Storyteller Harlynne Geisler
www.swiftsite.com/storyteller
858-569-9399 storybag@juno.com

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TEXAS覧覧覧覧覧

Ongoing
Garland The Spoken Word, a Public Library coffeehouse for storytelling.
Weatherford Storyteller's Guild meets 1st Tuesday of the month at Weatherford Public Library. 817-594-4880
Hill Country Storytelling Guild meets at the Herman Brown Free Library in Burnet most months. 512-756-2328
Austin Storytellers each Monday. Koffee and Ice Kream, 6700 Middle Fiskville Rd. 512-892-2296
Bluebonnet Scops Storytelling Guild Meeting 1st Saturday. For location: 254-729-5104
Central Texas Storytelling Guild Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of each month at Barnes and Nobles 701 Capital of Texas in S. Westlake, Texas Contact: 512-836-3503
Columbus Area Storyteller's Guild meets 3rd Monday of the month at 922 Washington St. 979-732-3679
Dallas Storytelling Guild meets at 7:00 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Churchill Way Recreation Center, southeast corner of Churchill Way and Hillcrest, in north Dallas. For more information, call 214-821-2562 or visit the DSG website at www.DallasStorytelling.org.
Denton County Storytellers Meeting: 3rd Monday of the month at Red Bud Inn, 815 Locust St. 940-349-8567
East Fork Storytellers and Aficionados Meeting: 3rd Monday of each month at the Mesquite ARts Center, 1527 N. Galloway. Contact: 972-226-4305
East Texas Storytellers last Saturday at 8:30 a.m.for breakfast and meeting at Golden Corral on the loop in Tyler. Contact: Pam Pipkin 903-084-0420
Grand Prairie Storytellers and Listeners meet at the Betty Warnack Branch Library, 760 Bardin Road, in Grand Prairie
Guadalupe Storytellers meet 2nd Thurs. at Heritage Museum, 114 N. River St., Sequin. 830-303-5571
Houston Storytellers Guild meets at maybe 7 PM on the third Wednesday of each month at the Houston Center for the Arts, 3201 Allen Pkwy. Guests are always welcome and there is never a charge. The guild's professional arm, the Official Guild Storytellers, will again producing storytelling concerts once they find a new venue. For more information, call 713-827-2620, log on to www.hern.org/~hsginfo, send email to hsginfo@hern.org, or write to HSG, Box 131644, Houston, Texas 77219-1644.
Houston's Millennium Storytelling Circle meets at 7 PM on the first Tuesday of each month at the Freed-Montrose Branch Library, 4100 Montrose Blvd. The small, informal meetings provide a safe environment for tellers to work on their stories and discuss the craft. Contact: Tom Burger at 281-530-0930 or send email to tom@houstonstorytelling.com
Huntsville Guild just started. 940-387-8336
McKinney Storytelling Guild Meeting: 4th Monday of the month in the Foote Chapel in Heritage Square in McKinney. Contact: 972-548-7186
Mesquite Storytellers of Abilene Contact: Naomi Huff Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St. in Abilene at 7 p.m. Phone 915-893-4362
Oak Valley Storytelling Guild Meeting: 3rd Thursday of the month at Oak Valley City Hall, Oak Valley. Contact: 903-872-0176
Red River Storytelling Outfit meets 2nd Monday at the Gallery Coffee House in Denison. Supper at 5:30 followed by concert. 903-786-5294
Richardson/Plano Storytelling Guild Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of each mont at the Senior Citizens Center, 820 W. Arapaho Rd., Richardson, Texas Contact: 214-357-7073
The Rio Grande Valley Storytellers Guild meets 1st Monday at the Spper Memorial Library in Mission. Contact: 956-584-0316
San Antonio Storyteller's Association third Tuesday 6:30-9:00 meeting and story swapping third floor meeting room of the San Antonio Central Library, 600 Soledad, 830-980-7877 www.homestead.com/sasa_stories
2nd Sunday San Antonio Stories Galore storyswap 7-9 p.m. at Riverwalk Inn, Mary Grace Ketner, 210-458-2253. mketner@lonestar.utsa.edu
Storytellers of the High Plains Meeting 2nd Saturday of the month at the American Indian Cultural Center, Amarillo and Monthly performance at different locations. Contact: 806-372-9729
Tarrant Area Guild of Storytellers Meeting: 1st Monday of the month at the Center for Change, Development and Support in Arlington, Texas. Also the 3rd Monday at Barnes and Noble in North Richaland Hills Contact: Tsagoi 817-833-3703
Tejas Storytelling Association now has their newsletter, The Tejas Teller, by email. david@tejasstorytelling.com for info. Tejas Storytelling Association P.O. Box 2806, Denton TX 76202 www.tejasstorytelling.com (940)382-7014 Line 4
Texas Cowboy Gazete News: http://www.texascowboygazette.com/news.html
www.ComedyMagicWorkshop.com incl. st. in workshop held in Dallas
Septembers "Voices in the Wind" Festival in Canyon Texas hosted by "Storytellers of the High Plains". contact Eldrena Douma @Blue Corn 806-655-0675

