In message <1076154423.4190.2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Philip
Anderson <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>So, was anybody involved in any events this week?
>
>There was a regular meeting of the Cardiff Storytelling Circle on Sunday
>(Candlemas Eve), but no special publicity. However there will be an
>evening of stories at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on Friday 13th
>February, and since this is St Valentine's Eve the theme is rather
>predictable.
>
>And on Wednesday I went to the Bristol Storytelling Circle where there
>had been some publicity, but there is a fine line to draw between
>getting new people along and not getting too many for the room to hold
>in comfort. It was good to have a harpist too, who as well as playing
>and telling by herself was willing to play suitable "floating on the
>wind" or "moonlight on the water" music when asked - it just slows the
>pace down and lets people savour a particular scene, before the action
>continues.
I got to one event in Reading (or more precisely Earley), which was
Fionnaghal telling local tales, all a little fragmentary, but the
overall effect was good. Maybe about 30 people, but many who know Fionna
in real life, rather than dedicated tellers.
Oh, and I might have been publi****ng events on the Society for
Storytelling website rather a lot, and have a "writeups" section when I
pull my finger out.
I was also getting very close to stopping monitoring this newsgroup,
which, rather to my surprise, has failed in its goals - I'm not
particularly after chatting about storytelling on USENET, but I'd
expected there would be some interested in doing so. Tellers obviously
like face to face chats.
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Kevin Blackburn SfS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Society for Storytelling website is at http://www.sfs.org.uk
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