World Storytelling Day: Water Water Water

Intrepid Theatre Club: 1609 Blanshard at Fisgard

Sunday March 20, 2011

Afternoon concert for children and families: 2 - 3 pm

Evening concert for adults and mature children: 7 - 9 pm

Storytellers: Pat Carfra, Jennifer Ferris, Diane Gilliland, Peg Hasted, Jacquie Hunt, Sandra Johnson, Shoshana Litman, Margo McLoughlin, and Faye Mogensen.

Evening Concert Host: Lee Porteous

Tickets at the door; afternoon concert by donation; evening concert $10 per adult and $5 per child         

Contact: Lee Porteous at 250-370-2964, email events@victoriastorytellers.org 

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Come celebrate water stories with children accompanied by their favorite adults on World Storytelling Day, Sunday March 20 in the afternoon. In the evening, you can travel the world with watery tales from Estonia, Spain, Scotland, the Arctic, the Appalachians Mountains, Haiti and our own wet coast. Here’s a taste of the incredible stories you’ll hear:

• Faye Mogensen will "…tell a true story of wells gone dry and the human kindness that brought hope.”
• Water is in short supply in Chief of the Well, a Haitian story retold by Margo McLoughlin. “When God supplies a well, who will control the resources?”
• “Navigate a wild, west coast storm…” with Peg Hasted and her family in Peg’s true account, Place of Many Winds.
• “Challenge the devil,” with Jacquie Hunt in the Aqueduct of Segovia.
• Pat Carfra will unveil how, “…by the light of a solstice moon, an enormous seal hauled itself out of the sea, shrugged away its heavy coat, revealing a handsome man who walked toward the little fishing village nearby.”
• In Lake Eim, an ancient story from Estonia retold by Jennifer Ferris, you’ll discover “…a lake that would not lie still.”
• Meet Skeleton Woman, an Inuit tale retold by Diane Gilliland, “…about how to create love so enduring it will make your eyeballs run to the back of your head.”
• “Explore thick, slick Tennessee mud and cross a mighty river in an irresistible rhythm…” with Shoshana Litman.

              

Since 1991, on the spring equinox, people around the world celebrate the art of oral storytelling by telling and listening to stories on the same day.  Each year a different theme is chosen. This year the theme is water. For more information on World Storytelling Day, please visit  http://www.freewebs.com/worldstorytellingday/ 

Watch for the Guild’s Story Fest 2011 Concert Series on April 15^th, May 6^th & June 17^th at Intrepid Theatre Club where you can continue to revel in a world of stories all spring long.