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Time
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Participants
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Name of Program
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Program Description
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Bio
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Room
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| Saturday, Nov. 8 Library and Archives Canada 10:00 a.m -
12:00 |
Denise Chong
Marta Singh
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History to Story: Creating Stories from Personal or Public Pasts |
Denise Chong will reveal her process of turning history into narrative.
This workshop will be of interest to storytellers, writers, and
teachers who wish to make history interesting, to those wishing
to write engaging family stories, or to anyone fascinated by the
creative process.
Marta Singh will tell stories from Chong's works.
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Denise Chong is the author of the celebrated The Concubine's Children
(93 weeks on the bestseller list) and The Girl in the Picture, both
short-listed for the Governor-General's Award. She is now in the
final stages of a new book, which focuses on the story of a man
who participated in the Tiananmen Square protest and was arrested
and sentenced to sixteen years in a Chinese prison. Before deciding
to devote her time to writing, Ms. Chong served as as an economics
advisor to late Pierre Trudeau.
Marta Singh is an Ottawa storyteller who loves stories of magical
quests, courage, transformation, and hope. Through tellings graced
with wonder, her stories find their way into the listeners' hearts
and lives.
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Room A |
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LAC-BAC
Saturday 1:30
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Susan Getchell
Petronella Van Dijk
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Stories of Struggle and Survival |
Powerful, true stories of a WWII POW and of Lancashire labourers |
Susan Getchell, who has offered stories and workshops for children
and adults for over 25 years, draws on her Lancashire heritage and
family history.
Petronella Van Dijk has organized a storytelling festival in Quebec
for 15 years. Since friends convinced her to become a teller herself,
she has told in Canada, Cuba, Europe, and in her native Netherlands.
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Bruce Carmody
Janice Turner
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When Adam and Eve Were Young |
You think you've heard this story before? Surprise! You haven't
heard it this way! |
Janice Turner has a passion for stories of strong, witty, and wise
women and for clowning around.
Bruce Carmody, abilingual storyteller, tells in schools, churches,
and museums throughout southern Ontario. A regular teller at the
Ontario Science Centre, Bruce also develops and tells stories of
Ontario history.
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Room A |
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Paddy Tutty |
Go Forth Boldly |
Traditional ballads of women facing hardship, disloyalty,
and danger |
Outstanding Saskatoon balladeer with clear voice and
compelling presence, Paddy Tutty, brings beautiful traditional melodies
to life |
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| Saturday 2:45 |
Mariella Bertelli,
Maggie Fehlberg
Anne Kerr-Linden
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Plague Times and Tales |
Desperate times give rise to extraordinary behaviour
by "ordinary" people to hold society together and save lives. |
Mariella Bertelli is a magical teller of literary, folk, and fairy
tales, especially from her own Italian background When young,
Maggie Fehlberg was fascinated by the adults' stories (especially
ones she wasn't supposed to hear) and later by stories that reassure
us we are not alone Anne
Kerr-Linden has a long-standing delight in both folk tales and
family stories and a special interest in connecting these stories
to the wider community
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Anna Kerz
Bernice Hume
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English is Another Language |
True tales of immigrants from China and Austria who
came to Canada in search of new lives |
A storyteller and author, Anna Kerz tells tales that touch the
heart and tickle the funny bone. She was a featured teller at the
Toronto Festival of Storytelling in 2007 Recipient of awards from
Canada Council,
Bernice Hume tells traditional Asian folktales entwined with our
immigrant stories. She was recently invited to the Singapore International
Storytelling Festival.
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Room A |
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Judy Caufield
Jo-Ann Ras
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Of Men and Women |
Three humorous stories showing a world of difference
in how men and women approach unusual situations |
Judy Caufield relishes traditional tales. She has told stories
in schools, at festivals, and in workshops. She has used storytelling
in the classroom for over 25 years.
Celtic tales and stories combined with ragtime piano are Jo-Ann
Ras' "forte". She has performed at Goderich's Celtic Festival and
Missouri's Ragtime Festival.
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| Saturday 4:00 |
Ruthanne Edward
Marie Simonne Bilodeau
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When Different Worlds Collide |
What happens when the denizens of traditional stories
invade the modern world? |
Ruthanne Edwards loves the old stories of the Celtic world and
wonders if the fairies have really gone from this world or just
modernized themselves.
Marie Bilodeau is a storyteller and published writer who enjoys
modernizing old stories and lifting the veil between this world
and others.
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Evalyn Parry
Brad Hart
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Two-Wheeled Words |
A musical, spoken-word cycle that riffs on cycling, recycling, and how our world gets spun…told with the percussive assistance of a bicycle |
Spoken word artist, musician, and ironic social commentator Evalyn Parry has toured Canada from coast to coast with her comedic and thought-provoking performances
Drummer Brad Hart has toured Canada, the US, and China and recorded with award-winning artists in projects including rock, country, jazz, folk, blues, electronica, and “bicycle”.
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Catherine Sheehan
Anne Nagy
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First Woman, Last Woman: Two stories of the New World |
A beginning and an ending: the first Viking mother and
the last native Beothuk woman in Newfoundland |
Catherine Sheehan lived in St. John's, Newfoundland for 55 wonderful
- and occasionally foggy - years. She began storytelling (particularly
stories about Newfoundland) after moving to Ottawa.
Anne Nagy has told folktales and historical stories in many venues
in Ottawa and area. She and her family lived in St. John 's, Newfoundland
for five wonderful, soggy years.
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