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Don't Miss Stories at Fern in October.

Monday, November 29, 2010

November Stories at Fern

Pat hosted the evening suggesting a "looseknit theme of Remembrance". As a prelude to Pat's telling of "Dunkirk - a Ballad " by Robert Nathan, Janna set the scene by recalling wartime happenings on the Home Front in Southern England experienced as a 17 year-old at the time of Dunkirk - May 1940 - in the form of 4 memory snapshots. Pat's poem told the story of the 'little ships' that went to the rescue of thousands of British and Allied troops stranded on the French beaches. Both stories well balanced by Lavana's personal childhood story of the effects of war on civilian populations in Europe.
Jennifer's story titled: "High Flier" told, so sensitively, about her sister, Sue, who was born during the Blitz (bombing) of London. A short story of a life influenced by Gran's story of a little girl's night flights of adventure on the back of an owl and Jennifer's certainty that Sue bid her last good-bye perched on the shoulder of a bald eagle on a roadside tree as Jennifer made her way to the airport to say farewell to her dying sister.
A change of pace then with newcomer Charles' hilarious telling of the story of Melisande - a cousin of the Sleeping Beauty - and what fearful things may happen if you cross the fairies! Fun for the child in all of us.
Gerald kept us stitches too with his story of "Big Gray", not only an outsized mule but one with an extraordinary capacity to confound his caregivers. He was followed by another newcomer:
Shirley, who told us about the interaction of Bubbles the therapeutic Clown on a cancer ward with a despondent cancer patient, and how bubble rainbows restored the patient's sense of the beauty and mystery of life to be enjoyed in every moment.
Sylvia Olsen - a published author - see the VSG blog - held us entranced with a true family story of her amazing grandmother Eva MacPherson Snobelen who crossed the Atlantic from England without escort as a 17-year old to meet her beau in New York. The beau failed to show then, found her years later, and vowed to his dying day that she was 'his girl'.
To bring the evening to a close, Lee told the enchanting story of a Prime Minister at the Imperial Court of a Chinese Emperor who sought solace from political wrangling at Court by spending time in a flower meadow. Magically the embroidered butterflies on his robes took flight around him, a sight so beautiful that, renewed in spirit and able to recapture that vision at will, he was able to return to the Court to serve his Emperor.
Submitted by Janna

“A Celebration of Chanukah in Story & Song”


Monday, December 6, 2010 @8:00 pm
Congregation Emanu-El, 1461 Blanshard Street

Songs and Singalong with
The Jewish Community Choir

Also Featuring:
Stories with Maggidah Shoshana Litman
Greg Davidson, Piano & Josie Davidson, Soprano
Menorah-Lighting (bring your menorah & candles)
Refreshments

Admission by Donation
Food Bank Drop Box Available
Further Information:  250.385-3378


Thursday, November 25, 2010

Congratulations to member Sylvia Olsen and thank you for the invitation to your book launch


Sono Nis Press
invites you to a celebration and launch for
Working with Wool
A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater
by Sylvia Olsen
Sunday, December 5, 2010 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss Street, Victoria, B.C.
Hors d’oeuvres/desserts at 7 pm Author Presentation at 7:30 pm
Wear anything Cowichan knit, or that hints of Cowichan, as a tribute to the sweaters, and be eligible to win one of our door prizes.
Cowichan sweater display (the oldest is 90 years old!)
knitting on sale • door prizes
Sono Nis Press • 1-800-370-5228 • books@sononis.com www.sononis.com
This event is free and open to the public

Friday, November 19, 2010

VSG Gift Certificates

Gift Certificates Available:

The gift of story, a perfect little addition to a greeting card, admits one adult, valid indefinitely, on sale at the desk every Fern St. for just $5

Royal Roads Storytelling


Narrative Bridges: Compassionate Storytelling for Healing Communities, Facilitated by Margo McLoughlin, Royal Roads University Continuing Studies, Saturday January 22, 2011, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Margo will introduce participants to the power of folktales as a vehicle for inspiring reflection and building community connection.

Celebrate Hannukah with Story

Hanukah Program for Oaklands Elementary School with World Folk Duo, Kouskous (Gary Cohen and Amber Wood) and Maggidah Shoshana Litman, Wednesday December 1, 2010 at 12:45 p.m.

Hanukah Concert and Stories with the Victoria Jewish Community Choir, lead by Jazz Vocalist, Carol Sokoloff, with stories from Maggidah Shoshana Litman at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, Blanshard Street at Pandora. Proposed date: Monday evening December 6, the sixth night of Hanukah.

Tall Tale Books

Storytime continues on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. with Shoshana Litman and special guests, Sandra Johnson and Peg Hasted, at Tall Tales Books, www.talltalesbooks.ca795 Fort StreetVictoria, B.C. Free. Fun, participatory stories and songs for children and plenty of pages for kids of all ages. www.talltalesbooks.ca

Monday, November 15, 2010

Don't Miss the Story in Island Parent

Congratulations to Shoshana Litman,... the writer. With some guidance from Pat Carfra and Peg Hasted, Guild Publicity Director Shoshana had an article on storytelling published in this months Island Parent magazine. Click here to read the article (page 20):  "Sharing Stories With Children." It will take a minute to load.