Greetings! 
I am re-sending this November issue because the link to the "Monkey and Misery" story document was not working. It should work now!
A little bit about us: The Spellbinders organization is dedicated to restoring the art of oral storytelling in order to connect elders to youth, weaving together the wisdom of diverse cultures throughout time.
This newsletter is sent to you by the Mesa County Spellbinders and is published once a month. Enjoy!
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Profiles in Storytelling
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 School Year 2010-2011
The new school year has started and our Spellbinders are telling stories again! We will begin profiling our talented members again soon. Look for a questionnaire in your email soon if you have not yet been profiled! It will also be helpful if you have a digital photo(s) of yourself to include. If not, I'll be trying to take pictures of all of our members so that we have them on file.
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What's New?
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 Newsletter Additions
We have a new feature beginning with this issue! We now have the ability to provide you with a link to documents you might find useful. This month we've included a document created by Mary Ann Janson; Laying the Foundation for Success.
This document outlines information you can personalize for yourself and provide to your teachers. It is, of course, most useful at the start of the year. If you were not at the meeting when Mary Ann presented this idea you can go to the "Documents" section on the left and click on "Laying Foundation for Success" and you will be able to view the document! Thanks to Mary Ann for providing this information!
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Workshop & Stories
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Show and Tell
At our October workshop, Anne Saunders shared one of her favorite stories: Winter's Gift by Jane Monroe Donovan. It is a great story for the Christmas season. Ruthmary Allison shared The Monkey and Misery, a delightful Haitian tale. You can access a copy of this tale in the documents section to the left or by clicking on the link above.
Timpanogos Workshop: Improvisation in Storytelling
Karen Hurst shared some fun exercises she took part in during her workshop with Ed Stivender at Timpanogos this year. We built machines, machines with sound, and all present contributed to telling an improvised progressive story. Ruthmary provided an example of another way to get kids to participate. This involves telling any one of the versions of The Teeny Tiny Woman. The words "teeny tiny" and used frequently so the child participation involves each child saying "teeny tiny" in a different/unique voice during the telling. We had fun!
Next month Karen will share a little more improvisation exercises that include activities done at the workshop given by Motoko at Timpanogos: The Use of Mime in Storytelling.
Join us for the fun!
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Newsletter Needs New Editor
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Want to help with the newsletter?
 I will be continuing to edit and publish our enewsletter through May 2011. Between now and then I would like to ask you to consider helping us continue to publish and improve our newsletter. I will be looking for someone to take over the editor role, but also looking for folks who might want to do one part of the newsletter. The tasks for you to consider are:
*Spellbinder Profiles Section: includes getting information via a questionnaire and typing up the summary for the newsletter as well as obtaining digital photo(s) of the individual Spellbinder for the article
*Seasonal/topical links section: includes doing some "research" on the internet to come up with some links for stories, etc.
*Workshop Activities and Stories Shared: includes summarizing workshop activities, including links to sources that may have been shared & providing stories told and links to sources for each story.
*Quotes from Kids: includes finding short "funny" or touching things said by students during storytelling.
If you would like to take on a piece of the newsletter email me and let me know. We can then set up training for use of the website where our newsletter is published!
Thanks for considering contributing to this great resource!
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