REMINDER RAW GARDEN STORYTELLING is on again this month
RAW
Garden Storytelling is a partnership event with Mariam Issa and the RAW
Garden and Storytelling Vic. The Garden celebrates the uniqueness and
aspirations of multicultural women through gardening, storytelling,
crafts and cooking. Durgah Devi Palanisamy (Dee) from Storytelling Vic
is our host. Dee will have a mix of special guests and story games and
there is always a space for friends to tell a tale.
THEMES:
Sometimes we have a theme but we are not strict about this and will let
you know if there is something in particular we would like to explore
We value listeners and storytellers equally and take pride in welcoming newcomers to RAW. *banner photograph supplied by Tatiana Scott.
COST: FREE Bookings are not necessary. Enter by the drive way gate.
WHERE: 325 South Road Brighton East TIME: 12.00 - 3.00
Stagecraft Workshop with Newport Fiddle and Folk Club
The Newport Fiddle and Folk Club regularly run workshops. I'm delighted to be co-facilitating this one with Alan Davies.
WORKSHOP
You've practised your songs, they're sounding good, but all the 'other
stuff' about performing is still daunting. Dealing with nerves, getting
on and off stage, introducing the songs, what to do if something goes
wrong. Join Jackie Kerin and Alan Davies for an afternoon workshop
that focuses on the 'non-musical' aspects of being a performer,
including:
Forming a strong relationship with the audience
Being natural, being yourself on stage
Getting rid of the music stand - strategies for memorising lyrics
Coping with lights, microphones and PAs
**The workshop will also be suitable for spoken-word performers such as storytellers, poets and MCs.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Jackie Kerin is a trained actor and teacher with many years experience as a storyteller, MC and musician.
Alan Davies is a trained teacher with experience as an actor, storyteller, MC, musician and PA operator.
COST: $40, $30 members of Newport Fiddle and Folk Club $20 concession.
Bookings/enquiries: Alan Davies alandavies10@gmail.com
Storytelling Australia Victoria will have the fire crackling in the old Scout Hall on the Saturday of the festival (June 30) for the annual Stories by the Fire, an open storytelling evening. Be there to get your name on the board.
Fionnuala is a storyteller and intuitive and founder of 'Transformational Storytelling'. She tells Irish Celtic stories and some from her own life experiences and those she has crafted herself. She loves to encourage others to step forward and tell stories.
For Fionnuala, sharing story is key to understanding ourselves and each other better, strengthening our connections and celebrating our diversity. And it's fun! Geelong story enthusiasts
Fionnuala is currently in negotiations to set up some fun classes on the Art of Storytelling in Geelong and the Bellerine Peninsula. She is sussing out venues for a regular Storytelling Circle in Geelong.
So if you are interested in any of these, please come and speak with her or contact: e: fionnuala.fs@gmail.com w: http://fionnualasmyth.com/
Fabled
Nights in Newport is an open-hearted space for people who want to
learn to craft true tales, traditional stories, tall tales and yarns;
heart to heart and without notes. We welcome beginners and experienced
folks. So come and strut your stuff, share what you know, try out a new
story or tell a tale for the first time.
There's room for
around 10 storytellers and we ask that stories be no longer than 10
minutes, give or take. We ask that stories be said not read.
We reserve 2 - 15 minute places for people who want to try out longer stories.
Let kind hearts and commonsense prevail: racist and homophobic stories
hurt people so please don't bring them to 'Fabled Nights'.
COST: $5.00 or $3.00 (Storytelling Vic and Newport Fiddle and Folk Club members). No Booking required. *WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS * FABLED NIGHTS is an intergenerational event. Children welcome at parent/carers discretion
'Fabled Nights in Newport' is a partnership event with Hobsons Bay
Libraries and is supported by the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club.
PARKING: There is free parking at the rear of the building. Coming from
Mason Street, turn left at Durkin Street then left into the car park.
Entry to the HUB is from the park.
At Fabled Nights in Newport we encourage Storytelling Australia Victoria members to participate in hosting and running the evening. Thank you Fionnuala for hosting April!
This is the fourth year we've celebrated World Storytelling Day and it grows a little bigger each time.
Building on the work of Teena Hartnett and Susan Hall, Durgah (Dee) Devi Palanisamy embraced the task for 2018. With a theatre background, Dee took one look at the performance space in The Dock Library and said, 'This is the place for WSD!'
The Library were welcoming after we approached them about a partnership
event and the rest is history. Thank you Melbourne Library for making us
feel comfortable and supported in your beautiful space.
The storytellers who committed to telling on the day rehearsed at Fabled
Nights in Newport, and others recorded and sent videos of stories from
overseas: Donna Washington (USA), Peter Chand (England), Douglas McKay
(Scotland) and Tom Van Outryve (Belgium). We had a late scratching
because of ill health, from one of our senior tellers, David Demant but
we even managed to share his story via you tube! I won't list all the
teller's names here as they are credited in the video.
Dee was keen to have a display in the space in front of the theatre and
it looked fabulous with books written by members, storytelling resources
and the kamishibai storytellers were out in force.
