Fall is coming

The new Parks and Recreation Program Guide is out.

On its cover - there we are!

This is last year's Festival of Ghost Stories as photographed by Scott Higgins.

Inside the Guide you'll find the first official announcement for this year's Festival.


Time to start planning!

The Inaugural Summer Storytelling Workshop

The day of Storytelling workshops was full of conversation.

We talked about stories,


we told stories,

 we got to know new people 

and to reconnect with some old friends.

We listened...






and we were listened to.

We were inspired by Mary Hamilton.

She said: "Tell a story you love."

She said: "Learn the story, not the words."

And that "inaugural" bit in the title of this post?  Yes, we want to explore having a regular Summer Storytelling Workshop.  Stay tuned for more...

Everything you need to know...

...about a day of

Storytelling workshops

FEATURING national storyteller and story coach,

Mary Hamilton

 When: SaturdayJuly 21

Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, Bloomington

2120 North Fee Lane, Bloomington Indiana 47408

What:

Beginner’s Storytelling Workshop.  

Inspiring and entertaining lecture-demo on the essentials of storytelling with activities for learning to shape retellings.  This workshop will be useful for anyone getting started in storytelling and will be interesting to advanced storytellers who might want to lead workshops themselves.

Master Class featuring advanced storytellers. 

Space limited.

This session focuses on ways that storytellers can help each other work through the process of preparing a story for performance. The session engages the audience and other tellers in learning response techniques to help colleagues develop and improve their stories and storytelling.  Workshop includes options to respond or simply listen and observe.

Schedule:

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.      On site registration and coffee

Fellowship Hall

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.    Essentials of Storytelling: A Beginner’s Workshop

Fellowship Hall

Lunch: (optional) eat and chat with Guild Members in Fellowship Hall,  Brown bag OR you can order sandwiches at registration for small additional fee.  

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.      Master Class  (space is limited)

Library, 2nd floor

HOW TO REGISTER:

Registration available at the door if space is available.

Advance registration is preferred.

Questions, email libyq@yahoo.com or call 812-829-4770.

To Register

Send an email

To:   libyq@yahoo.com

INCLUDE:

1.  your name

2.  mailing address

3.  email address

4.  phone number

5.  Sessions you plan to attend:  Morning, Afternoon, or BOTH

6.  Are you new to storytelling, just starting, or a practicing storyteller?

Payment (check or cash)

$25.00 FEE

Make checks payable to:  Stephanie Holman

1.  Mail your registration fee to: 

          Bloomington Storytellers Guild

          Stephanie Holman, Treasurer

          713 Bass Haven Lane

          Spencer, IN  47460

2.  OR pay at the door

Confirmation

You will receive a registration confirmation via email

Word is out!

Thanks to our friends at Storytelling Arts of Indiana for passing on the word about Mary Hamilton's upcoming workshops in Bloomington!
Here's a link:

http://www.storytellingarts.org/116.html

"Letting Characters Listen"

"Most storytellers quickly learn that giving characters voice – whether expressing inner thoughts aloud or speaking to other characters in the story – enlivens a telling and provides opportunity for vocal variety. But how many of us allow characters time to listen?"
-from an article by Mary Hamilton

Come learn from Mary Hamilton in our workshops on July 21!

You're a natural..

"...That's how I remember things, anyway. I remember stories.  I connect the dots and then out of that comes a story.  And the dots that don't fit into the story just slide away, maybe.  Like when you spot a constellation.  You look up and you don't see all the stars.  All the stars just look like the big fugging random mess that they are.  But you want to see shapes; you want to see stories, so you pick them out of the sky.  Hassan told me once you think like that, too --that you see connections everywhere --so you're a natural born storyteller, it turns out."

from An Abundance of Katherines by John Green.

Kentucky Folktales

Check out Mary Hamilton's new book:

Then sign up for her upcoming workshop in Bloomington!