Ottawa StoryTellers Newsletter

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Regular events - Story Swap & Tea Party

Story Swap
The swap is a storyTeller's open stage

Begun in the early 1980s the Story Swap has provided a welcoming room from which to develop a new story, or a new skill. And for those who drive, it comes complete with free parking.

Some news:

Jeff is the new organizer for the swap. He used to be a high school teacher, and now performs as a teller in the schools. He has improved the food and beverages available during the break. For example, on one Thursday evening, there was fresh fruit and a bowl of soft chocolate into which folks could dip their strawberries. And it was free! As well, the board, in consultation with professionals, have formalised some of the telling guidelines that have developed over the years and have had these policies typed up and laminated for all to peruse.

Dates:
July 7 August 4	September 1 October 6	November 3 December 1

The first Thursday of every month at
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street, Rm. 156
7:00 p.m.
no charge

The Tea Party

The room is intimate, but the stories are as open as our imaginations.
The usual pattern is fifteen minutes of telling, then fiteen minutes of conversation, intermixed with moments of tea and scones.

Date	Theme / Set Title	Tellers
July 12	Live, Love, Laugh	Lisa Virtue Ruthanne Edward Kathryn Hunt
July 26	Summer Time! Super Tales!	Robert Collins Marie Bilodeau
August 9	Tales for a Hot Summer Night	Phil Nagy Jimmy Frickey
August 23	Small Town Tales	Leah Sander Sherri Yazdani
September 13	Passages: Coming to Canada	Lynda Joyce Ruth Stewart-Verger
September 27	Ordinary Escapades/Extraordinary Escapades	Clea Derwent Kim Kilpatrick
October 11	A Feast of Family Tales - Giving Thanks for our Families	Lisa Virtue Kim Kilpatrick
October 25	Ghostly Tales	Anne Nagy Ruthanne Edward
November 8	Remembrance	David Merleau Mary Wiggin
November 22	Hairy Tales	Elaine O'Reilly Clea Durwent
December 13	Christmas Tales	Kathie Kompass Maggie King

Kathie and Mary look forward to working with the tellers who have signed up for the second half of this year and we hope that more of you will consider throwing your hats into the Tea Party ring in 2012.

For more information you can contact Kathie Kompass at kompasshouse@rogers.com and Mary Wiggin at mary.wiggin@sympatico.ca

pay what you can ($5 suggested)
7pm - 8:45pm (each second and fourth Tuesday of the month)
119 York St.
Ottawa

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