Storytelling
Thanks to Diane Rossbach for coordinating our storytelling venue.
Friday
| Time | Session | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM | Strange Encounters...urban legends and more | Ramona King | Other worldly tales that capture the imagination fill the night with ghostly and strange encounters. A woman meets a man in the subway who hides a near fatal injury. Children play an innocent but deadly game. Conversations with strangers lead to unexpected outcomes. |
| 7:00 PM | Story Circle | Dianne Rossbach | Audience participation storytelling. |
Saturday
Saturday
| Time | Session | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | MacNeil's Marvelous Medicine Show | Dianna Sherwood | Take a step back in time to the days when a business woman sold her wares from the back of... a horse drawn wagon. |
| 11:00 AM | Folk Tales for All Ages | Walter Sala | Walt Sala brings stories, folk tales and legends to life in a natural way that bring back memories of times past, laughter that lifts our spirits, moistens our eyes with warmth of special moments, reminds us of why we look for tomorrow's dawn. Folk Tales entertain us with tales of the impossible, teach us who we are and who we ought to be, inspire us with possiblities we have yet to experience. Walt is a certifed Hypnotherapist, professional speaker and instructor, professional storyteller and instructor. Performances at Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, cruise ships (RCL), major corporations,(such as Kraft, Allstate, etc), schools and colleges, Chicago Senior Affairs, professional associations, etc. |
| 12:00 PM | Balloon-ology | Dianne Rossbach | A Not So Serious Look at Inflation |
| 1:00 PM | Aesop's Foibles | Margaret Edmundson | We all know Aesop's fables and their "morals," but in Margaret's tellings, do they become more contemporary foibles than fables? Margaret has a Masters in Storytelling from Lesley University and is Vice President of Programming for Storytellers of New Mexico. She tells stories and facilitates workshops at festivals, schools, libraries, coffee houses, senior centers and theaters. She weaves her personal experiences of living all over the world into her folk tales. |
| 2:00 PM | Middle Eastern Tales | Steven Pla | Steven Plá has been telling stories from around the world for over 25 years. A lifetime student of mythology and folklore, Steven has been featured on many radio programs both in English and Spanish, and has performed in over 60 libraries in New Mexico as well as at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque Old-Town Plaza, many schools and libraries, and many other venues around the Southwest. In 1994 he was an official Storyteller for the NM State Library's Summer Reading Program, and performed all over the state, happily gypsying around to villages and small towns in his 1951 Chevy. He even got put up in a Hogan one night. A career librarian in academic, research, and school libraries for over 30 years, Steven was for many years the school librarian on Zuni Pueblo, and was beloved for his storytelling and enrichment work with Zuni children. Among other positions in a very varied career, Steven has been Director of Libraries at TVI and Librarian of the American Philatelic Research Library. As well as the MLS degree, Steven holds an MA in East Asian Studies and is a certified public school teacher. Steven believes that storytelling is a bridge to understanding between cultures, and can be an important way to contribute to peace by promoting an appreciation of the traditional values of all the world's peoples. |
| 3:00 PM | Transformation Tales | Anna Katherine | "Transformation Tales for Summer Solstice - Finding the Light" Exciting folktales from around the world including "Amaterasu", a Japanese tale about the sun goddess, and "Raven Steals the Light", a Northwest Coast Native American story. The stories will be dramatized with masks, puppets, and audience participation. Anna Katherine is a storyteller, teacher, therapist and writer in Santa Fe. She has told stories at the Palace of the Governers, Peace Day, the Girls' Club, in children's classes, adult workshops, retirement homes, and at private gatherings. She leads workshops in telling and is part of an ongoing story group. She can be contacted at annakath@earthlink.net |
| 4:00 PM | Eleanor Roosevelt | Marilyn Adams | Eleanor Roosevelt as a legend of ubiquity, an American myth of measureless energy, an inexhaustible theme for wisecracks, some kind, more often not, became a kind of personal consciousness in action. Her achievments in social and political areas, her years as first lady, her seemingly non-stop activities during WWII and her "years alone", when she became known as "First Lady of the World", make the story of Eleanor Roosevelt important to all generations. |
| 5:00 PM | Tales of Freedom | Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley | Freedom Day, or Juneteenth, is an American holiday celebrated by people of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. Her uplifting tales give us time to reflect and rejoice and plan a brave new future. |