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Scottish StorytellingCentre and NetworkBlethersIssue 23 Autumn 2011AN ISLAND ODYSSEYTrad Arts Come TogetherStorytelling Festival Takes to the WavesThe Storytelling Centre has been hosting anincreasing number of music and danceevents, along with happenings that combinestorytelling with the other traditional arts. Thisis drawing excellent attendances and greatfreedback from the public.The 2011 Scottish International Storytelling Festival is themost ambitious so far, and full of new treats.The islands theme teams up fourteen Scottish islands withseven Mediterranean ones, and the results can be enjoyedboth in Edinburgh and on islands ranging from the Cumbraesin the southwest to the Shetlands in the north east. This isour storytelling contribution to Scotland's Year of Islands,and it weaves in music, song and dance as well.Behind thescenes also theTrad ArtsNetworks areworking moreclosely together,and looking to afuture when all ofour traditions canbe reunited incontemporaryculture, in the waythey often were inthe past.In addition to these Island Night entertainments there is aGreek theme, reminding us in advance of next year'sOlympics, where it all began. That includes following thestory of the Odyssey through the week and a 'TeamOlympus' programme of family events about gods,champions and heroes.For those who are not island-hopping, the Edinburghprogramme has also grown and the last weekend will seethe Complete Odyssey, All-saints and Hallowe'en events atThe Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival. There-furbished National Museum in Chambers Street, theBotanic Gardens and other partners in the city also havetheir own distinctive take on the Festival themes.Photo by Simon JonesThe ScottishStorytelling Forumis delighted to be part of a group, Chaired byDr Gary West, which includes the TraditionalMusic Forum and the re-forming ScottishTraditions of Dance Trust, along withrepresentatives from Scots and Gaeliclanguage organisations.With workshops, networking, talks, Meet the Storyteller andother side delicacies the overall 2011 offer is a banquet ofstorytelling delights. For the full programme cottish storytelling festival.aspTThe group is hoping to have a wider meetingin the autumn to consult with their memberorganisations about ideas for stronger cooperation and greater promotion of Scotland'soldest artforms.INSLast but not least, Tell-a-Story Dayis Friday 28th October with expandedevents, resources and storyteller visitsacross Scotland. See tasd.aspLOROTCESCENTRTISHGScottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SRT: 0131 556 9579 E: shstorytellingcentre.co.uk
BlethersDirectory Welcome !KatiWaitzmann(Glasgow)A warm welcome to storytellers new to the Scottish Storytelling Centre DirectoryJoanna Bremner SmithJoanna is recovering well after herlong spell of illness. Everyone isdelighted that she is on the mend.As she takes time out of work tore-build her health, we want tosend her a huge thankyou foreverything she has done forstorytelling since the Centre beganin 1995 with Joanna as its firstAdministrator.We wish Joanna and her familyevery happiness and look forwardto having her involved instorytelling again in the future.Sibylle AlexanderAll those involved with theStorytelling Centre and particularlythe Guid Crack Club, will besaddened tohear of SibylleAlexander'sdeath. Herdistinctiveexperience ofgrowing upunder the Nazisshaped herstrong character and deep moraland spiritual conviction. All of thiswas reflected in her storytellingand story collections. It wasalways interesting to reflect thatSibylle's Fairy Tales and SaintsLegends were an ancient traditionrenewed in the ruins of post-warGermany.Sibylle will also be remembered forher championing of nurseryeducation and her advocacy ofdelaying formal schooling untilaged six. Nature Kindergartenswere a lively passion which alsofed into her storytelling.Sibylle brought something specialto Scotland's storytelling rainbow,and our thoughts are with theAlexander family as theyremember her long and rich life.2AlastairMcIver(Glasgow)Alastair McIverhas a widerepertoire ofstories fromaround the worldbut also likes to tell his ownimaginative stories, as well aspersonal reminiscence and storiesmade up on the spot. Hisstorytelling style is quirky, laid-backand inclusive, and he has an abilityto form a strong rapport with hisaudience, especially children.Alastair has been telling stories aslong as he can talk, with clearmemories of telling