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2011 Forest Storytelling Festival Workshops
Where Have All The Folktales Gone?
A Special Pre-Forest Storytelling Festival Workshop
Led by Master Storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston
Friday, October 14 2011 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Peninsula College Pub Conference Room – J47
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Charlotte Blake Alston – “Rhythm This and Melody That”
Rhythm has always been an essential element in African and African American folk traditions including storytelling. As earth dwellers, we interact with and are influenced by rhythm from the moment of our conception. Charlotte shares her cultural rhythmic influences and invites you to explore the application of rhythm, music and song in stories and storytelling performance.
Patrick Ball - “Taking the stage: How to Craft a Concert Performance”
In this workshop we will discuss how to take your stories…and your own very individual qualities...onto the stage and create an engaging, dynamic and memorable performance.
Michael Reno Harrell – “Ghost Stories: It’s Fun to Scare Folks!”
This workshop will look at the history of ghost stories as well as define what it is that makes a good one work. Participants will learn how to personalize existing stories and receive tips on creating their own scary tales, as well as learning how to set the mood for frightening their friends and family out of their wits!
Paul “Che oke’ ten” Wagner - “Storytelling from the Heart: A Traditional Perspective” In this workshop participants will explore building audience relations and focus on who is telling the story. You will learn to gather from your own personal “guides” before the telling begins and ways to find your strength.
