Storytelling Radio Program
KSVY-FM 91.3, Sonoma, CA
http://www.ksvy.org
Sundays, 5-6 pm Pacific time (adjust for your time zone)
Live audio streaming: Go to the KSVY website. In the upper
right-hand corner, click on High or Low Speed and find
yourself listening to the program in progress.
Theme music: Special thanks to Petra Koch in Germany (she works with Storyteller Richard Martin), who performed the beautifully haunting alto recorder music of Como Podem from the 13th century collection Cantigas de Santa Maria (copy of Kynsecker, Mollenhauer & Co.). Used on this program with her kind permission.
Engineer: Brodie Giles, KSVY
PROGRAM 14:
Dec 24, 2006 - Warm Thoughts and Memories for the Holidays
Today’s program includes stories not only about the holidays, but also about remembering families and family members who have been especially important to us in our lives. It’s those fond memories that we often talk about when we get together for the holidays…those people who helped shape and enrich our lives. And so this program is dedicated to them as well as the holidays.
Featured storytellers:
Yvonne Healy (Michigan)
The Healy Cross
We all have families that give us both pleasure and pain. Yvonne looks far back into her family history in Ireland to tell us about her very unusual family background and how their early experiences carried her family forward into a new life in a new country. With a lilt and a smile, Yvonne brings us this reminiscence of a family worth remembering!
Glenda Bonin (Arizona)
Buddy and the Bear
Glenda looks back at the pleasures she experienced with her loving grandfather and his dog—and the lessons about life that she learned from their adventures together. With a twinkle in her eye, Glenda tells us this tale of an unexpected encounter in the woods that helped shape her future life.
John Lopez (California, Stagebridge Theatre, Oakland)
The Bomber Pilot Helps His Mother
John lovingly remembers his childhood during World War II when his hard-working mother toiled at a man’s job and needed the help of her young son just to get through each day. Told bilingually in Spanish and English, this story will warm your heart and give you a glimpse into the everyday lives of those families who helped at home while our soldiers fought overseas to protect our lives and our democracy.
Sue Black (Illinois)
Dancing With My Dad
Sue reminisces about her dad, who didn't talk much to her when she was a kid, but one night showed her everything she needed to know about life and love when he taught her how to dance the polka. She saw her father in a new way that night and her life was changed forever.
Jackie Baldwin (California)
The Battle Between the Shoe and the Stocking
Jackie brings us this humorous story of a battle between a Shoe and a Stocking, but it’s really about the battles we’ve all faced in our lives when we’ve met overbearing bullies and had to deal with them. There is a delicious comeuppance at the end of this tale that will delight you!
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Guest tellers...
• Yvonne Healy (Michigan)
Using simply voice, gesture and story, Yvonne invites you into the theater of your own imagination. Raised in the Irish oral tradition she grew up to act on New York’s stage and screen. Multicultural mythology, a love of language, and her outrageous family lured her back to storytelling.
Born in England to Irish parents, Yvonne immigrated with her family to the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania. Inherited wanderlust inspired Yvonne to leave that small town for Swarthmore College, Tufts University and eventual life as a professional actress in the Big Apple. The birth of her daughters re-opened her heart to storytelling where she thrives on the deep sense of connection between audience and storyteller.
32 years of storytelling, professional acting, and comic improvising infuse Yvonne's lively teaching style with theatre games and interactive approaches. Children, teens and adults develop communication skills while enhancing literacy development in “Write Out Loud, "Kindred Keepsakes”, “ActUP!” and other dynamic residencies and workshops.
Yvonne gives thanks for her good fortune by volunteering as Managing Editor for MI Story: Michigan's Storytelling Publication, webmaster www.MichiganStorytelling.com and Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild, Northlands Storytelling Network Board of Directors, producing Detroit Story League Storytelling Festival, State Liaison for National Storytelling Network and participating & mentoring actively in the Detroit Story League, National Storytelling Network, and Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild. This Swarthmore College graduate and Kripalu Yoga teacher volunteers frequently at her children’s schools and church, regularly scrubs pots in homeless shelters and enjoys wedded bliss with the same wonderful man since 1984.
