Kevin Blackburn wrote in message
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>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.
That was a good evening, enough people to fill the room without being
overcrowded, and a variety of stories, mostly but not all about love
(and I admit I was one who didn't stick to the subject), from regulars
in the circle, a couple of other local tellers and someone I didn't
know. A couple of people were telling fairly well-known stories (Dame
Ragnell and Llyn y Fan Fach), and were concerned about this, but of
course their versions each had differences in plot as well as the
teller's character.
But it was an odd room to perform in, square with high ceilings (it's a
former school) and though there were candles on the tables it did need
the lights on as well.
>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.
That's not entirely the case, since I'm involved with a e-mail
discussion list, Storytell, which is very active. It's a large
community, and I don't know the history of how it got that way, but it
does attract plenty of storytellers - and I mean people interested in
oral storytelling rather than writing.
Is this partly the difference between Newsgroups and E-mail lists, since
once the initial subscription is made, the list keeps sending messages,
whereas Newsgroups need a little more effort to monitor, and attract
spam and other unwanted junk (alt.mythology has been virtually killed by
cross-posted astrological garbage - which even the astrologers don't
seem to respect), as well as inviting junk mail to the poster? Also, I
suspect Newsgroups are not known very widely to the ordinary on-line
person.
Another difference is the presence of large numbers of Americans, who
perhaps do chat more freely than the British. There's a lot of social
chat, which some complain at, but it does contribute to the sense of
community.
--
hwyl/cheers
Philip Anderson
Cymru/Wales
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