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August 2009 – September 2009 The Newsletter of the Story Circle of the Capital District Editor and Publisher: Claire Nolan 11 Norwood Street Albany, NY 12203 (518) 209-6477 E-mail: cbnolou@yahoo.com Visit our web site at www.story-circle.org
“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer.”
Story Circle Business News
Meetings 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the William K. Sanford Public Library and 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. at the Guilderland Library (GPL). At GPL, we will have a topic for panel/roundtable discussion. Upcoming Meetings: August 19 at GPL and September 15 at 5:30 pm SCCD Annual Anniversary Dinner Meeting. Nottingham Chop House 112 Wolf Road, Colonie. Pub fare menu: Soups, salads and sandwiches range in price from $7 - $12. The regular menu starts at about $18.00. Tuesday features a $16.00 special. Vegetarian choices available.
Story Circle Meeting: Wednesday June 17 Facilitator: Bess Arden. Bess gave a presentation about storytelling for people with disabilities. She provided information about considerations for presenting to listeners with different types of disabilities; she also introduced resources for ideas, themes, methods and best practices. Stories told: Kate Dudding "Lion on the Path" African story
Story Circle Meeting: Tuesday July 21, Colonie Library Facilitator: Betty Cassidy Stories told: Nancy Payne: "Ticonderoga", a Joe Bruchac story Claire Beetlestone: "Mario" personal story Kate Dudding: "Friendship" personal story Janet Glantz "One Spared to the Sea" by William T. Cutts Adam Hoffman "The Princess Who Never Smiled" Russian fairy tale Betty Cassidy "The Edge of the World" British folk tale Stories were followed by a discussion of upcoming events. Meeting ended at 8:55
Patsy Patrick announced at the March meeting that the Friends of Schenectady County Public Library will be sponsoring a series in January through March 2010 of music and storytelling. For more information, call Ronald Patrick at 864-5098 Cancellations: For future reference please use the following guidelines to cancel a meeting or to check on a scheduled meeting: It is up to the facilitator to decide to cancel a meeting. They can consult with Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding if they wish to. If the facilitator decides to cancel a meeting, they must:1) Send out an email message via Story Circle listserv (or ask Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding to do it) 2)
Notify the library
Ongoing Events
Story by Story is our weekly TV show; tune in on Sunday nights at 8:30 and Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 on Schenectady Public Access TV, Channel 16.
Children
at the Well: Is on vacation for the Summer - Interfaith Youth
Storytelling http://www.childrenatthewell.org/ . OPEN MIC in Saratoga on the Second Wednesday of each month. Look for us again in September
Adirondack Storytelling Guild – Contact Fran Yardley franstory@gmail.com.
Interfaith Story Circle – Is on vacation for the Summer!
Dates and Location TBD - Albany Open Mic - We are looking for storytellers and listeners and a location for an Open Mic in Albany – call Claire at 209-6477 or e-mail cbnolou@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Family Programs
July
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Wednesday 7:00 – 8:15 pm Stories of the Adirondack Forest and Trails with September 5 Saturday 6:30 pm Claire Nolan Campfire Stories at the Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center. 87 Nature Center Way. Stories are Free; S’mores are $1.00! 872-0800. September 6 Sunday 1:30 p.m --Tales 'n Tunes--“A Bit ‘o Blarney” at the Hooley on the Hudson, at the Rondout, Kingston, NY. Go to www.ulsteraoh.com September 25 - 27 Friday – Sunday Three Apples Storytelling Festival. Bedford, MA http://www.threeapples.org/
Adult Programs August
2 Sunday
6:00 pm Not Just for Kids Storytelling with Elizabeth Ellis: "Appalachia Always" August 9 Sunday 6:00 pm Not Just for Kids Storytelling with Jackson Gillman – Stand Up Chameleon. Song, comedy, mime and sign language are incorporated into colorful storytelling. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. 129 Schoharie Street (518) 829-7516 August16 Sunday 6:00 pm Not Just for Kids Storytelling with Jennifer Munro “A Family of Characters”. Funny and touching original stories about growing up in a large family in a small English village. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. 129 Schoharie Street (518) 829-7516 August 23 Sunday 6:00 pm Not Just for Kids Storytelling with Carol Birch “Exchange – to Give or Receive” this is a night where an exchange both frames and offers satisfaction in the stories. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. 129 Schoharie Street (518) 829-7516 August 30 Sunday 6:00 pm Not Just for Kids Storytelling with FrankLee Speaking: “Summer’s Eve Story Sampler” Personal Tales from here and traditional folktales from there – a mix of the amusing and the inspiring. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. 129 Schoharie Street (518) 829-7516 Ongoing The Moth StorySlams various locations, NY,NY http://www.themoth.org/storyslams