dinosaur talesinto a cheap tape recorder when hewas six. He grew up in Dumfrieshearing stories of Charlie andDobbin, a boy and his talking horse,invented by his father. As an adult,Alastair has introduced the Charlieand Dobbin stories to a newgeneration of young listeners. Aswell as being a storyteller, he is alsoan author, and his debut novel,Glasgow Fairytale, is available fromBlack and White Books.Jesse Paul(Inverness)Jesse is aperformancestoryteller andwriter with abackground intheatrical arts.Armed with aukulele and a repertoire of storiesfrom around the world, she usesrhythm, live music and a goodhelping of audience participation.She loves telling absurd stories andludicrous moral yarns, but also tellsmore contemplative stories, oftenusing song and original ballads.Jesse also creates spontaneoustales, improvising stories using freshideas from the audience to createdeliciously funny yarns.Jesse has developed audiencecentered participatory storytellingand storymaking activities. Thesecombine the art of storytelling withwordplay, drama, puppetry andsong. Over the past year Jesse hasbeen working collaboratively withseveral educational, artistic andcommunity organisations creating'live' audio storywalks.Kati Waitzmanncomes fromGermany and hasnow lived inScotland for nineyears. Her repertoire centres aroundGrimm's tales, Glasgow's old storiesand myths and legends of Skyelearned from the renowned Skyestoryteller George Macpherson. Katibelieves passionately in the power ofstories to change our attitudes andour awareness of our surroundings,and her enthusiasm for storytelling isfuelled by positive feedback from awide range of audiences. Kati is astoryteller because, although storiesare everywhere, in memory, inarchives, libraries, tapes, books, it isonly through telling them to a liveaudience that stories do come to lifeand live on, engaging the listener inthe most unexpected or expectedways. Kati is currently takingstorytelling into Glasgow's secondaryschools as part of a storytellingfellowship programme at GlasgowMediums.ColinWilliamson(Livingston)Colin is thegrandson of agreat teller, so hehas been listeningto stories all hislife and lot of his learning came fromthis most ancient tradition. Colin is ahistorian and ethnologist and ispassionate about Scotland's history,folklore and customs. Tales ofWallace, Bruce and Jacobite Talesare among Colin's favourites and heloves fairy lore for youngsters. Colinalso likes to adapt traditional tales tosuit the world our children live in andhe has even developed some storiesof his own. Colin has a vast workingexperience as an interactive tourguide in Central Scotland, withexcellent historical knowledge andtales. Colin works with DyslexiaScotland and uses storytelling toenhance the lives of those who areDyslexic or have learning differences.In his spare time he volunteers withRadio Grapevine at St Johns HospitalLivingston where he produces theFriday Night Show and presentsStories on Air.www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Issue 23 Autumn 2011A Working Group for Storytelling with Older PeopleIn March the Scottish StorytellingForum agreed to set up a workinggroup of storyteller practitioners tolook at the future support anddevelopment of storytelling witholder people across Scotland. ThisAugust the group met for the firsttime to agree a work plan for thecoming months.The backgroundThe Forum's Life Stories group hasbeen delivering an annualstorytelling project in a differentarea of Edinburgh for the last fiveyears, funded by City of EdinburghCouncil local community grants.These projects often reach groupsof older people who just could notnormally afford a storyteller fee.Unfortunately though, this type offunding means that the project istime-limited, and the following yearthe group must move to anotherarea. Storytellers elsewhere in thecountry also regularly work in olderpeople's settings, such as carehomes and day centres, and havealso independently run communityintergenerational projects inconjunction with libraries andschools. However many storytellersreport a lack of available funding,meaning they often need to workon a voluntary basis with localgroups. Others have highlightedgaps in training and support forThere are now over 125storytellers working indifferent ways and indifferent settings all overScotland.Visit the Directory atwww.