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        June, 2007       _      Volume 10                Issue 4

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

                              

                        Vestiges of June

The festival of Vestalia lasted from JUN-7 to JUN-15. It was held in honor of the Roman Goddess of the hearth, Vesta. Married women were able to enter the shrine of Vesta during the festival. At other times of the year, only the vestal virgins were permitted inside.

Riverwind Meeting night is once again upon us. Since our meeting date is among the Roman festival dates, I'm tempted to ask everyone to show up in togas and ask Bob to prepare platters of exotic foods and goblets of vino. After all, it looks like us "married types" are welcome! Toga or not to go, the meeting is:

Wednesday, June13 at Bob's Rendezvous Room. (6:30 - dinner) Click on the name for directions. Please call Ron, if you are a regular and will not be coming. Also call, if you are bringing an added guest. As usual, please let Ron know if you are not coming or have extra guests. Otherwise we may have to feed you to the lions.

       

RiverwinD Whirlwind Weekend

                       XXV

           Feb. 29 - March 1-2, 2008

At the May meeting it was discussed and decided upon to ask

                                  Barbara Freeman

                          Barbara Freeman  and

Connie Regan-Blake to be our workshop leaders next year. They graciously accepted our offer. Many know that they were the wind beneath our wings when they originally performed as "The Folktellers." Many original RWers went to a workshop they gave in Carlyle, IL, in May of 1981. No one knew each other then, and it wasn't until years and years later that someone asked at the meeting what our first storytelling experience was and over half said they went to see The Folktellers. Marilyn talked to them and they agreed to come our 25th - Silver Jubilee!

More specifics about their workshops in coming newsletters.

Since the consensus was that the Lewis and Clark Historic Site would not comfortably hold over 40 (our break-even point), it was also discussed and decided to hold the event at the Collinsville Memorial Library. The site has been secured for the first weekend in March (Feb. 29th - March 2, 2008).

                 May Reflections                   

                     

  Roses are red, Violets are blue;
  But they don't get around
  Like the dandelions do.
                              -   Slim Acres

Warren Wyman told "I Believe" from Robert Fulghum's It Was On Fire When I Lay Down on It. A powerful remembrance that Imagination is more powerful than Knowledge.

Lucy Grondahl a hapless snake that "didn't have a pit to hiss in."

Marilyn Kinsella told The Legend of the Cedars - a Cherokee creation myth that tells why the length of daylight changes every 24 hours..

Sharon Thompson told "I'm Not Cute!" A story about Owl with eyes that glow that was a veritable "hunting machine.".

Marion Nichols told "Buffalo Games." 

                                 

A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay.
A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.

Riverwind also discussed Tellabration. They really liked the accommodations last year at the Collinsville Library's Blum House. Some concern was raised over the issue of it not being handicapped accessible, but Barbara Rhodes assured us that there is a lift at the back of the house for wheelchairs. So, the Collinsville Memorial Library have us down for Tellabration!

            Contact Information

Ron Adams           618/345-7880  President mythmaker1@aol.com

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

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

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             NSN Conference in St. Louis

                        

                          "Storytelling:  

                      Reflecting Our  Past,    

                     Creating Your Future”  

                   St. Louis, MO          July 12- 15, 2007

Mary Lu Bretsch is a co-chairman for this event. Riverwind is certainly represented with Phyllis Hostmeyer telling at the Regional Concert and Lucy Grondahl presenting a workshop Imagination Stretching: Dragons and Taverns and Bears (Oh My!)   Many other Riverwinders are volunteering in a variety of ways. We need to support this once in a lifetime opportunity by volunteering in some way and, of course, monetarily. See Mary Lu about how you can be a part of this conference.

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                          From Mary Garrett:

Two Storytelling classes:   UMSL June 31 through June 29, 2007, J. C. Penney Building,   9 Am - 3:30;   and Webster University, July 23 through July 27 - 9 AM through 4 PM in Conference Room, Emerson Library, Webster U.  

UMSL course for EVERYONE at very reasonable cost.   Runs  Thursday, June 21, and Friday June 22 (Lynn Rubright teaching Family Folklore and Telling One's Own Story);   Annette Harrison teaching Monday and Tuesday, June 25, 26;   Perrin Stifel and Sue Hinkel teaching alternately Wednesday and Thursday,   June 27, 28., culminating  with "mini storytelling festival final project" on Friday, June 29.
More detailed info on Festival web site or call –314-516-5948 or e-mail  Bette Ramirez    bette_ramirez@umsl.edu     

Lynn Rubright’s course at Webster -- annual Storytelling Institute in Emerson Library Conference Room, Webster U Campus -  Monday, July 23 through Friday, July 27.    School of Education. Info on Webster U. web site.   course number COMM   5750.01   (or 02)       Most students are MAT students.

            

Tell you what I like the best --
'Long about knee-deep in June,
'Bout the time strawberries melts
On the vine, -- some afternoon
Like to jes' git out and rest,
And not work at nothin' else!
-   James Witcomb Riley, Knee Deep in June

                            Announcements

            June is bustin' out all over.
                                - Oscar Hammerstein II, 1945

  •                  SIT & SAVOR

    SATURDAY- June 9, 2007

    7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

    Kathy Schottel, Dodie Nelke, & Others

      INFORMATION or RESERVATIONS

                  314-256-8857

        COMEDY  POETRY      DANCE         

      BENEFIT PERFORMANCE

    to send Pat Chaffee to Columbia with Witness for Peace

    Admission $15   (Includes all refreshments)

    Aquinas Institute of Theology

    23 South Spring Avenue

    (at Forest Park Avenue - one block West of Grand)

    St. Louis, MO 63108

     Parking on street or 1/2 block away in Lighted Laclede Garage - $2)

     Dodie Nelke, Director of Events and Alumni Relations              nelke@ai.edu

  • Patty Carleton reports: No storytelling events---but lots of fun stuff happening at the library. The Harry Potter Knight Bus tour, June 28; a lock-in for kids age 9-12 for the Harry Potter Release July 20/21, Harry and the Potters with front band, Draco and the Malfoys on July 30--plus Summer Reading Club starts today--our adult SRC, Pageturners, has been going for about a month.  The adult prize is very cool--a book bag, that would actually hold a laptop.  Plus we're starting a Read Down Your Fines program--to let kids read away their fines..  Got to www.slpl.org for details.

    Lucy Grondahl is flying high - On June 23, Mike will be competing in the Red Bull Flugtag in Nashville TN, For more info go to www.redbullflugtagusa.com  (our team is Wacky Winged Wizard). Wish us luck!

     
  • Larry and Marilyn Kinsella will present "Stories 'n Stones: To Woodhenge and Beyond" at Cahokia Mounds on Sunday, June 24th at 1:30 pm, as part of the Solstice Sunrise Ceremony. Marilyn will tell the Cherokee legends -  "The Legend of the Cedar Trees" and "Grandmother Spider Brings the Light." Larry will talk about the reconstruction of Woodhenge in the mid-eighties, its significance as a sun calendar, and the tools used originally and in reconstruction. Free and open to the public. They will also present the program at the Edwardsville Public Library on Tuesday, June 19th at 1:00 pm. and at the Granite City Branch Library on June 21 at 10:00 am.
  • Marilyn will present her new puppet show "Coyote Dances with the Stars" at the Granite City Main Library on June 20th at 2:30 pm. and the Caseyville Library on June 21 at 2:00 pm. Everyone is welcome!

                             

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