Territory Tellers Winter Retreat

Join the Territory Tellers for a Storytelling Winter Retreat

January 25-26, 2013

Western Hills Lodge in Sequoyah State Park

Wagoner, Oklahoma

The view in the picture above (courtesy of travelok.com) is from the front entrance to the Western Hills Lodge. Come see the view for yourself at our retreat. We will have storytelling, a workshop or two, conversation, and festival planning, and we would like any interested parties to join us.

Have meals in the lodge's wonderful cafe and enjoy what Sequoyah State Park has to offer: forest trails, a nature center, children's activities, and more.

Learn more at the Lodge page on the TravelOK website, where you will find a description of the park, the restaurant menu, and more.
Check availability of rooms and cabins at the State Park website. If booking a Lodge room, be sure to tell them you are with Territory Tellers to get the special rate.

Park Map
RV/Campsite Map
Cabin Map

FRIDAY SCHEDULE

• 4:30 p.m. Festival Planning Meeting
• 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Workshop -- "Carved in Stone: The Hidden Meaning of Gravestone Graphics"

If you’ve visited Arlington Cemetery, the Pyramids, Gettysburg or Greyfriars Kirkyard, you entered a world where a secret language tells the story of the dead...and the living. Gravestones and cemeteries are rich in a language of symbols, a language the translation of which changes over time making it difficult to interpret the original meaning. Graveyard customs also change over time. By studying the symbols on grave markers and cemetery customs, especially those in Oklahoma, you’ll learn more than the person’s name and dates. You’ll walk away with histories, biography and genealogy, including social membership and occupations. You can also learn science, art and historic architecture.--Presented by Luann Sewell Waters

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

• 9:15 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Wordplay to Wake Up the Day
Come play with words, poetry, stories, phrases--whatever strikes you--with others in an informal, improvised group setting. Facilitated by Shaun Perkins.

• 10:30-Noon

Raising the Curtain
This workshop, presented by Tim Couch, will focus on how to be a host or emcee for storytelling and other events. The workshop will be from 10:30 a.m.-noon. More details later.

• 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Board Meeting
• 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Story swap (An informal gathering of people who share their own stories, true or false)
• 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
• 7:30 -- 9:00 p.m. Storytelling Concert featuring Jeanette Harjo and Phillip Harjo and Steve and Pat Kardeleff

This event is open to all TT members and potential members. The only cost to you will be your room and the price of meals. Book your room directly with the Lodge.
For registration, simply contact TT President Darla LAllier to let her know you are coming.