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.ukstorytellers who want to work witholder people in this way.Meanwhile, the Scottish StorytellingCentre have partnered the ScottishPoetry Library through the ScottishArts Council's Resilience fund, toemploy consultants BlakeStevenson to carry out a researchstudy into how storytelling, poetryand song sessions could befunded and delivered to carehomes across the country. A pilotproject in three areas of Scotland isplanned for 2012. This work,coupled with Creative Scotland'sexciting plans for a festival of Artsand Older People in October 2012means that the Working Group areriding a wave of interest around thepotential and future of storytellingin older people's settings.Plans for the futureThe group will be looking at newmodels of storyteller mentoring anddevelopment, and will be drawingtogether collective knowledge andexperience of models of bestpractice, guidelines and resourcesfor storytellers. The group havebegun the process by gathering anevidence-based case for the hugebenefits and value of storytellingwith older people, in order toeventually search for funds for a 3year plan to support storytellersacross the country in sustainablestorytelling activity with the olderpeople who would benefit most.If you have a project report orevaluation from a storytellingproject you've run with olderpeople, or you'd like to pass onyour experiences or knowledge tothe group, please do tishstorytellingcentre.co.ukReminiscenceand Life StoryWorkA Practice Guide(4th Edition)Faith Gibson(Jessica Kingsley Publishers)ISBN 978 1 84905 151 4 18.99Liz Wilson, storyteller andmember of the Life Storiesgroup, reviews a new handbookfor storytelling with older people.Although aimed mainly at thosewho deal on a daily basis withpeople with dementia there ismuch in this book of interest tothose, like me, who deal on anoccasional basis with people withthis illness through my work withthe Scottish Storytelling Centre'sLife Stories Group.The chapters cover all aspects ofreminiscence work such as howto plan a Reminiscence Project,dealing with people not only withdementia but suffering fromdepression, or who have sensory,speech and learning disabilities.Also covered are IntergenerationalReminiscence, Reminiscence withGroups and with Individuals andReminiscence with Ethnic MinorityGroups. Something there for all ofus who visit the various groupswithin this country's elderlypopulation.At the end of each chapter youcan check on your understandingof what is covered by tackling theexercises and also note the keypoints covered.The book is full of ideas for topicswhich can us used for work withgroups and how these topics cantrigger memories e.g. childhood(brothers and sisters, streetrhymes, books and comics),schooldays (journey to school,what I kept in my pencil case,school dinners), and work (myfirst job, how much was in my firstpay packet).This is a good handbook to havewhen taking part in a Life Storiesgroup project but can also be agood tool when planning furtherreminiscence work with lots ofideas to help us come up withsome very interesting projects.3
BlethersConnecting and Re-Connecting with StoriesIn the last edition of Blethers wedescribed our brand newworkshops and short coursesprogramme structure, which isdesigned to provide in-depthopportunities for storytellers andpeople using storytelling at all levelsto develop new skills, consider thechallenges and opportunities ofworking in specific contexts and toexplore the tales and traditionsthemselves.We're delighted to report that thesummer programme has been ahuge success, with participantsand event facilitators telling usthey've gained a great deal fromdays that look at storytelling andstories in the widest sense.Highlights have included aworkshop on 'Storytelling forConscious Reading', where wepartnered the Scottish PoetryLibrary in a day for storytellers andlibrarians which explored how astorytelling community environmentand approach can help a group tofeel comfortable and confident inexpressing individual opinions,especially when responding totexts in book and poetry-readingparticipants about specificapproaches to working withchildren, and our CPD strand forstorytellers is also strong, withpractical sessions to help youdevelop your storytelling skills,pitch projects and think about newways of working with others.groups. The 'Story Museums' daybrought together professionalsusing storytelling and storytellersthemselves, and has laid thefoundation for a full day thiscoming January delving into theuse of story in museums, galleriesand archives.The next six month programme isnow available, and continues todevelop and test our new