Workshops and Classes for Storytellers
September 3-7 Thursday – Monday. The Power of Words Conference, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT. Explore how we can use our words written, spoken or sung to make community, deepen healing, and foster empowerment and transformation in wide range of workshops, plus special tracks in Narrative Medicine, Right Livelihood and Social Change. Beautiful setting, reasonable conference fees, room and board available on campus, work-study positions and scholarships available, including the Roxanne-Florence Scholarship for people of color. coordinator@TLANetwork.org, www.TLANetwork.org. October 7, 14, 21, 28 Wednesdays from 7-9 pm Storytelling Your Spiritual Life At the Pastoral Center, 40 N. Main, Albany Come for the series or sign up for whatever nights work. Non-denominational. All welcome. Although this class is not focused on performing, students will find potential material for sharing with specific audiences. Spirit energies are always flowing toward and through us. Some tellers combine song, poetry and story. We’re about exploration and feeding the spirit within. Hope you’ll join us. PLEASE pre-register. Call 489-4431. October
23, Friday
– Sunday Storytelling Retreat Weekend for Men & Women begins Friday,
October 23, 2009 at 7:45 p.m. ends Sunday October 25 11:30 a.m. Location: Dominican Retreat &
Conference Center, Route 7, Niskayuna. Storytelling: Mining the
Spiritual Gold Within
Tellabration News What’s New for 2009?
Check this out!! 1. Selection Process Live audition: Story Circle members can audition live in September at: (1) The Saratoga Open Mic at Woodlawn Commons on Wed. Sept. 9; or (2) The Story Circle meeting on Tue. Sept 15. People who have told at a previous Tellabration can submit a tape by Sept. 10 to: Kate Dudding, 8 Sandalwood Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065-2700. 2. Marketing Ideas – it’s all of us making connections A Tellabration flyer is available on-line: www.storycircleatproctors.org/Tell flyer7-22.pdfFlyers printed on yellow paper are also available from Kate Dudding – please contact her and let her know how many you want: 383-4620 or kate@katedudding.com Immediately begin marketing to groups of adults, since groups need time to plan their events. The committee asks all Story Circle members to give a flyer to each adult group they belong to, such as: Senior centers; Groups at places of worship; Red Hat groups; Book clubs; Friends of libraries; Service groups Ideally,
each member of Story Circle will contact five groups. If you are emailing
people, you can also refer them to our Tellabration web page: www.storycircleatproctors.org/tellabration.shtml 3. Things to be decided in
August: There will be a discussion on the above items via email. If you don’t use email and you have opinions about the above items, please call Kate (518)383-4620 to share your opinions. 4. It’s time to start selling program ads. Ads typically bring in $400 so the more we get, the more library programs can be underwritten. The form to buy an ad is available from Kate and is also on the web site www.storycircleatproctors.org/Ad-Form-7-22-2009.pdf 5. Commit to selling 10 tickets, either by buying 10 tickets at the group rate ticket and reselling them, or referring folks. A full house is a major success for supporting storytelling regionally which is a main Story Circle goal. 6. Next committee meeting: Wed. Oct. 21, 5:00 pm BYO dinner to Guilderland Library (before the Story Circle meeting) See You Next Time All meetings are held from 7 to 9 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday or Wednesday of the month alternating between Tuesdays in odd numbered months at the William K. Sanford Library and Wednesdays in even numbered months at the Guilderland Public Library. DIRECTIONS: The Guilderland Public Library is located at 2228 Western Avenue, Guilderland, 1/2 mile west of Rte. 155 on the south side of Western Avenue. (August 19) The William K. Sanford Library is located at 629 Albany Shaker Road, just off Northway Exit 4, and 1/4 mile east of the intersection of Wolf Road and Albany Shaker Road on the left side. (September 15 Anniversary Annual Dinner at Nottingham Chop House 5:30 pm.) *****************************************************************************
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