IN PERSON Storytelling As Legacy
IN PERSON - Storytelling As Legacy
Thursday
August 11
10am-1pm
Instructor: Doreen Vanderstoop
MEMBER PRICE (55+) FREE
NON-MEMBER/Under 55 PRICE: $45.00
This workshop introduces participants to the art and skills of oral storytelling. The workshop leader will present foundational information about the art form, provide instruction on how to write and shape an oral story, and allow participants to practice telling a story in a story sharing circle. Once they have attended the workshop, participants are welcome to be part of the StoryShare Legacy Project where our videographer will record their story or interview them - online or in person. The video is then edited with music and pictures for the client to share with family and friends and, with the client's approval, the greater community through the Storytelling Alberta YouTube channel.
NOTE: This class is free for AWCS Members 55 and older (through Storytelling Alberta’s StoryShare Project with funding from the Calgary Seniors Resource Society) If you are a non-member and/or under 55 years of age, please contact our office to arrange payment ($45.00) info@alexandrawriters.org
This class takes place in person at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary.
Doreen Vanderstoop is a Calgary-based writer, storyteller and musician. Her novel Watershed was published by Freehand Books in May 2020.In her storytelling performances, Doreen enjoys actively engaging her listeners with compelling stories, songs and humour. Doreen has performed her original stories, personal anecdotes, literary adaptations and folktales at conferences, festivals, schools, libraries, Jane’s Walks, church gatherings, Tellarounds, Story Cafes and more. She leads workshops on storytelling to inspire in others a passion for the oral tradition. Doreen is a member of Storytelling Alberta and Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada.