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 radio station 91.3 FM
PROGRAM 20:
Feb. 4 , 2007 - Original Stories – The Past Revisited
This program celebrates those storytellers who write their own material,
sometimes in longer format, who reach back into their pasts or their
experiences to bring us true tales...well, some of them might
raise our eyebrows a bit, but we'll believe in them, anyay.
Here are a few of those stories.
Featured storytellers:
Marni Gillard (New York)
My First High Dive
As Marni tells us this tale, she become that little girl of long ago
in her voice and in her thoughts and we're transported back
into her childhood and the biggest leap of her life!
Joshus Searle-White (Pennsylvania)
An Amazing Competition
With a twinkle in his eye, Josh brings us this tale of a fierce
competition between The Cats and The Dinosaurs...is it true?
Well, we'll just have to decide for ourselves.
Marilyn Kinsella (Illinois)
The Last Punch
Marilyn can tell a tale that's so heartwarming and spellbinding
that you won't want to miss a word of it. Here's our Taleypo
remembering the Good Ol' Days in her inimitable style!
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Guest tellers...
• Marni Gillard (New York) — My First High Dive
Marni's journey through life is captured beautifully in this story she wrote called Claiming the Spice of Life.
http://www.marnigillard.com/storytelling/story-journey.shtml
Information from her website:
"Through stories we see ourselves as if in a mirror," says Marni Gillard, who discovered storytelling while teaching middle school English in Niskayuna, New York.
Then after almost 20 years of teaching, Marni left the classroom in 1991 to tell stories full time. Marni performs for all ages at schools and universities, libraries, museums, prison facilities, houses of worship, family gatherings, festivals, even at airport openings.
Marni's tales will inspire her listeners to find stories in themselves. She reminds us all that we have a storyteller alive within.
"It is a false notion that talent is the commodity behind our artistry. We humans must simply activate our desire, and find the courage, to look into a story at our own reflection. Then with our unique brands of creativity, we can bring that reflection to life."
A frequent conference presenter, Marni is the author of Storyteller, Storyteacher: Discovering the Power of Storytelling for Teaching and Living
(Stenhouse, 1996), winner of a 1998 Ann Izard Storyteller's Choice Award for storytelling resources.
Her newest book, in progress, is Storytell Your Life.
Marni has written many articles beginning in the mid-1980s, and she co-edited Give a Listen: Stories of Storytelling in School published by the National Council of Teachers of English, a collection of essays by teachers using storytelling in their work.
Marni's tape, Without a Splash: Diving into Childhood Memories, is a coming of age double cassette of five interlocking stories about a girl's life from age "4 and 3/4" to age 13 in a small town in upstate New York in the early 1960's. Teachers find it full of great models for student writers and storytellers.
At The Story Studio in Schenectady, Marni offers individual and group coaching for beginning and experienced tellers as well as workshops in spontaneous storytelling. She also travels for coaching and works with tellers by phone.
Audiotape:
Without a Splash
Marni Gillard here -- describing my double cassette tape package called Without a Splash: Diving into Childhood Memories, engineered by Erik Kilburn, Wellspring Sound, Concord, MA, and produced and designed by Doug Lipman.
Without a Splash is a coming of age tape of 5 interlocking stories about a girl's life from age "4 and 3/4" to age 13 in a small town in upstate New York in the early 1960's. You see her face the high diving board, big brothers, both public and Catholic school teacher bullies, wise and loving adult mentors, a family member's death, her first kiss and more.
She speaks in the voice of a child but looks back from the perspective of an adult.
The tales are all true, but not necessarily factual. I shaped them to work as stories.
Read words of praise from listeners!
I'd love to have you and yours know about this tape. It very much connects to my work as a writer (Storyteller, Storyteacher -- Stenhouse, 1996) and my newest book, in progress, Storytell Your Life.
My hope is that the tape will help us all look differently at children, school life, family responsibility, and the immeasurable affect that a small gesture of love can have upon a child.
Retails for $20 (double cassette), shipping $1.43. Special offer of 3 sets for $50, shipping $3.20.
If you run a festival or workshop and believe participants would like to buy copies, let me know and we'll strike a deal.
Thanks for your interest. If you know of others (librarians, educators, child psychologists, etc.) who might be interested in a personal story tape about a child's life let them or me know. I'd appreciate that.
The tales cover a range of my experiences in kindergarten, 4th grade and 8th grade. I would be happy to talk to anyone more via email or the phone about the content of the tape. It IS for children, but it relates to children's fears in places and I do recommend you listen WITH a child at least the first time through.
When I tell these tales LIVE I adjust wording and emphasis for children of different ages. Obviously on a tape, I couldn't do that.
Here's to all our storying. As Brother Blue, Cambridge, MA storymagician says, "Storytelling's gonna change the world!"
If you need any additional information, please feel free to contact Marni.
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Contact:
Marni Gillard
833 Parkside Avenue
Schenectady, NY 12309 USA
(518) 381-9474
marni@marnigillard.com
http://www.marnigillard.com
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• Joshua Searle-White (Pennsylvania) — An Amazing Competition
Josh is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. He is one of those rare people who can easily switch back and forth between the world of academia and the world of the imagination.
