The Guelph Guild of Storytellers, founded in 1994, promotes the oral tradition of storytelling. Please note that many of our stories are too long or complex for younger audiences.
We offer workshops, monthly rehearsal and feedback meetings, and two concert series each year.
Update October 2012
Guelph Public Library: Main Library Branch (100 Norfolk, Downtown)
7:00-8:30 pm, Second Wednesday of every month (September through May).
Monthly Agenda
1. Welcome - Introductions
2. Guild Member Telling
3. Building Skills: Teaching Moment
4. Guest Teller
5. Open Mic
Building Skills: Teaching Moments
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Oct 10
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- Finding your story
- Entering your stry
- Living your story
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Nov 14
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- Building your characters
- Shaping for the ear
- Shaping for active listening
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Dec 12
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- Building your story
- Capturing vital emotions
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Jan 09
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- Creating sensory experience
- Researching context
- Vetting draft
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Feb 13
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- Living the story
- Considering your Audience
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Mar 13
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- Practicing your story
- Telling from the heart
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Apr 10
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- Rehearsing aloud
- Practicing: pacing, timing, gestures, voide qualities
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May 8
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- Rehearsing for recovery
- Doing dry runs
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Jun 10
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- The Telling
- Preparation, day of...
- If audience flags...
- Ending your story
- Next steps
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Fall 2012, Evening Storytelling Concerts at the Library
We're changing dates again. We tell on the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm at the Main Branch of the Guelph Public Library, 100 Norfolk at Paisly.
That's September 12, October 9, November14, December 12.
Short open mic time. Please call the week before if your story is over five minutes so we can arrange the program.
New and interested tellers always welcome!
Contact Sandy Schoen, 519-767-0017, guelphstory@gmail.com
Fall 2012, Business and Rehearsal Meetings
These are at members homes the first Wedesday of each month. Call for location. New members always welcome!
Summer 2012, Friday Morning Tea and Tales, Riverside Park Enabling Gardens
The popular tradition started in 2007.
Every Friday morning this summer (except for August 31), the Guelph Guild
of Storytellers and friends will tell at the Guelph Enabling Gardens.
The time is 10:30-11:30. Free, but donations are accepted. Some chairs provided, but bring your own if convenient.
July 6: Brian Holstein, Sya VanGeest
July 13: Brian Holstein, Jenny Kuspira
July 20: Frank Toplin, Mary McCullum Baldasaro
July 27: Sandy Schoen, Marion Samuel-Stevens (soprano), Anna (piano)
August 3: Donna McCaw, Frank Toplin
August 10: Ann Estill, Sandy Schoen
August 17: Beve Matson, Joan Holland
August 24: Ann Estil, Sya VanGeest
The Enabling Gardens are at the south end of Riverside Park, behind
Evergreen Seniors' Centre. All ages welcome, but stories are intended
for thinking adults.
See First Local coverage from 2010 at the Enabling Gardens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2sEsFZTngc
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