COMING SOON

" - 2010 the year for your family,organization, or business, or party,book now, A Storyteller Program, also consider a house concert ask for details! Your campfire, family reunion, party or weekend gather can have my storytelling make it memorable

FAMILY STORYTELLING RESOURCES

Games:

Family Chat  by : CherishBOUND  cards with prompts to suggest or remind family members of a story from their past

The Storybook Game: by: FUNDEK  ( isbn: 0-458032-42600-3)  a fun game in a little tiny lunch box that will create hours of story fun for all ages

BOOK

The Oral History Workshop   By: Cynthia Hart with Lisa Samson  Workman Publishing N.Y.  ( isbn: 978-0-7611-5197-5) at $12.95 here is all you need to get yuou on the road to collecting the family treasure - its stories!

WEBSITES:

http://smithsonianeducation/seek2/family.html

http://www.42explore2.com/oralhist.htm

http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/cdtm/index.htm

TIPS:

turn off electronics,  eye 2 eye,  don't worry,  use a family photo prompt,  set aside a time,  tell on a car ride,  visit site of a story/happening, ask about yor childs day get their story!

Pieces of Stories:

   Humor,  relationships,  ideas,  praise,  emotion,  tears,  greif,  fear,  insult,  character,  action,  places,  time,  history,  heroes,  villains,  suspense,  trauma,  inspiration,  opinions,  dialog  and YOU!

SAVING STORIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS:

write them out,  audio files, video tape,  photos with descripitions on back,  drawings of settings, MP3, podcast, You Tube, My Space , Slideshare

update technology every couple years to newest format and  save backup copies elsewhere ( a set at home and a set at grandma's house)

FAMILY  STORY EVENTS:

Around the Fireplace,  dinnertime,  bedtime,  campfire, vacation time,  on the porch,  a picnic,  hike /walk,  on car rides,  reunions,  vist to Grandparents, daytrips,  at the park

Fee support for Carolyn Stearns Storyteller may be available to nonprofit organizations through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the New England Foundation for the Arts. Visit www.nefa.org for more information.
 

Tell-U-Ride Nov. 6, 2010 1-4 p.m. A Tellabration Equine Trail Ride

Saddle up for the Tell-U-Ride Tellabration equine trail ride at  Fort Hill Farms 260 Quaddick Road in Thompson, Ct. 06277.  Novemebr 6 we will be on the trail 1-4 p.m. with  stops at stations to hear professional storytellers share a quick  tale and  then ride on. ( non horse riders can take a wagon out for an additional fee) Riders can enjoy  a bonus option: ride in the Corn Maze after the trail!  Riders fee $10.00 to benefit the Ct. Storytelling Center.  More info mothermoo2001@yahoo.com

Fee support for [insert artist name] may be available to nonprofit organizations through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the New England Foundation for the Arts. Visit www.nefa.org for more information.
 

Coming this Fall : "Christmas Spirits", you heard the epic Christmas tale, this fall it will be available in print! More to follow, check back often for details as they develop!  I'm so excited to bring you this wonderful story in a print format to enjoy over and over.

Spring is in the AIR! I've been booked into the Ct. Storytelling Festival at Conn College in New London, Ct. for April 29, 30 and May1, 2011. Look for my workshop on Web Marketing Via Social Media and at the Sunday mornings Story Triggering!