Haynor Library in Alton (times TBA). We need 3 or 4 RW's to tell to five-seven year olds for one hour.
bulletTellabration: November 18, 2006. Collinsville Library - More info TBA
bulletFirst Night: December 31, 2006, at the Lewis and Clark College in Godfrey, IL. Times TBA
bullet"Stories from the Heart and Home" February 4, 2007, at 2:30 pm : Union Methodist Church, Belleville for their Fine Arts Series. So, brush up on your best story - think of Valentine's Day or "home" story. Time will depend on who is telling that day. Gail Long who comes to our RWWW is our contact person. She needs to know who will be telling.

    In and Around:

                    

Mary Garret reports for MO-TELL: Scary stories -- MO-TELL will have an evening of scary stories on October 20
(free) and a workshop on telling scary stories the morning of October 21
($40) at the Katy Depot in Frontier Park in St. Charles.  Consider this a
personal invitation to anyone close enough to want to come.  I could even
recommend reasonable motels and restaurants nearby.  We are also having a
Sunday workshop with Elizabeth Ellis and Loren Niemi on telling difficult
stories ($100, limited to 20 participants).  Tellers on Friday will include
Ron Adams, so scary that some adults leave the room rather than hear the
story.

Tellabration: November 18, from 3-5 p.m. at Union Ave. Christian Church.
733 North Union at Enright, St. Louis, MO 63108  Tellers will be Loretta Washington, Kathy Schottel, Carol Watkins, Shaaron Peters, Dan Romano, and Ashley Grey.  The evening will be co-hosted by MO-TELL and Gateway.  In addition, MO-TELL will be organizing an auction, and donations will be
organized by and Karen Potts and  Sue Hinkel  636 271 7914 or
shinkel@mail.win.org .

For more MO-Tell activities got to MO-TELL

 

The Grove's Folk and Storytelling Festival  You may remember Debi from the last RWWW. She us the following info
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
1421 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview, Illinois
Presents:  The NorthShore Storytelling Guild
Storytelling on the island from 11:30 A.M.-5:00 and at 3 locations through out the day. 
There will also be  Folk music on the Main Stage  Food  available 
Entrance fee $4.00 ...children under 12 ..$1.00  Babies in arms..free
Thanks, hope all is going well for you and yours.  Hope to see you soon.
With Stories to spin,
Debi Gajewski
The Story Spinners


McHenry Bus ride to the festival in Jonesborough, TN (October 6-8, 2006)

   

    

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