trainingstructure. There's a focus onlooking more deeply at storythemes and archetypes thisseason, with a short course onfairytale and two workshops whichopen up women's issues throughstory. New beginner-level sessionsrespond to requests fromOnce again, we hope to providesomething for everyone – whetherstorytelling is your profession, yourpassion, or for now, simply asource of potential.'I came looking for inspiration – Ithink I found it!''Great combination of practicaladvice and inspiring examples ofgood practice'.'I've taken away new ideas andrenewed confidence.'2011 workshop participant feedbackThe Connecting with Stories:Workshops and short coursesprogramme November 2011 – April2012 is available to download torytelling in education todaySchools are hard up because of cuts. So we needto think of new ways to get live storytelling intoschools, and ensure that the hearts, imaginations,and spirits of all our kids are fed and nurtured.Caroline Budge, who left the Storytelling Centre in2010 to pursue a career as an occupationaltherapist is back to help us out with a quickfirestudy of what the barriers and opportunities are. Ifyou have any ideas, or if you would like to make adonation to support this vital frontline work, contactEsther Blackburn, National Storytelling Coordinatoron esther@scottishstorytellingcentre.comor 0131 652 3272.What is the shape of storytelling in education? Andhow can the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Forumsupport storytellers across Scotland to continue theirvaluable work in education settings?Over the next couple of months I will be striving toanswer these questions (and it's a great chance forme to catch up with old friends and meet newfaces!). Between now and September I will beinterviewing around 30 storytellers living and working4in various parts of Scotland – picking their brainsabout the Curriculum, CPD, and E-learning, amongstother things; identifying the keys themes and issues,and hearing about creative and professionalapproaches which are proving effective in education.I'm also speaking to a number of educationprofessionals who are active and influential acrossprimary, secondary, and adult and communityeducation, in a bid to find out what they are lookingfor from storytellers. And whilst looking at what ispossible, I'll also be looking at the challenges thrownup by the current political and financial climate, andhow these might be overcome – identifying ways tobridge any gaps between available resources andcurrent demands.The outcome of all this probing will be a writtenreport with recommendations for future planningaround SSC education work. I hope this will providea useful source of information as plans cometogether for next year's Network Development plan.And it's great to be back (however briefly!).Watch this space!www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Issue 23 Autumn 2011The Petal Garden of King ShubashDavide Panzeri interviews Peter Chand and Shonaleightogether with these stories whichhad never been told in Britain or inthe Western world, and called itLost in Translation.Shonaleigh is a Dry'syla (Yiddishoral storyteller), a tradition passeddown from mother to daughter,that in her family has lasted for 300years. Dry'sylas don't existanymore, there are only 3 left in thewhole of Europe. The role of aDry'syla is to tell folk tales but alsoto 'record and remember'.Last March the ScottishStorytelling Centre had theprivilege of hosting The PetalGarden of King Shubash by PeterChand and Shonaleigh, a showcombining Indian and Jewishtales and cultures.You'd be surprised to discoverhow much the two traditions havein common. There is a hugeJewish population in Mumbai, anda great wealth of Indo-Judaic tales."There is that tale of a JewishPrincess who marries an Indianking after being his concubine "Peter begins.In both traditions storytelling ismuch more community-based thanperformance-based. "If someonefrom the audience doesn'tunderstand a point, they wouldstand up and ask about it. And ifyou are sharing the floor withanother teller, they might interruptyou to say 'that story reminds meof.' and they would go with theirstory, so the show becomes a sortof organic scene".This is what Peter and Shonaleighhave tried to recreate on stage.At the Storytelling Centre, it tookthe audience about 10-15 minutesto work it out, to realise that it wasalright to react and interact. Butonce they got into it, it was great.Shonaleigh laughs. "At one pointwe threw it out to the audience,which is a very