CDs available:
Dad School
Engaging stories for all ages, by Joshua Searle-White
In performances from San Diego to Moscow and on public radio, storyteller Joshua Searle-White has entertained and delighted audiences with his vivid characters, adventurous plots, and humorous wordplay. With this CD, you can hear what really happened in the later years of Cinderella's life. You can find out how Josh was abducted by a gang of vegetables with unresolved Vitamin B complexes. And if you are brave enough, you can take the Dad School Final Exam and see how you score.
To order this CD,
http://www.acousticdrive.com/letterpoker.html
To contact Josh directly, see contact info below.
And remember -- beware of the Ketchup Monster!
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Imagine …
a high-stakes game of poker, where the betting is in letters instead of money – and once you lose a letter, you can’t use it any more …
… or a dark streambed where two trolls, Arg and Tharg, argue about who is the more victimized …
… or two Swedish spies who encounter strange people, and even stranger accents, while chasing a mysterious geographic evildoer around the world …
… or true devotion, as one friend rescues another from the desperate allure of the video game arcade …
All of this, and more, is revealed on Letter Poker, this new CD from the winner of the 2003 “Storyteller of the Year”™ competition, Joshua Searle-White. Engaging, humorous, and creative, these stories will enliven and excite people from ages 7 on up. (An extra benefit is music by Al Petteway to introduce each story.) To order this CD, click here. To learn about Josh’s other CD, “Dad School,” click here. To contact Josh directly, click here. Enjoy!
http://www.acousticdrive.com/letterpoker.html
For more information, contact Josh at:
jsearle@allegheny.edu
or by telephone at 814/332-2706
http://webpub.allegheny.edu/employee/j/jsearle/jswpers.html
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• Marilyn Kinsella (Illinois) — The Last Punch
Since 1981, Marilyn Kinsella from Fairview Heights, IL, has been telling stories. Her collection of hundreds of stories include: personal experiences, folk tales, literary stories and historical tales. A more detailed list of stories is on another page on her website. Her style has been described as "animated." She uses "word imaging" to color enhance the story.
For 16 years she worked as the storyteller at the Edwardsville Public Library where she honed her skill as a storyteller and puppeteer. After her retirement in 2002, she has worked as a full-time, freelance professional storyteller.
She now travels extensively telling her stories. Her main area for telling includes the St. Louis area and the Southern Illinois region, but she has been known to tell stories "to the four corners.."
Also since 1981, Marilyn Kinsella has been performing as Taleypo the Storyteller "from nursery school to nursing homes." Br'er Rabbit, Anansi the Spider, Coyote and Skunny Wundy are just a fingertip away. Come and join Taleypo...
Awards:
The Jane O'Brien Award from the Illinois Library Association
The Chancellor's Award from the University of Missouri - St. Louis for the St. Louis Storytelling Festival Under the Arch Committee
Illinois ArtsTour Roster 2004-2005, 2006-2007
The Illinois State Board of Education recognizes Marilyn Kinsella as certified to grant CUPDs to teachers who attend her workshops.
CDs:
Fair Views From Old Fairview
A Story! A Story!!!
Welcome to the storyland of Marilyn Kinsella. The landscape is full and rich. It started in a small Southern Illinois community called just plain "Fairview" at the time. Over the years the landscape has changed. It has risen to new heights with strip malls and interstates. But seen through the eyes of a storyteller all the views are fair in Fairview Heights.
Stories on this CD:
A nostalgic walk down Memory Lane in Smalltown, USA. Come and revisit some of your own memories as Marilyn tells her original stories.
The Great Crabapple War of '56 - Marilyn and her neighborhood gang of "nerds" plan strategic maneuvers to combat the "Super Cools" by virtually denuding her Uncle's Crabapple Trees. Childhood memories don't get any better than this!
The Call of the Mourning Dove - Grandpa Joe and Marilyn have secret codes to signal for help, compassion. and love. Now the secrets are revealed!
The Last Punch - Remember the old-fashioned town picnics? Come along as Marilyn tries to hornswoggle her Grandpa Joe into winning "The Last Punch."
Faces of Christmas Past and Present - A special ornament with faces of Christmas past and present sits at the top of the Christmas tree. Listen and find out why and how it got there.
- $10.00 plus $3.00 mailing
markinsella19@hotmail.com
http://www.marilynkinsella.org/
Plus:
Taleypo Tales tape available -
Enjoy some of your favorite folktales:
Tailypo - Marilyn's signature story about a swamp critter that loses its tail to a cantankerous old man. Find out how Tailypo regains his tail in this fast-paced, fun, yet spooky rendition of an ancient tale.
The Hairy Man - Wiley and his mama have to fool the Hairy Man three time to get him to leave them alone. Listen to this story so you know what to do when your out in the woods...all alone.
The Three Wishes - Find out how getting your wishes granted can be more trouble than they are worth!
Br'er Possum and Br'er Snake - A cautionary story about..."not troublin' trouble, lessin' trouble, troubles...YOU!"
markinsella19@hotmail.com
http://www.marilynkinsella.org/
Publications
Diving In the Moon, Summer, 2006 "Who is My Neighbor" Healing Arts publication
The Storytelling Classroom ed. by Sherry Norfolk, Diane Williams, and Jane Stenson - a chapter on "Tiki-Picky Boom-Boom." Release date: November, 2006
Contact Marilyn at:
markinsella19@hotmail.com
http://www.marilynkinsella.org/
618-397-1377
Booking info
Elsenpeter Productions
P.O. Box 35
Barry, IL
217-335-3338
Rich Elsenpeter
Marilyn's rates depend on the time, the audience, and the distance she travels.
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