Honors
• Gold Award, Best DVD, "Good Character," Creative Child Magazine 2006
• Storyteller of the Year Finalist 2004
• Gold Award, Best Spoken Word Recording, Gold Award, Children's Music Organization, 2003
• Keeper of the Story, Professional Award, America's Story Festival, Tennessee, 2003
• Gold Award, Best Audio Children’s Resource: Storytelling, Gold Award, National Parenting Publications NAPPA, 2002
• "The Healy Cross" selected as only American author, Brandon Books' anthology From the Heart of Ireland, 2003
Highlights - Performances & Workshops for:
• Michigan Arts & Humanities Touring Program (1999-present)
• Detroit Institute of Art (1999-present)
• National Storytelling Fringe, PA
• Chicago Cultural Center, IL
• Library of Michigan
• America's Story Festival, TN
• Sharing the Fire Concert, NH
• National Storytelling Network Regional Concert, IL
• Jackson StoryFest
• Michigan Story Festival
• Mohegan Colony Storytelling Festival, NY
• Ark Storytelling Festival
• Northlands Concerts, WI
• Visiting Artist in University of Michigan’s At-Risk Youth project Tellin’ It, 2000-present
• National Storytelling Network & SIG Conferences
• Michigan Reading Association Conferences
• Ohio Order for Preservation of Storytelling Conferences, OH
• Illinois Reading Council Annual Conference, IL
• Michigan Chautauqua History Project
• VASA - Virginia Storytellers Association Conference
• Festival of Faith & Writing (Calvin College)
• Michigan Wolf Trap Early Childhood Education
• performances & residencies in:
? Michigan
? Colorado
? Wisconsin
? Indiana
? California
? Ohio
? Illinois
? Virginia
? New York
• for Children, Adults, Teens, College Students, Families at:
? conferences
? schools
? museums
? festivals
? universities
? corporations
? libraries
Contact Yvonne at:
contact@YHealy.com
http://www.yhealy.com/index.htm
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• Glenda Bonin (Arizona)
As a storyteller, story teacher, performer and workshop presenter for more than twenty-five years, I love what I do! My experience includes work with grades K through 12, college classes, library programs and community events. My storytelling includes puppetry, magic, theatre arts and creative writing activities. All programs are tailored to meet the needs and interests of each group. Fees vary and are determined on a per job basis, taking venue, anticipated audience size, program length and number of performances into consideration.
From 2006 through 2008, I will be expanding my touring schedule to include more western states, the Midwest and a few eastern areas of the country. This means that schools and libraries can enjoy a significant savings because travel expenses are never added to my program fees when I am on tour. You might want to check my schedule to see if the tour route will take me to or through your neck of the woods.
I am listed as a performer on the following rosters: Alaska Council on the Arts; Arizona Commission on the Arts; Nevada Council on the Arts; North Dakota Council on the Arts; San Diego City Elementary Schools Preferred Performer List; Tucson-Pima Arts Council/Southern Arizona Artist Directory; Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Arts Register.
This year, Glenda was honored to be selected as one of the "Western Showcase" Storytellers for the 17th annual TIMPANOGOS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, August 31 - September 2.
For more information about this exciting, regional event:
http://www.timpfest.org/
Don't miss getting your copy of "Family Gazette." Stories about Life in the West by Glenda Bonin
A collection of tales about Norwegian homesteaders, a German fiddle player, a singing cowboy, and memories about growing up in Wyoming in the 1940s.
STORIES
• Setting Liberty Free
• Grandpa Al and Max
• My Father Was a Singing Cowboy
• Buddy and the Bear
• Motorcycle Momma
Available in CD and cassette formats.
What Folks Have to Say about Glenda's CD:
"On a recent long distance car trip, my daughters (9 year old twins) asked that we bring along the 'storytelling one' CD. Great idea. They are mesmerized whenever they listen to it. Forty-five minutes, and not a peep out of them. They, and I, want more."
Orthopedic Physician
Tucson, AZ
"She reminds me to look for the simple things for stories. . . . There is a 'quiet charm' that is very appealing. Also, the stories have a wide age range in interest."
Retired Librarian
Mesa Community College
Click here now to order a copy of Glenda’s CD.
The cost for the CD is just $15, and includes shipping and handling.
If you would like to have this collection of stories in cassette format, contact Glenda toll-free at 1-888-252-3033 to place your order. (The cassette is $10, and includes shipping and handling.)
Contact Glenda at:
glenda@storyworksgroup.com
http://www.storyworksgroup.com/
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• John Lopez (California; Stagebridge Theatre, Oakland)
John is a long-time member of Stagebridge Theatre.
Here's a quote from him:
"I was born in Redwood City, CA in 1934, and raised within the Hispanic culture and community. Storytelling is something I've been hearing all my life, from uncles, aunts, and my mother. That's how this story was born."
Info about Stagebridge:
STAGEBRIDGE is the nation's oldest Senior Theatre Company. Based in Oakland, California,
STAGEBRIDGE is an arts organization that uses theatre and storytelling to bridge the generation gap and to stimulate positive attitudes toward aging. STAGEBRIDGE’s intergenerational programs feature senior theater productions, storytelling in the schools, acting classes for seniors, and writing contests for children.
Through these programs, we demonstrate our vision of cooperation, creativity, and joy among people of all ages and backgrounds.
