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S O U T H F L O R I D A

S T O R Y T E L L I N G N E W S

UPDATE MAY VIRTUAL STORYTELLING

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SFSN can always be found at wwwmijbyramcom Updates will be posted on my website

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South Florida Storytelling News is dedicated to promoting the oral tradition of storytelling We share stories experiences and

news of the storytelling world We believe storytelling is for everyone Storytelling is enjoyed as an art form and used as a

powerful tool to promote peace-building health care education and business in todayrsquos world

SOMETHING GREAT IS COMING YOUR WAY

THE NATIONAL STORYTELLING NETWORK PRESENTS

2020 VIRTUAL STORYTELLING CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL

9 DAYS OF WORKSHOPS AND STORYTELLERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

MAY 31mdashJUNE 9

CLICK LINK BELOW FOR SPECIAL DEAL

httpsstorynetorgvirtual-conferencepay-what-you-can-registrationpage=CiviCRMampq=civicrm2Fevent

2Finfoampid=13ampreset=1

Check out the schedule here httpsstorynetorgvirtual-conference-registration

Choose your days and times Donrsquot miss storytellers from around the world Workshops from the best

Itrsquos right there in your home no travel no hassle An amazing opportunity

Follow the link below or scroll to page 2 for more information

Havenrsquot used Zoomed yet No problem itrsquos easy If you can use a word document you can Zoom

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National Storytelling Network

is hosting a Virtual Conference and Festival

Online Workshops and Showcases

May 31 - June 7

Check out the schedule online

httpsstorynetorgvirtual-conference-registration

There is special COVID-19 pricing for storytellers that have been impacted Everyone is

welcome There is even a pay what you can option You can join the whole conference

or signup for individual workshops and showcase events They have made it possible for

anyone to attend Cost should not be a barrier but your offerings pay for storytellers who

are out of work due to Covid-19

Please sign up and support our national organization for storytellers

Florida storytellers are members of and supported by NSN

HELP SPREAD THE WORD INVITE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO IS NOT YET FAMILIAR WITH STORYTELLING

Please help us and let your friends colleagues and followers know about our page Connected Virtual

Conference Pay What You Can

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T E L L Y O U R S T O R Y

THE MADZOOMBOT STORYTELLING SLAM

Hosted by Caren Neile

See schedule below

First 10 storytellers to sign up will compete for $50 prize

Tell a true 5 or 6-minute story from your own life not memorized or read

Participate from the comfort of your own home Come to listen come to tell FREE ADMISSION

Sundays June 14 until we go back to Mad Robots Brewery 500 PM

For more information write cneilefauedu

For a special invitation code to this event email our host Caren Neile at

cneilefauedu by noon the day before event

0500 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Every month on the Second Sun until Nov 8 2020

Jun 14 July 12 August 9 September 13 October 11 November 8

Please download and import the following iCalendar (ics) files to your

calendar system

Monthly httpsus02webzoomusmeetingtZctd-

2hqTsjHNITq0zrzWWt8jMubdfaz91MicsicsToken=98tyKuGrrjsuE9OVuR-

BRpwqAoigLPPwtmJEgo10qA61GTJJVTTibuhvJ7B7FtnK

Join Zoom Meeting

httpsus02webzoomusj83004970966pwd=M3B3RVNMMDBiVkNRZFNIaXNVU1R6QT09

Meeting ID 830 0497 0966

Password 156621

One tap mobile

+16465588656830049709661156621 US (New York)

+13017158592830049709661156621 US (Germantown)

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A letter from Lillian Rodrigues-Pang

Hello All

As per most full time artists I am meant to have a fair bit of spare time on my hands

and yes paid work has ceased but family and caring responsibilities have increased

to the tenth degree I am fortunate that I have had the opportunity in the past to

have travelled and performed with storytelling and met a wonderful group of people

and seen incredible communities built around storytelling In 2019 I decided it was time to finally give

back and I floated the concept of Southern Skies Storytelling Festival - an Australian based performance

Storytelling Festival featuring multilingual tellers It was unfunded although a number of organizations

and theatres committed their in-kind support offering venuesstaffetc That was enough for me to

commit -)