DEAR NATIONAL STORY LEAGUE MEMBERS,
YOU HAVE HEARD BY NOW THAT THE PLANS FOR THE NSL CONVENTION HAVE CHANGED. IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT THIS HAD TO BE. THROUGH CONTACTS IT BECAME PAINFULLY CLEAR THAT THE NUMBERS FOR THE CONVENTION JUST DIDN'T REACH MINIMUM. EVEN IF THE NUMBERS DOUBLED, THEY WOULD STILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO SECURE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM FOR MEETING ROOMS. BELIEVE ME IT WAS THROUGH MUCH ANGUISH THAT WE CAME TO THIS DECISION. HOWEVER, WE MUST HAVE A BUSINESS AND PLANNING MEETING FOR OUR FUTURE. A BRIEFER-SMALLER MEETING. WE DO WANT TO HOST THIS EFFORT. Francille Tamplen
I HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THE
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS' HOTEL & SUITES
1721 PLEASANT PLACE
ARLINGTON, TX 76015
Phone: (817) 784-8750 Mention National Story League Meeting
(You can make a reservation through 1-800-HOLIDAY, but that will not be at a special rate)
Double Room: $86.00 plus 15% tax - $98.90
CUT OFF DATE: MAY 19

THE PLANS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
THURSDAY, JUNE 22
PLAN TO ARRIVE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY FRIDAY (BEFORE 10:00a.m.) WE WILL HAVE STORIES THAT EVENING. THEY WILL BE IN A SUITE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL ACCOMMODATED ALL OF US.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23
BREAKFAST: THEY SERVE A VERY COMPLETE COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST. IF YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION THERE ARE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS NEAR BY.
11:00a.m. LUNCHEON AT A LOCAL TEA ROOM (WE WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION)
Cost: $17.00 Dessert extra-(but they are wonderful)
(RETURN TO HOTEL AND SMALL MEETING ROOM OR TO A LOCAL CLUB HOUSE)
1:00p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE
1:45p.m. -- 4:30p.m.
BUSINESS MEETING
(Story hour-time permitting)
6:30p.m. CATERED MEAL- At special meeting room of the First Methodist Church
CONCERT
STORY HOUR
11:00 - RETURN TO HOTEL
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
TOUR ON YOUR OWN-WE WILL HELP WITH BROCHURES AND SCHEDULES

UTAH覧覧覧覧覧

Ongoing

every first Tuesday Logan Library Cache Valley Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild.
every second and fourth Tuesday. Park City. Meeting of the Summit Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild. 7:00 p.m. Prudential Building, Saddle View Business Park, 2200 Park Ave., Bldg. B.
every second Wednesday. Salt Lake City. Meeting of the Olympus Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild. 7:00 p.m. Auditorium of the Holladay Library, 2150 E. Murray-Holladay Rd. (4730 S.) 801-523-0205. lahudson@deseretonline.com
every fourth Wednesday. Salt Lake City Storytelling Coaching. 7 p.m. 801-274-7849 Whitmore Library Auditorium
every first Wednesday. Orem. Meeting of the TimpTellers Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild. 7:30 p.m. Children's Wing of the Orem Library, 58 N. State. 801-26-6530. cheriedavis@iname.com
every third Wednesday. Roy Library. Meeting of the Ben Lomond Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild. 7:00 p.m. 801-394-9541. mbhalverson@uswest.net
every third Monday. Huntsville. Evening of Community Storytelling. Huntsville Branch of Weber County Library. 801-394-9541. mbhalverson@uswest.net
Every Monday night Provo. Artful Tales 7 to 7:30 and 8 to 8:30 p.m. Museum of Art at Brigham Young University. http://byu.edu/moa/education/index.html. 801-378-8201. moa-web-team@byu.edu
Every May Springdale. Zion Festival. 435-635-3069
Summer Healing Power of Story Workshops. www.kissthefrog.net
every August Orem UT -- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. For more information, go to www.timpfest.org or write to Friends of the Orem Public Library, 58 N State Street, Orem Utah 84057 or call the library at 801-229-7436

