Please visit the above link and view the short video.  It’s one of the first videos I’ve created with my new wonderful ‘toy’ (Flip Mino HD digital video recorder) — and tells you about the debut of “Poetry Corner” and “Storytelling Corner” events at TESOL 2009 in Denver CO next month!

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holly

I love telling stories, and have long dreamed of acting on stage.  But the grueling schedule of rehearsals, and the too-often need to sing at auditions (I’m tone deaf, need I say more?) has kept me from doing much on stage.  Someday… 

But!  Storytelling is/can be theatrical, too.  And so — an idea was born.  It’s an admittedly odd idea, because part of what I love so much about storytelling is the ‘real’ connecting with others, of hearing/seeing/feeling/sharing voices.  But TV?  I rarely watch TV!  But my friend Cal (Calvin Tate) convinced me I “had” to do this show!  And it is great fun.  Totally unpaid (even negative ‘in the hole’) — I have paid for all the props so far, including the stage set materials.  A few friends have helped enormously to set up for the taping each month — but one must set up and then completely dismantle after each show — and creating story boards and finding the props – although fun, definitely is part of the commitment! 

The benefits?  I love it!  I share stories and encourage others to visit their libraries, talk to and LISTEN to their parents/grandparents/more — and I choose the stories — with a theme of Tales from Around the World — we’ve “been to” Liberia, China, Japan, Sweden, Lenape Native Americans (USA), Antilles (Caribbean), and ???? (*a story from somewhere/anywhere) – so far on the show. 

Please visit: 
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AbsXDdw5Zt2L5o   for photos

and  http://tales-around-the-world.blogspot.com for the show’s blogsite (ever in development and in need of my time and energy, but nonetheless interesting, if I may say so myself).

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