Information about Stagebridge Theatre:
Oakland, CA
Since 1978, Stagebridge Theatre Company has been using the arts to bridge the generations. What began as a drama class at a senior center, grew into a production company where original plays were created and presented to senior groups and school children. Positive images of older adults are portrayed through theatre classes, workshops, school programs and public performances.
Stagebridge continues to create original plays about aging, classes for older adults and produces a popular storytelling program in local elementary schools. Today, the company is comprised of more than 100 adults whose average age is 70. Their programs reach more than 30,000 people a year throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Since 1978, Stagebridge's mission has been to include older people in theater and to use performance as a means of bridging generations. Storybridge, its intergenerational arts and literacy project, enables low-income older adults and at-risk children to interact and learn through storytelling programs like "Grandparents' Tales" and "Senior Storytellers in the Schools." Stagebridge also coordinates classes in acting, improv, storytelling, and scene study, as well as performances of original plays about aging for individuals in schools, rest homes, hospitals, libraries, senior centers, and theaters. Its quarterly newsletter currently reaches 3,000 subscribers.
Contact:
The Stagebridge Theater
2501 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Voice: 510.444.4755
Fax: 510.444.4821
info@stagebridge.org
http://www.stagebridge.org
Stuart Kandell, Founder
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• Sue Black (Illinois)
Storyteller Sue Black has charmed audiences with her warmth and creativity since 1997, telling original and traditional stories from around the world. She is currently the Storyteller-in-Residence at Robert Clow Elementary School in Naperville, Illinois.
Recipient of the Prairie Area Reading Council Literacy Award, Sue combines her passion for storytelling with her delight in teaching students and their teachers to tell stories. It's an awesome combination! Her work includes taking students from page to stage in residencies and as the sponsor of student storytelling clubs.
Listeners of all ages are captivated by Sue's enthusiastic storytelling. Don't be surprised if you want to move, chant, sing, think, imagine and dream.
Hot off the press!!
Sue's work with student storytellers has been included in two just-released books. In Children Tell Stories, Teaching and Using Storytelling in the Classroom, by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, Sue's work with student storytelling clubs is prominently cited and the authors feature a story written by Sue about one young storyteller's experience. National Storytelling Press has released Telling Stories to Children, and Sue's article on storytelling and the state learning standards is included.
Illinois Arts Council Roster
Illinois Artists-in-Education Roster
Approved Illinois CPDU provider
Sample Programs
New stories for 2006 Programs!
Partial funding may be available through the Illinois Arts Council and the Arts-In Education program
Ghosts, Shivers and Screams
A witches' brew of spine-tingling stories! These stories run shivers down your spine and cause those little hairs on the back of your neck to rise. You might want to bring a friend -- it will be dark when you go home! (Ages 10 and up, adults)
Giggles, Jumps and Squeals
A whole lot of Halloween fun and a little spooky too! Family-friendly stories celebrate the season with just enough shivers to delight listeners of all ages.
'Round the World With Stories
Folk tales from around the world explore our wide diversity while celebrating our common bonds. (Grades PreK-12)
You Can't Bully Me!
Includes Sue's original adaptation of the story of the Three Pigs, highlighting the behaviors of the bully, the bullied, and the bystander. Stories to get the discussion started in your classroom and school. (Grades 1-6)
Pi in the Sky!
Stories with math problems to solve. (Grades K-5)
Stories and Songs Just for Fun
A delightful mix of laughter, stories and songs, this program is highly interactive and full of fun! (All ages)
Animal Tales
Explore the animal kingdom and the lessons we learn from the earth and her creatures. (Grades PreK-8)
Characters with Character
No preaching, just teaching through the example of "characters with character". (Grades K-8)
Civil War/Civil Rights
History comes alive through the unique blending of historical fact and fiction. (Grades 5-12)
Customized Programs
Sue can create a program to fit your needs, tailoring it to curriculum goals, grade levels, subject areas, or holidays. (Grades PreK-12)
Living Out Loud!
Celebrate LIFE! with laughter and grace. Weaving personal stories and folktales with songs and music, this veteran of marriage and motherhood creates a tapestry that is rich, bold and inspirational. (Adults)
Sample Residencies *
* Partial funding may be available through the Illinois Arts Council and the Arts-in-Education program.
• KidsTell! Recipient 2006 Prairie Area Reading Council Literacy Award!
Students in grades two through eight learn to tell stories in this school residency adapted to fit your literacy framework, timeframe, and curricular goals.
• Digitelling
Students in grades five through eight bring projects, presentations, reports, personal narratives, and stories to life using digital storytelling techniques.
• Storyteller, Story Writer
Put your pencils away, we've got a story to write! Students learn how easy it is to write when they've got a good story to tell.
Sample Workshops **
** Sue is an Illinois CPDU provider.
• Storytelling . . . You Can Do It!
