End of Fest

[mythteller]

The Fort Edmonton Park Storytelling Festival has come to a close. Zimmerman and I did our Devil show (on Sunday) and our Jack show (on Monday), as well as each getting 10 minutes in a Sunday night concert with 6 other tellers. The Devil show and the Jack show got about a 30-person audience each and there were 75 people at the concert. All in all, a great turnout.

At the risk of sounding arrogant, we kicked ass. There were great tellers in this festival, but Zimmerman and I really stood out. In the Sunday night concert, I told the Hall of Wonders story that held the people spellbound and Zimmermans's story about Pierre and the Tulips had them roaring with laugther.

We sold about 15 Jack books, which was 5 books less than what I was hoping for, but still satisfactory. I picked up a couple of story CDs, but no books this time which is unusual for me. These story fests usually mean I come home with an armful of books.

Also, our host family video-taped the Jack show that we did today at the park, but he also taped a dress rehearsal of the Devil show we did in their living room. He's burned these two shows to DVD and we'll see what we can do about uploading them to YouTube.com for public consumption. We'll let you know when that happens!

So now that we've conquered Edmonton, what's next? We need to get cracking on applying to other storytelling fests from around the world. Alberta is the farthest I've travelled so far with storytelling, but now that I've done it, it's time to see how far I can push it!

Yes, yes... there's the whole flying issue I have. I should be biting my nails about it right now, but I'm still too pumped from the weekend's successes to be worried.

Comments

[emeraldblack.livejournal.com]

I believe there's a fest in NS. A very old friend of mine who is a storyteller (Lynn Gorley) lives and tells there. Perhaps a connection would be in order? Let me know.

[jdhobbes.livejournal.com]

Most definitely! If you could email me her contact info or ask her to contact me, that would be great!

I love Nova Scotia. I've been there several times and leaving it has always been difficult.

[emeraldblack.livejournal.com]

Here 's a pic of her from a site you probably know:
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/StorytellersCircle/0412.html

She tends to move around a lot so I'd get in touch with her old storytellers circle in NS (http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/StorytellersCircle) before you go to see if she's still around. She was my best friend 30 years ago in Quebec City and, sad to say, we've only recently renewed acquaintance after many years apart. She is an honest and true woman of many many talents.
Her coordinates and brief bio are as follows: Harolyn J. Gourley, 5 Hamlen St., Glace Bay, NS B1A 3J5, E-mail: anniespantry@hotmail.com

Bio: Born in Cape Breton; raised in Michigan; B.A., University of Michigan ('88), concentration - Cultural Anthropology; traveled throughout North America; seldom at a loss for words! Storyteller, "Versifier", Raconteuse, Imagineer and Champion Mouser (Ret.). Across the flicker and crackle of an 18th Century re-enactment campfire, to the bated-breath circle of faces in a library or grade-school classroom, at receptions and banquets, for friend and foe alike...there's always just one more story that wants telling! And the best story - true, traditional or anecdotal -- is always...the next one! (So, then, shall we begin? Ah-h-h-h..."Once, there was a Woman..."

[yukonflower.livejournal.com]

In the Sunday night concert, I told the Hall of Wonders story that held the people spellbound

I LOVE that story!!!!
I'm so glad that you guys had a good time.

[jdhobbes.livejournal.com]

I hope you give me some credit for having introduced you to that story! Glad you were able to make it work... I'd be curious to see the Bee version of that tale!

[yukonflower.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding?! I give you ALLLLL the credit for introducing me
to that story and I wouldn't even make an attempt to pilfer it ~
you tell it SOOOOOOOO well!!!