Well that festival should have been on right now In its place each teller that was lined up to perform

has sent me a low-fi video of one story told to the camera I have put each of them up on my YouTube

channel and really hoping people can respond to them- create a song story in response artwork -

anything really cause I miss storytelling connection and interaction

I hope you enjoy

xxx

S O U T H E R N S K I E S

S T O R Y T E L L I N G F E S T I V A L

These stories are waiting for you whenever you are ready for them

YouTube channel - Lillian Rodrigues-Pang aka Lilli Story

First day of festival - Jeeva in English and Malayalam

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=FINrOO43150

Second day - Lajos in English and Hungarian

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=9VfGHzE7kr4

Third day - Honora and Lilli in English and body

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=cI88cD3n8FUampt=5s

Fourth day - Kiran in English and Gujarati

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=CQAiRzYMyOk

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JEFF GERE TELLS

(Another) ZOOM CONCERT in Hawaii

FRIDAY JUNE 15 (FREE) jeffgere1031gmailcom

noon Hawaii time 3pm West Coast time Want to join me

This is being offered to a Maui Senior Center but the host will include others

Send me your name amp email edress by dawn on June 15 amp Irsquoll include you

Yep You will get an invitation about 15 minutes before the Zoom show starts FUN

httpswwwstorytellersnsworgaublog

STORYTELLING IN ISOLATION

STORYTELLING IN ISOLATION

We hope everyone is staying well in these challenging times While we cant meet in per-

son yet there has been an explosion of storytelling online Many of our members are now

embracing Zoom Facebook Live and Youtube to share their stories It is a very different

experience telling a story to a screen rather than a live audience perhaps it is then that

we truly realise just how integral the audience response is to the art of oral storytelling

Until we can share stories eye to eye mind to mind and heart to heart here are links to

various online storytelling events

Storytellers NSW Zoom Story Circles

FairyTale Society Online Conference

National Storytelling Network Virtual Online Conference- details coming soon USA

Storytellers Online

S T O R Y T E L L I N G F R O M

A U S T R A L I A A N D H A W A I I

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Check out the kid stories by Mij Byram and Carrie Sue Ayvar

httpswwwkravisorgathome

More stories to come

5 WEEKS 5 STORIES 5 STORYTELLERS

F A M I L I E S F I R S T

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Looking for something special or the kids grandkids grandparents or neighbor

Family Virtual Storytime might be just the thing to bring everyone together

Birthdays Anniversaries Graduations Lunch Time Bed Time or Anytime

All ages

Interactive or sit back and listen

Everyone has a good time when sharing the experience of a good story told well

Interested Letrsquos talk about topics and themes

Irsquom home

561-504-2616 or mijbyramgmailcom

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V I R T U A L S T O R Y T E L L I N G A R O U N D T H E W O R L D

WORLD VIRTUAL STORYTELLING GUILD

httpswwwnestorytellingorgvirtual-storytelling-guild

I attend these guild meetings regularly There is always a new teller or a story that catches my ear and

stays with me long after the telling There are four meetings a month on various days at various times to

accommodate time zones and make it easy to attend at least one a month The hosts are great as are

the tellers Though not all are professionals all share a love of story and storytelling

The meetings are held via Zoom You must go to httpswwwnestorytellingorgvirtual-storytelling-guild to

register your email Yoursquoll get notices reminders and codes to join the meeting There are also opportuni-

ties for you to share your story

WORLD STORYTELLING CAFEacute

VIRTUAL AND RECORDED STORIES AND POEMS

httpsworldstorytellingcafecomstory-circle

Born in the exceptional circumstances created by the COVID 19 World Storytelling Cafe is brought to you

by the team from Marrakech Riad Under normal circumstances they operate five lovely boutique

hotels On Sunday 15th of March Morocco quite rightly closed its borders as it started to intensively

fight the pandemic

They needed to keep their team together with a positive focus and they wanted to try to make a

meaningful contribution in these difficult times that would reach as far as possible

Read the rest of their story at httpsworldstorytellingcafecomabout-us Itrsquos a BEAUTIFUL site

Master storytellers and poets share their stories Even a place for you to share

Check out their Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomgroups511693402878337

httpswwwstorytellingcenternetinitiativeslearning-library

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THE MOTH - TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE

httpsthemothorgeventsall-together-now-the-moth-in-your-living-room-mainstage While live events are not happening you can listen to Moth Radio on Saturdays at noon on WLRN 913

