Spirit of Oklahoma 2011 Storytelling Festival
Four workshops will be available for those just
starting out with storytelling to those looking to sharpen
their skills.
George Washington Slept Where?
MaryGay Ducey
The winners, it is said, write history, but we can gain the information and knowledge
about all of history’s players through the use of a good tale. Through
examples, exercise, and demonstration participants will learn about
mining the gold in history to craft stories. Gay Ducey’s lifelong interest
in history began when she was given Defeat at Appomattox by her father--
in the second grade. Ms. Ducey developed stories from America’s
working women during the Progressive Era as a commissioned artist at
the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History.
Color It Local:Celebrating the Regional in Storytelling
Donna Ingham
Perhaps more than any other artists, storytellers are able
to capture and pass on “local color.” This showcase will demonstrate
storytelling that exploits not only the folklore of a region but also its
elements of speech, dress, mannerisms, habits of thought, and even topography.
Learn how any teller can choose to portray, through stories,
the people and life of any geographic setting. A college professor turned
storyteller, Donna Ingham knows critical analysis. She has applied
that discipline to her own Texan roots and will demonstrate her results
in this showcase.
Making Good on Good Intentions
Lynn Moroney
Bad introductions,
poor scholarship, performance mistakes, and failure to put into
practice things learned in workshops, are but a few of the many mistakes
Lynn says she has made as a storyteller. What is learned in workshops?
Do storytellers practice what has been preached—and why not? Warning:
Come only if you are prepared to “get honest” about your work.
Lynn Moroney has been a full time free lance storyteller since 1989.
She has told and conducted workshops at storytelling festivals, libraries,
schools, and universities.
String Storytelling, using simple string figures to enhance your story
David Titus
Learn to make some simple string figures
and get some story ideas to go along with them. These string figures of
childhood, “Jacob’s Ladder” “Cup and Saucer” or “Cats’ Cradle” are used
in storytelling. Participants will take a loop of string and make a drum,
star, sunset, mosquito and more. They will use these in stories. They
will also be equipped to find more stories and figures in books and on the
web. (Strings will be provided.) David Titus is an educator, librarian,
missionary, wordsmith, storyteller and collector of string figures and string
stories from around the world.
