EVENTS
Special Storytelling Events:
for a second year Allice Bernards and Martin Clarke present
An Evening of Christmas Stories
Including: “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”
Tuesday: 22nd December 2009
7:00pm
At the SNUG
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Vancouver's 9th annual Epic weekend of storytelling
Classic Persian stories: 3 days of telling
Friday, April 24th: 7 pm - 9.30 pm:
Stories from Shahnameh -a Book of Kings; and Persian poetry.
Saturday, April 25th: 10 - 5 pm; 7 - 9.30 pm:
10 -5pm: Conference of the Birds - quest for Simorgh, THE bird.
Persian dinner: order by April 20th; $10; see 'tickets' below to order
7 -9.30 pm: Shahnameh - more stories; Persian poetry & music.
Sunday, April 26th: 10 - 3 pm:
Haft Paykar - Sufi stories of the Seven Princesses
Come to: The Roundhouse, Vancouver Waldorf School,
at 2725 St Christopher's Rd, North Van / Lynn Valley Rd,
: Information: Mary: marygavan@telus.net
TICKETS: Kira: 604-893-8367:
Evening - $10; Day - $15; Weekend - $40;
Dinner- $10 last order April 20th
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Special Events:
Winterfest Bonfire storytelling & sing-a-long
6pm Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 join storyteller, Allice Bernards, for some fireside tales on the beach. Bring your lanterns & join the Black Sheep in a parade down the hill & along the Boardwalk ... chocolate fondue, a bonfire, starry skies, tales & tunes by the sea ... what could be better?
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"Happily Never After" a St Valentine's Eve of Whines & Tease
a variety show Benefit for Bowen Island's Black Sheep Morris Dancers & the Tir-na-nOg Theatre School
held Friday the 13th of February, 2009. Doors open: 7:30pm @ Tir-na-nOg Theatre, 585 Rivendell Drive
give a huge hug for this lonely, misunderstood day while supporting the Black Sheep Morris Dancers' tour in England & Tir-na-nOg's annual Festival of Plays. Here's a thorough cleanse through laughter and tears in preparation for a truly wonderful Valentine's Day. Enjoy light-hearted acrobatics, heart-tugging music, teary tales, a preview scene from Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan" and other surprises, all filled with nudges to laughter.
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Wide Open Mic Night
a monthly series held at the Happy Isle Cafe in Snug Cove, Bowen Island and hosted by the Bowen Island Music Association (BIMA).
After 5 years standing alone the *Telling Tales Collective is now taking part in & hugely enjoying this new venue on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
Doors open 7pm and the mic is "open" 7:30pm. Come sign up on the spot for a 7 minute slot to sing, tell, joke, play, recite, juggle or ...?
*TELLING TALES on Bowen Island, B.C. Canada has been an ongoing monthly series co-hosted by Allice Bernards & Martin Clarke. From 2003 through 2008 Telling Tales unfolded as an informal evening of storytelling combined with original short story & poetry readings featuring both emerging and experienced storytellers, writers, poets & balladeers.
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2008 Summer Festival of Dreams
The Telling Tales Collective of Bowen Island have been invited to present at this year's , held at Lumberman's Arch in Stanley Park, Vancouver. Look for us on the Main Stage, 1pm on Sat., July 26th. 2 poets, Bernice Lever & Lisa Shatzky, along with storyteller Allice Bernards will be representing the collective.
... this one day festival in the Park, an initiative of Pandora's Collective, was a wonderful celebration of spoken & literary art. Thanks to the organisers, Bonnie Nish & Sita Carboni, & to all the Pandoras.
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This event was a resounding success!
If you'd like an opportunity to hear Jan's telling in your own area then email her through the Storytellers of Canada (SC-CC) national members directory.
May 11, 2008 Story Salt presents The Stone Book, a Storytelling Concert with renowned Ottawa Storyteller, Jan Andrews
bring your Mum for Mothers' Day! bring your family (ages 10+) & your friends to Bowen Court on Bowen Island, B.C.
2:30pm - 3:30pm (Doors open at 2pm) / Tickets at Door: Adults $10 - $15 / Seniors & Students $8
The Stone Book is the first of four stories from Alan Garner's classic, The Stone Book Quartet.
Set in rural England in the 18th C., the story takes the listener on a journey to the top of a newly erected church steeple and then into a cave below the earth. We travel with Mary, a young girl on the brink of adult life. She comes to the cave in rite of passage as her ancestors have done for centuries. The experience "puts a quitness on her."
Come delight in the sense of times long gone, of a world where craftmanship had nothing to do with schooling and everything to do with person to person handing on of skills. Be touched by the strength and dignity of the characters; the power of the language used to conjure the tale.
Jan Andrews has been a Storyteller for more than 20 years. Few stories have meant as much to her. She tells with the author's permission and is honoured to do so.
Need more information? email or call Allice info@storysalt.com or 604-947-2482
...my life's flavour is enhanced by stories told and heard. Those stories are the 'salt' that heightens & brightens my own experience of the world and they preserve much that nourishes people everywhere. Let me share with you my bountiful supply of storysalt. But, whether you choose to enjoy the salt of foreign lands or Canadian kitchen table salt, BE WARNED: sampling storysalt may lead to cravings . . . for more!
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