Teachers learn to tell a story with confidence so that lessons become memorable. This dynamic workshop provides you with the skills and confidence to tell stories to your students.
• Storytelling Fever - Catch It! Creating Student Storytellers
Learn how you can take students from first-meeting jitters to confident storytellers in this interactive workshop. This framework for developing student storytellers has been aligned with the Illinois State Learning Standards, Bloom's Taxonomy, and the 6 Traits of Writing program.
Recent Venues
• St. Charles Literature Festival, St. Charles, IL
• Freeman School Storytelling Festival, Aurora, IL
• IllinoisYoung Author's Conference, Normal, IL
• Triton College Access to Literacy, River Grove, IL
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL
Recent Workshop Presentations
Storytelling Fever -- Catch It!
• Frankfort School District 157C staff inservice, Frankfort, IL / 2006
• Illinois Reading Council Conference, Springfield, IL / 2006
• Sharing the Fire Conference, Nashua, NH / 2006
• Aurora University, Aurora, IL / 2006
• Northlands Storytelling Conference, Madison, WI / 2005
• Illinois Gifted Educators Conference, Chicago, IL / 2005
• Sterling Public Library, Sterling, IL / 2005
Storytelling and Technology
• Betty Weeks Storytelling Conference for Educators, Evanston, IL / 2005Storyteller/Story Writer
• Robert Clow Elementary School, Naperville, IL / 2006, 2005
Storytelling . . . You Can Do It!
• Young Learners Conference, Champaign, IL/ 2006
• Lisle/Naperville Home Daycare Association, Naperville, IL 2006
• Sharing a Vision Conference, Oak Brook, IL / 2005
• Wheatland/Salem Preschool staff inservice, Naperville, IL / 2005
Recent Residencies
• 21st Century Project, Joliet, IL / 2006
• Freeman Partnership School, Aurora, IL / 2006
• The "Tattle Tales" Storytelling Club, Naperville, IL / 2003 to 2006
• Digitelling, Naperville, IL / 2006
• Clow School Storytelling Club, Naperville, IL / 2000 to 2006
• Lincoln School, Sterling, IL / 2005
• Co-producer, Clow School Storytelling Festival, Naperville, IL / 2003 to 2006
Professional Affiliations
• Board Member of Illinois Storytelling, Inc.
• Member National Storytelling Network
• Member of Northlands Storytelling Network
• Member of Fox Valley Storytelling Guild
Education
Bachelor of Science, Sociology and Secondary Education
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Contact Sue at:
Stories for the Journey
Naperville IL
630-983-1329
sbbstories@aol.com
http://www.storytelling.org/Black/
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• Jackie Baldwin (California)
Jackie has been a storyteller all her life but she got serious about it in the mid-'80s when she began and later graduated from the Dominican University Professional Storytelling Credential Program in San Rafael, created by the wonderful Ruth Stotter.
In the late '90s, Jackie launched the Story-Lovers website and with the generous assistance of tellers all over the world has helped the site grow to be one of the largest on the Internet providing story ideas and sources. Story-Lovers will soon become a podcast, available to anyone in the world 24/7. She also began teaching storytelling and creative writing in the late '90s and is working currently with both adults and children to bring the joy of storytelling into their lives, personally and professionally.
Jackie wrote/directed/produced award-winning educational television programs and series for PBS for 25 years, based out of San Francisco. She recently began concentrating on radio with a weekly, one-hour program Story-Lovers World! on KSVY Sonoma 91.3 FM, in which she welcomes storytellers from around the world to share their ideas and stories through live streaming, which makes the program available to anyone with a computer, no matter where in the world they live. Plans are underway to syndicate this program on international radio.
In 2000, Jackie began publishing the thematic Bare Bones books, which reduce stories to their "bare bones" and include stories from the last 100 years. Nine books comprise this series so far, with more to come, and many of the the stories are contributed by international tellers. A published author, her latest book, An Enchanted Garden of Seeds and Stories, includes eight world folktales involving plants and eight packets of seeds to go with the stories. It is available on amazon.com or http://www.story-lovers.com . Story-Lovers is also a source for all storytelling stationery products, such as calendars, greeting cards, business cards, notepads, matted prints, and thousands of early 20th-century artwork by the world's best-known artists.
A board member of the Storytelling Association of Alta, California (S.A.A.C.) and the Bay Area Independent Publishers Assn. (BAIPA), Jackie was awarded the National Storytelling Network's prestigious 2006 ORACLE Award for Distinguished National Service.
She produces San Francisco Bay Area regional events called Teller-to-Teller, which are designed to provide behind-the-scenes, professional information, advice and sharing about the field to all storytellers, from beginning to advanced.
Contact Jackie at:
jackie@story-lovers.com
http://www.story-lovers.com
707-996-1996
P.O. Box 446
Sonoma, CA 95476
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