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Storytelling Aides:
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Beginners Booklist for storytelling
- Sacred Texts has one of the largest collection of on-line folklore
- I have a couple of Irish drums, one was very cheap to see if I could play it and once I found I could, I saved up for one of the best drums out there: Albert Alfonso Bodhrans are amazing. Some drums have a sweet spot, but the whole skin is so sweet it matters not where you hit the skin. I have used my DaBlonde in small and large venues both on my own, telling stories, and with other musicians. It's range is excellent, but of course it was made FOR me by Albert, so it suits my needs to perfection. If you are thinking of buying a bodhran, please visit Albert's website. He is a true craftsman. And he stands by his work 150% as I persoanlly found out. Great guy.
- Karen Chace, a fellow LANES member (see below) has an AMAZING set of storytelling resources at: http://www.storybug.net/
- Folklore, Myth And Legend This website has many links to many story collections. Stories from many parts of the world are included here.
- Famous American stories can be found at Famous American Folktales and Stories - funny that!
- Electronic texts of many folk tales: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
- What used to be a power house for myth and folk is still pretty strong on the web: Pantheon.org
- English storyteller and guru, Ben Heggarty, c/o the Crick Crack Club
- English storyteller Tim Shepard
- Facts and Fiction, the UK's premier storytelling magazine
- The storytelling resource center
- The League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling - LANES
- National Storytelling Network (NSN). The major national storytelling membership organization, based in Jonesborough TN
- Jay O'Callahan is one of my favourite tellers as he tells so deeply from the heart. All of his stories have kept me riveted and I have been enriched by his telling.
- Another great storyteller: Elizabeth Ellis
- Story Dynamics of Doug Lipman
- A master storyteller Odds Bodkin
- And of course,
Jim
Weiss
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Where to buy my Cds:
CDs, including the
award winning More Second-hand Tales, and A Tangle of Tales
are available from Simon directly, from CD
Baby and these local stores:
iTunes
Artisans,
New London, NH 603-526-4227
Chapman's
Store, Fairlee, VT 802-333-9709
Green Mountain
Books and Prints, Lyndonville, VT 802-626-5051
Morgan
Hill Bookstore, New London, NH 603-526-5850
Norwich Bookstore, Norwich VT 802-649-1114
Wider
Than The Sky, Newport, VT 802-334-2322
Friends, Colleagues and Countrymen:
- One of the greatest organizations I support is not life saving, but it is soul saving and promotes literacy for children. CLiF, the Children's Literacy Foundation, is set up to GIVE books to kids who live in rural areas where they might not have access to books. They give books to rural libraries who face great difficulties in todays economy. The provide author and artist visits to schools and libraries, and work in prisons bringing families closer through literature and hopefully breaking negative cycles in the lives of both the inmates and their children. Go and have a look at their website to see all the wonderful work they do.
- My great friend, Steve Glazer, who used to run the Valley Quest Program in White River Junction, VT went solo and now runs an amazing business called Poetics of Place. The work he does is placed base education and is incredibly important. Please visit him on line. You might be interested in his work, which weaves together the strands of education, recreation and conservation. Not only that he is a great mediator.
- A great friend of mine, wonderful storyteller and human being, Tony Toledo who lives somewhere sort of near to Boston, MA!
- Angela Klingler is another wonderful friend and storyteller. She is in Salem, NH
- Stevens Blanchard my sound man, recording engineer, studio, and contributor on my second CD, More Second-hand Tales
- Kristina Stykos can be found at: www.kristinastykos.com Why? Because she is a great musician and fab sound engineer. She recorded my storytelling CD, Second-hand Tales. You can buy all of my CDs at CDBaby.com
- Great friend and teacher, Nick Wood does a lot of work with the American Beauty Way and Native American teaching and craft work and is also one of the founders/editors of Sacred Hoop. His partner Jan Wood also has a great site and is another co-founder/editor of Sacred Hoop
- Great Photographer and friend of mine, Michael Romanos
- Artwork on the
story "Red!" was done by Sergio
"Peerro" Lantadilla. His work is inspiring to say the least!
You need more? These are his websites: http://www.peerro.cl
| http://peerro.deviantart.com/
Thanks Peerro!
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