Find scores of stories and information about their podcast at wwwthemothorg

T H E P U B L I C S T O R Y T E L L E R

Y O U R T R U E S T O R I E S O F L I F E I N S O U T H F L O R I D A

Sundays 4pm on wwwwlrnorg or 913 FM and 915 FM in South Florida

Have a story to share We want to hear it

Call Caren Neile at (561) 289-6586

YOUR HOSTS

Caren S Neile PhD MFA is a professional storyteller

and an affiliate professor at Florida Atlantic University

where she teaches storytelling studies The former chair

of the National Storytelling Network she performs and

teaches throughout the nation and abroad

Michael Stock says ldquoStorytelling just got a lot folkier

with ldquoThe Public Storytellerrdquordquo Michael hosts the weekly

radio show ldquoFolk amp Acoustic Musicrdquo an outlet for music

otherwise not heard in the mass market

TELL YOUR STORY

Listen and Tell

Visit the sites below

Check the calendar pages to find more live streaming virtual events

FLORIDA STORYTELLING ASSOCIATION WEBSITE

NATIONAL STORYTLLING ASSOCIATION

INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER

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There so many storytellers with their stories on the their website Here are a few I thought you might enjoy

Simon Brooks httpswwwdiamondscreecom was at this years Florida Storytelling Festival

Linda Groham httplindagorhamcomvideos Will be at next years Florida Storytelling Festival

Richard Martin httpswwwtellataleeu One of my favorites for his variety of traditional tales

Anne Rutherford httpswwwannerutherfordcomvideos Will be at next years Florida Storytelling Festival

Eddie Lenihan httpsshowsacastcomtell-me-a-story-with-eddie-lenihanepisodes Something different

Sid Leiberman httpwwwsydliebermancomrecordingsindexphp he maybe gone but his stories live on

Find millions of stories on YOUTUBE FACEBOOK TED TALKS

My favorite podcast is STORY STORY PODCAST

S T O R Y T E L L E R S T E L L I N G S T O R I E S

A GOOD TIME FOR A GREAT CAUSE

Camilla Henneman was planning on offering a workshop

on making wet felted hand puppets for puppet festivals

this summer Wellhellipthings happened and plans hellipwell

you know what happened

She has decided to offer this workshop in the form of a

kit with video instructions Basically you are getting the

workshop to do at home She is donating all of the

proceeds for sales of the kit to the Puppeteers of

America Direct Relief Fund for Puppet Artists

(Puppeteers of America)

The kit is available in my Etsy shop httpswwwetsycomshopCamCCHeartFelt

This project is appropriate for ages 12 and up All the materials you need to make both puppets are

included in the kit Additionally you will need a couple of towels and an area to work that can get wet

plastic to protect your work area some dish soap and warm water You can do this project outside or in a

kitchen or bathroom The felting process takes about 2 hours

C A L L I N G A L L P U P P E T E E R S

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INDEX FOR UPDATE VIRTUAL EDITION 2020

PAGE 2 - CONNECTED NSN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL MAY 30 ndash JUNE 9

PAGE 3 - THE STORYTELLING SLAM WITH CAREN NEILE JUNE 14

PAGE 4 ndashSOUTHERN SKIES STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

PAGE 5 - STORYTELLING IN ISOLATION STORIES FROM AUSTRALIA AND HAWAII

PAGE 6 - SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILYmdashCHECK OUT MY STORY AT KRAVISORG

PAGE 7 mdash WORLD STORYTELLING CAFEacute AND WORLD VIRTUAL STORYTELILNG GUILD

PAGE 8 - TELL YOUR STORY

PAGE 9 - PUPPETEERS AND CRAFTERS MORE STORY LINKS

PAGE 10 - INSIDE STORY JOIN THE DISCUSSION

PAGE 11 - SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO

T H E I N S I D E S T O R Y

Below is a link where you can join the discussions of storytellers around the world

You will learn about all things story related

This is where you will find events ideas new stories storytelling opportunities and answers to

questions I suggest the digest version so you get daily email rather than many emails each day unless

you have a designated email just for the storytell-listserv

You donrsquot need to be a member of the National Storytelling Network but that is the organization that

keeps storytelling alive in the US Your membership and or donations are gratefully received at this

time when so many artist are struggling

I suggest you read through the information including the Etiquette Tips Follow the directions and join

the conversation as a listener ready to learn Then introduce yourself and yoursquoll get to know so many

wonderful storytellers who can answerer questions and make suggestions

Looking for a Mentor NSN has that too

This is the link to search find meet and join in

Discussions of the Art of Storytelling

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