Shared Gypsy proverb
(from Meg Gilman)
We are all wanderers on this earth.
Our hearts are full of wonder, and
our souls are deep with dreams
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Fall/Winter, 2005
Volume2
Issue 3
Marilyn A. Kinsella
markinsella19@hotmail.com
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August 14 - IL Storytelling Festival in Spring Grove, IL 15 - Our Lady of the Snows Elderhostel. 6:30 pm 17 - Zion Lutheran - "Stories From Mother Earth. 1:30 pm 19 - My birthday! 21 - Riverwind picnic in Breese, IL 23 - IL Arts Council meeting about showcases. 27 - Archaeology Day at Cahokia Mounds 10:00-4:00 pm. Free Family Event!! 29 - Todd Hall, Columbia, IL - Elderhostel. September 10 - Moweaqua's Indian summer Festival Town starting at 10:00. Free family event. 29 - Lewis and Clark College - Children's Lit Class October 1 - Pawnee Library "Stories from the Deep Dark Bluffs of Southern Illinois." 11:00 am. 3 - Stories 'n Stones at Homer/Glen in northern IL. All day activities 5-9 - Attending the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough TN 14 - Dillard Creek Ghost Stories, Dillard, MO, 7-9 pm (free/family) 17 Mascoutah Boy Scouts. 21 - Riverwind Witches' Brew - Edwardsville Public Library 7-9 (free/family) 27 - Pfiser's Halloween Party - 3:30-5:30 22 - Mo-Tell Festival -Spooks 'n Sparks at the Haynor Children's Libary with the Rivewind Storytellers. 6:30 - 7:30 (free/family) 28 - Mt. Vernon Teacher's Conference to showcase Stories 'n Stones. 29 - Ghost Stories sponsored by the Prairie Grapevine at the Springfield Unitarian Church. (small fee) 31 - Fall Stories at Webster School in Collinsville, IL (pm) November 2 Stories for the Adult Heart in Urbana, IL 3 - IAC Workshops on Marketing 4 - IAC Showcase in Chicago 7 - North Middle School Alton - 10 - Hospice Retreat Day at the King's House 17 - Haynor Public Library Family Reading Night 19 -Tellabration - TBA 22 - Highmount School, Belleville - all day. Note: I look forward to hearing from you. For more programs offered by Taleypo the Storyteller and Stories 'n Stones go to "About Marilyn"
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Summer Reading Recap Whew! What a summer! I felt like two performers rolled into one. One day I was puppeteer/storyteller for the pre-school early elementary set and the next I was historian/storyteller for older elementary and families. See Taleypo in action. I presented "Goin' Ape Over Super Heroes" ten times this summer. Each time I did it, it became a little easier. There is so much to think about when you are a puppeteer. I had to get to the site at least an hour ahead of time to set up and get myself composed enough to do the puppet play. AND, I told a new story to boot. It's one that I've heard a ga-zillion times but never told - Anansi Brings the Stories to the World. It's a long story for the pre-school set so I added a lot of audience participation. Each time I went for a performance I had to practice it in the car. I also put the puppet play I did on line for your use. So just click on "Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock" and you will find it on my new "Puppet Central." I had a great time this summer, but one funny incident that I just have to pass on. I was preparing for the puppet play back stage when I hear the librarian ask if she wanted me to pull some book on the Holocaust for the program. The Holocaust? I asked her why. She said, "Well, you said the program was about a Nazi." A Nazi? Then, it dawned on me "Anansi!" We had a good laugh over that. The puppets and the sets are now stored in my basement. I hope to revive it during Black History Month. To see pictures from the Bethalto Library, just click on Pictures. Stories 'n Stones Presents "Ishi, the Last of the Stone Age Super Heroes" went very well too - 12 times!. I found the perfect stories to complement Ishi's story. The first story was what we call a hybrid. I took a little from a story that Ishi left behind called "Ishi's Tale of Lizard," and a lot from a Lakota story called "Rabbit and the Flint Bear" and added a touch of my own to the story. I ended up calling it "Rabbit, the Arrow Maker." It was a good lead in for Larry to do his demo on flintknapping. Then, I found a fire story that was actually from the area where Ishi's tribe, the Yahi, lived. I called it. "Coyote Brings Fire to the People." There are many versions of this story. I picked the elements I liked best to retell it. The St. Louis Post Dispatch did a real nice write up about the program when we performed at Cahokia Mounds. You can read it here. I am pleased to be telling a story for the newly resurrected Illinois Storytelling Festival. It's coming up...soon. So, try to make a day of it and travel up north to Spring Grove, IL to hear some of the best storytellers from Illinois. Here is some info with a link to the website: Illinois Storytelling Festival
As sure as the Phoenix rose from the ashes. so to has the ISF. They are "Fired-Up" to present a one-day storytelling extravaganza on Sunday, August 14, 2005. Tellers include: Patrick Ryan, Beth Horner, Jim May, Edie Armstrong, Jim & Karen Decker, Lucinda Flodin, Linda Gorham, Leanne Johnson, Nan Kammann-Judd, Dan Keding, Marilyn Kinsella, Janice Del Negro, Gail Permenter, Jane Stenson, Greg Weiss, Megan Wells, the Memory Makers and Illinois Storytelling Board Members Scott Mor and Val Wallace with special guest, Rich Tobiasz. For more info click on Illinois Storytelling Festival |
Riverwind Storytellers will be telling stories at these free, family events: Halloween Dates
For more information on the Riverwind Storytellers, click on the August Newsletter.
Northland StorytellingI accepted the position as the Illinois representative on the Northlands board.
I'm excited to be a part of this regional organization that has a great reputation for gathering storytellers and presenting a dynamic spring conference. I have a newsletter that is going out to the IL membership. If you'd like to read it, just clik on I'll. Tell
As the universe would have it...I was also asked to be the Illinois rep on the National Storytelling Network's committee of State Liaisons. During my free time this summer I have been at work on my web site. I hope you have some time to read the following pages: Puppet Central - includes the workshop handouts, helpful puppetry hints and many, many puppet plays that I wrote. Yes, you have my permission to use them. Two new versions of some of my "Fabulous Folktales" include: New study guides under my "Teacher/Teller Pages" include Ticky Picky Boom-Boom Study Guide "Bunches of Munch's" Study Guide |
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