Tellebration: Stories to Remember in Santa Rosa
Tellabration!™
Stories to Remember
Will Captivate You
Do you have fond memories of listening to
family stories? It may have been at the annual picnic, on the porch, or around
the kitchen table, years ago or recently, but those memories stay with us forever.
Perhaps your
parents told you bedtime stories and you want to continue the tradition with
your own children. Or maybe you’re running out of ideas for uplifting
conversational topics in these challenging times. Sonoma County’s Tellabration!™ should
be your destination!
On Saturday, November 19, seven local storytellers are
presenting a free evening of Tellabration!™: Stories to Remember from 7-9 PM at the
Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa. The expert skills of these tellers
will draw you into the tales they share, making you feel as if you have been
right there with their characters! Internationally acclaimed Cathryn Fairlee
has amazed audiences from China to Guatemala, and across the Untied States.
Martha Shogren, the grandma of storytelling, delights listeners with folk
tales, fairy tales, and legends. Santa Rosa’s Do Tell Story Swap co-hosts,
Kenneth Foster and Elaine Stanley, and swap member Cal Johnson, as well as West
Side Stories “slammers” Dave Pokorny and Leslie Scatchard will round out the
not-to-be-missed program emceed by Steve Zabriskie. Refreshments will be sold at intermission by
the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and tellers’ books and CDs will be
available. This program is recommended for teens through adults as no props are
used; mature children with good listening skills and active imaginations are
welcome.
Story swaps provide
storytellers an opportunity to hone their craft, and gives listeners a chance
to enjoy for free some fine storytelling. The Do Tell Story Swap was started over a
year ago by Santa Rosa tellers Elaine Stanley and Kenneth Foster, at whose
Foster Story Studio (1000 Humboldt St., Santa Rosa) the swaps are held. The
public, both listeners and tellers, is invited to attend the swaps on the 2nd
Wednesday of each month, from 7-9 PM.
Participating storytellers are asked to use appropriate language and
themes in the stories they tell.
A story slam features five minute true,
personal stories told live on stage without notes; the stories are required to
fit a pre-announced theme. West Side
Stories believes everyone has a story and strives to give everyone a forum for
sharing theirs.
The Pelican Art Gallery (143 Petaluma Blvd.
North, Petaluma) provides a stage, a microphone, a theme for the
evening and a lively, supportive audience. The theme for the November 9 event
is “The One That Got Away”. Dave Pokorny hosts. The stories are scored by
a random audience-member. The winner takes home $50 cash, generated from the $5
cash at the door admission fee.
For more
information about Tellabration!™ Stories to Remember
contact Kenneth Foster, kennethfosterstoryteller@comcast.net 707-540-0655.
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