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2014 Storytelling Workshops

 

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"Finding The Storyteller in You"

    March 29, 2014  "Finding the Storyteller in You"


Come to a one-day storytelling workshop to:
  • develop your skill in telling stories
  • explore the legacy of memories
  • gain confidence in speaking 
  • connect with your listeners.

Everyone is welcome: writers, teachers, sales professionals, grandparents, youth workers, ministers, attorneys,  & all those curious. 

"Taking Your Story to the Stage"

  • May  2-5 "Taking Your Story to the Stage"
     A storytelling intensive for returning students with a public performance opportunity at Asheville's "WordFest."  Contact Connie for eligibility details and to register.
  • May 4, 3:00 pm Asheville Art Museum "Brush of Life: An Afternoon of Storytelling"  Performances by participants in "Taking Your Story to the Stage" workshop intensive.
7 days of practice and performance, feedback & discovery.
Join us for this week-long storytelling workshop in Asheville, NC and encourage your stories to come out of the shadows.  Enjoy a whole-life approach to being a teller, one in which "telling" is as much about listening to yourself and the world around you as it is about skills and preparation to tell, whether it is a family gathering, a  business presentation or a festival audience.   
 
 
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." 
2014 Calendar
Highlights:

 

February & March

Western North Carolina school and library performances

 

March 29

Asheville, NC
A day-long workshop

April 1-2
Chattanooga, TN
Available for area performances

April 25-27
Lake Geneva, WI 
Northlands Storytelling Conference Connie is presenting a Master's Class and more.

May 2-5
Asheville, NC
Taking Your Story
to the Stage
Storytelling intensive with performance opportunities.
 
May 4
Asheville, NC
Wordfest at Art Museum
"Brush of Life: An Afternoon of Storytelling" Workshop participants perform; 3pm 

June 21
Connie will be teaching an enrichment class at her Alma Mater

July 12
Bakersville, NC
Toe River Storytelling Festival

July 24-27
Phoenix, AZ
August 3-9, 2014
Asheville, NC
 
August 28-30
Orem, UT

Oh, The Stories We Tell Ourselves !
Oh, The Stories We Tell Ourselves (short clip)

I told this story at Crossfit Asheville on New Year's Day - my journey of becoming physically strong. It highlights the 'untruths' we tell ourselves about our fitness, but it extends to the untruths we tell ourselves about our lives.

 

Watch short clip

Watch full story

A Treasure Trove of 
Story Links 


This site created by Tina Hanlon and Judy Teaford features hundreds of traditional folktales.
 
Find more storytelling resources on my website.

  
Story Window
PO Box 2898
Asheville, North Carolina 28802
(828) 258-1113