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March,
2011
GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE!
Dear
Storytelling Fans and Friends,
To keep up
to date with the coming of the CD, check out my Facebook page
and also my Blog - http://worldofstories.blogspot.com/
What's
New?
This weekend I am off down to Warwick Rhode Island with another
storyteller called Tony Toledo to go to the Northeastern Storytelling
Conference, Sharing the Fire. It is an amazing event where teachers,
librarians, 'regular' people and storytellers get together to
learn about storytelling, improve their craft and to share stories.
And
I am grant eligable through the New England Foundation of the
Arts, which is great news. It means those outside of New Hampshire
(sorry about that, NH) can apply for matching grants! So my friends
in Vermont, Mass., CT and California can use this to get me there
more easily, or at least more economically. Hurray for NEFA! For
more details go to: http://www.nefa.org/grants_services/grants_services
Go to Matchbook > Find Artist and type my name in and there
I am! I hope this helps.
For Teachers:
If you are interested in going to a storytelling
conference, the best in the region is happening soon - Sharing
The Fire, the Northeast Storytelling Conference. It is held each
year and has a number of workshops where CEUs & PDPs are offered
for educators in New England and New York. It may be possible
for educators seeking recertification to accrue PDPs and CEUs
by attending Sharing the Fire/ Northeast Storytelling Conference
Keynote Speaker and up to 16 hours of workshop time on Saturday
and Sunday that may qualify for PDPs and CEUs. The League for
the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES) will provide
the workshops and the opportunity for you to verify/certify your
attendance. The rest of the process is up to the individual as
per your situation and state. For many educators, the process
will involve forming an individual plan utilizing STF presentations.
You may need prior approval of your plan from your local school
administrators. Websites for current certification information
are provided on the LANES website at www.LANES.org or you can
get to a link from the front page of my website by clicking on
the LANES logo towards the lower part of the page.
Conference
appearance with Simon Brooks!
I
am VERY excited to be able to tell everyone that I am appearing
at the Connecticut Storytelling Festival in April this spring.
Wait! It is just a few weeks away! This is where you can get information
on the event which will be featuring Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle.
He is an amazing presenter so if you have not seen him then hurry
to the Connecticut Storytelling Center Website: http://connstorycenter.org/
for more details! Other tellers there include Tom Callinan, Simon
Brooks (oh, that's me!), Megan Hicks, Tom Lee, Jennifer Munro,
Keith Munslow, Teresa Whitaker, Frank Schwartz, Sara deBeer, Connie
Rockman and Elllie Toy, Karen Josephson, Bert Mac Carry, Carolyn
Stearns and Rivka Willick. This is a weekend event of stories
with a few workshops. Sort of the opposite of Sharing the Fire!
New CD
On Monday 14th March Steve Glazer, Rick
Barrows, Rachel Clark and I went to Stevens Blanchard's studio
to lay down the music for the CD. It was a great evening. Stevens
is no only a good engineer and prodcuer, but a great host too.
I have re-cording some of the stories (nothing like last minutre
changes at the house in my office - aka Studio 68aa! Keep an eye
on my downloads page for some of the music, written by Rachel
Clark, called: "Waltz at the Edge of the World." I'm
working on it!! If you like this, then please check out her wonderful
website: www.blackbirdvt.com
If you do
not yet have my CDs or want to give them to everyone you know,
they can be found at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/simonbrooks and http://cdbaby.com/cd/simonbrooks2
iTunes
Bradford Yarn / North of the Falls, Bradford, VT 802-439-5833
Chapman's Store, Fairlee, VT 802-333-9709
Green Mountain Books and Prints, Lyndonville, VT 802-626-5051
Norwich Bookstore, Norwich VT 802-649-1114
Wider Than The Sky, Newport, VT 802-334-2322
Free
Stuff
http://www.diamondscree.com/downloads.htm
for a new video on YouTube!
Happy spring!
For more information
on recent activity and current thoughts, or more on what I have
mentioned above, please go to my blog: http://worldofstories.blogspot.com/
Peace,
Simon