We did our best to cover the day so we could share with those of you who
couldn't be with us and also for those who participated, its nice to
have a record. As well as photos and video recordings, we had digital
artist Rex Smeal with us who drew the stories and the tellers.
So please enjoy these videos, and next year, I hope if you missed out this time, fingers crossed you can join us.
In 2019 we will make sure we check the date of the AFLW Grand Final so
there isn't a clash! GO DOGGIES!! (Did I just type that? Sorry).
I attended Mojan Javadi's (film maker and member) workshop on making
movies on phones and the embedded movie is the result. Not quite a
Hollywood production but I have ambitions!
Happy World Storytelling Day to you all from us here at SAV central,
Jackie Kerin (president and on behalf of a dedicated and hard working committee)
We live in a world shaped by stories. Stories are the threads of our lives and the fabric of human cultures. A story can unite or divide people(s), obscure issues, or spotlight new perspectives. A story can inform, deceive, enlighten or entertain, or even do all of the above. Personally as a story worker, I think stories are the building blocks of our world.
Our SAV vision is one where storytelling is valued as a skill and practice in the same way as reading, writing, arithmetic and art. Our purpose is to nurture the art of storytelling.
Our Storytelling Australia Victoria committee offered a scholarship to the to Sydney International Storytelling Conference to support the building of storytelling skills in our community. We want those skills to be taken our into the world to participate in our vision of seeing storytelling as a valued skill and practice. We see this scholarship as a way to nurture members of our community in their art of storytelling.
We had a few very strong applications that shared with us their using of storytelling to create a better world. Using stories to connect with (young) people, to introduce ideas of love, and justice and equality.
The SAV committee is very happy to announce that Daniela Bücheler-Scott has been awarded the 2018 scholarship that includes attendance to the Sydney International Storytelling Conference, covering the cost of registration for the event and $200 cash to go towards accommodation and travel.
Dani in the RAW Garden September 2016 (photo: Jackie Kerin)
It was a really hard decision to make - to decide who to award the place to, as the applications were so strong. But what we know is that we have amazing storytellers who value storytelling in the same way the committee does, and that SAV is excited to nurture the art of storytelling by offering this scholarship.
Many on the committee hope that the scholarship is something that becomes an annual event - and a lasting legacy of the current committee.
We wish to thank everyone who applied, and to congratulate Daniela on this scholarship - we know that you will get an extraordinary amount out of attending the conference!
Yours In Story,
Lana Woolf Secretary & Memberships of the SAV committee
Storyteller Anne E Stewart has lived in
Daylesford for 27 years and has watched her small country town turn into
one of regional Australia’s most gay
friendly towns. This prompted the question, some years back, “Why is it
so gay friendly?" What followed was an interesting social history
explained in her show, “So who was the first gay in the Village?"
With the passing of the marriage equality act she attended celebrations
at the local Daylesford Hotel and started pondering on a different set
of questions
The recent birth of her granddaughter had Anne thinking on rainbow families and the stories they tell their children. “My granddaughter looked so like her dad, I wondered how gay families told their children about their genetic makeup. Who was their dad, their mum? Were there any restrictions on IVF treatment?"
From a literary family, Anne wondered how rainbow families were depicted
in literature. What were the stories that spurred and encouraged their
children?
This all had Anne wondering on conversations with gay families. Are you able to ask about donors, or is that off limits? How are their families planned and conceived? What was the journey?
A straight women, Anne’s passion for storytelling and love for her home town have her working through some of these questions.
"There are many rainbow families in Daylesford and I was just keen to celebrate this with respectful discussions."
Story house and garden's resident storyteller, Anne E Stewart, shines a
light on rainbow families to uncover language and etiquette around
respectful communication and relationships.
Refreshments supplied
Saturday 10th March 3pm -4.30pm
Sunday 11th March 3pm- 4.30pm
Monday 12th March 1pm -2.30pm
Story House and Garden: 52 Millar Street, Daylesford
Jackie Kerin is off to the Port Fairy Folk Festival with story collaborator and musician buddy, Sarah Depasquale.
Saturday March 10
The Pavilion
10.45 am Tales from the Flyway
Stage 4
2.00 pm Lyrebird! A true story. (children's event)
Sunday March 11
The Pavilion
10.45 am The Amazing Case of Dr Ward an other stories
12.30 pm The Pat Glover Award (open storytelling opportunity)
Tales from the Flyway takes you on a
journey following the path of migratory shore birds, from south-east
Australia to Siberia, along the East Asian Australasian Flyway. The show
is playful and occasionally enlightening.
The
Amazing Case of Dr Ward and other stories asks the question: when you
bite into a mango, spread a picnic rug under a shady elm or pop a
fuchsia bud, do you ever wonder, how these plants come to be in
Australia?
*Our Amazing Case was made for us by the Hobson's Bay Men's Shed. It is
a scaled down replica based of one of the oldest Wardian cases held in
Kew Gardens. Cases like these were used to transport plants around the
world from 1833 -1962
Off site in the Port Fairy township
Sunday March 11
Blarney Books
3.15 pm Talking Phar Lap the wonder Horse and other iconic Australian stories.