VERMONT覧覧覧覧

http://www.lanes.org League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES) is the Northeastern regional organization for storytelling. Lists events throughout the New England states.
Annual. Marlboro College, Brattleboro. The Marlboro College Festival of Epic Poetry and Story. A fascinating opportunity to hear some of the world痴 myths at length (up to two hours each). If you are interested in learning more about the next Epic Fest, see our website, www.epicfest.org for more details as they happen.Drew Gibson (203-838-5541) 145 East Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851 e-mail: drewgibson@snet.net
Vermont Storytelling Festival. http://www.stratton.com/stratton_scene.cfm?subsubpage=694&subpage=475

VIRGINIA 覧覧覧覧

Ongoing
2nd Thursday Williamsburg, 7:00 p.m. Weavers of the Word storyswap Williamsburg Regional Library, Williamsburg VA. 757-564-9651. storiesbyp@widomaker.com
Last Wednesday of the month, Fredericksburg 7:30 p.m. Call 540.371-6775 or e-mail mhicks@crrl.org for current month's meeting location.
4th Wednesdays, 8 pm. Tell Tale Hearts Storytellers Theater. Open mic. Borders, Glen Allen VA. lschaffe1@aol.com or crousej@home.com.
1st Sat. Richmond 10:30 a.m. Story League, Bon Air Library crousej@home.com
4th Thursdday Gloucester 7:30 p.m. Storyspinners of the Middle Peninsula. Gloucester (VA) Public Library. 804-776-9058 or wwill@ccsinc.com
4th Thursdays, 7:30 pm. Fredericksburg (VA) Storytellers Guild. Storyswap/schmooze at Borders in Central Park. 540-371-6775. meganhicks@earthlink.net
1st Tues. Roanoake 7:00 p.m. Blue Ridge Storytelling Assoc. Barnes and Noble 540-362-5338 ktells@aol.com.
3rd Tuesdays, 2 pm. Westmoreland Weavers of the Word Storytellers Guild. Montross (VA) Branch Library. 804-472-2744.
4th Tuesday Staunton Shenandoah Storytelling Guild. various locations 540-886-0075 or sbclark@cfw.com.
Various Saturdays, 7:30 pm. Voices in the Glen. Storyswap/potluck desserts. Various locations in Northern Virginia and Maryland. For locations & dates: 703-698-5456. chathamr@worldnet.att.net.
www.ComedyMagicWorkshop.com incl. st. in workshop held in Norfolk
Virginia Storytelling Alliance Web site http://vasa.communitypoint.org/
Due to a lack of funding, Loudoun's Annual Unforgettable Gigantic Hilarious Storyfest (LAUGHS) will be discontinued.

Sep. 2006

WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-- WILLIAMSBURG, Va.--The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation celebrates diversity September 15-17 during its second annual storytelling festival, "Spinning Stories/Spanning Time: A Weekend of Stories Old and New," that will highlight African, African-American, Native American and other multi-cultural stories. Established in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is the not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and operates the restored 18th-century Revolutionary capital of Virginia. Williamsburg is located 150 miles south of Washington, D.C., off Interstate 64. For more information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-HISTORY or visit Colonial Williamsburg on the Internet at www.ColonialWilliamsburg.com.

October 2006, October 2007 The National Folk Festival begins its three-year tenure starting in 2005 in downtown Richmond celebrating the roots, richness and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional craft, storytelling and food. The Festival will showcase over 25 musical and dance performers. With the James River as a backdrop, audiences will be treated to music and dance from Cajun, Native American, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Caribbean, East Asian, Appalachian, Hispanic, African and Pacific Islander cultures. Seven performance stages range in size from a 12,000 seat open air stage to a small, intimate acoustic style stage. The Traditional Craft Demonstration Area will showcase world-class instrument makers from across Virginia and the Folk Arts Marketplace will offer pottery, ironwork, quilts, woodcarvings, needlework and woven baskets made by the region's finest craftspeople. Regional and ethnic foods round out the festival. Community groups, vendors, clubs and area restaurants feature cuisine traditionally found in the region or foods of specific ethnic groups. The Festival takes place on Downtown's Richmond Virginia's Riverfront from 2nd to 7th Street; Byrd Street to the James River. The site includes Brown's Island, The American Civil War Center at Tredegar, the NewMarket (formerly Ethyl) Corporate Headquarters and the parking lots at the Federal Reserve HOW: FREE event! For more information, visit www.nationalfolkfestival.com or call (804) 788-6466.


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