Indian and Jewishthing to do, and this woman said 'Iwould have done it this way' andwe both said 'that's a very goodidea!'"In the Petal Garden of KingShubash the link between storiesand society is unbroken. It isn't ananthropological exercise or ableached 'stage' version of theirheritage.More than anything else, Peter andShonaleigh have fun telling thestories. They have a framework towork with in their show, but withinthat framework there is flexibility."You also need to have trust ineach other" says Peter. "There is apart in the show when Shonaleighdoesn't know what story I'm goingto tell. She has to react to thetheme in that story, and sometimesit is a story that she has never evenheard!"Peter, among other things, workswith asylum seekers and refugeegroups. Storytelling helps them tointegrate and to learn the language.The combined use of English andPunjabi words lets them know thatit is okay to retain their language,that they don't have to discard theirown culture in order to live in Britaintoday."The real work is on the groundfloor, in the community" he says. "Ilove being on a stage, whodoesn't? But real storytelling is dayin and day out, when there is achild who has never had storiestold to them, and they might be 67 years old. And that's the realwork, and it's great when you tell astory and you see the light comingon in their eyes".www.chandstory.comwww.shonaleigh.comPeter and Shonaleigh's partnershipstarted four years ago almost byaccident. They were both workingon a project in Yorkshire. Peter hadbeen going to the Punjab for theprevious two years recordingstories and then translating themand Shonaleigh was doing exactlythe same thing, translating herNana's diaries from Yiddish. Sothey decided to do a showwww.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk5
BlethersScotland's a Blether!Here's a snapshot of some of the storytelling groups and clubs across the country. Make sure you'reon the Centre's mailing list to get monthly updates on storytelling clubs and groups in your area.1. Highlands and Islands – Claik and ClypeStorytelling CircleThe Circle is resting at the moment as the venuehas changed hands, for more information contactGreg greg@telliesperie.co.uk2. Tayside and North Fife – Blether TayGitherOur group is gradually expanding now that wehave settled into a more permanent home, theSpeedwell Bar (locally known as Mennies), 165167 Perth Road, Dundee DD21 AS. We still meetthe last Tuesday of the month with an agreedtheme. The professional storytellers in the groupare becoming more involved in outreach work atlocal events such as Celebration in the Park(Dundee), Dundee Flower and Food Festival, TheKaleidoscope Sustainability Festival (Fife),Tayroots Genealogy Fair (Dundee) and the Brucefestival in Dunfermline, where we were joined byother groups. In October we will be holding aspecial event on HMS Unicorn in partnership withthe Scottish International Storytelling Festival.Contact Sheila Kinninmonthsheila@blethertaygither.org.uk or seewww.blethertaygither.org.uk3. Borders – Borders Bards and Music, Verseand StoriesAt the last AGM the Borders Guid Crack Clubdecided to change its name to 'Borders Bards',as our successful storytelling session is called. Theold identity has served us well since the group'sinception eleven years ago but it was felt that afresh persona was needed, and Borders Bards –punchy and alliterative, describes exactly who weare.Our yearly event, the Wooplaw Story Gathering atWooplaw Community Woods went wonderfullythis year. We ran an improved programme ofevents with more interaction for children, greatmusicians, outdoor Celtic games and a verysuccessful closing story and music session. Ourmonthly storytelling session is also going well; newand experienced folk have grown up together inthe group. We went together to this year'sTraquair Fair and ran six sessions in the Children'sBook Tent with Lari Don and other writers. Oursessions are based on mutual support andsharing the inspiration of storytelling. Full or halfformed stories of any kind are always welcome.We meet on the second Tuesday, monthly,7.30pm at the County Inn, Peebles – suggesteddonation 3.Music, Verse and Stories is about to return to theTraquair Arms Hotel after our summer break. Wehave had some great events with superb guestartists at this year's sessions including Celticstoryteller Alasdair Taylor, local band Spoonthrift,The Fisher Lassies and finally The Tweed ValleyMale Choir.The incomparable poet and playwright HowardPurdie still compères monthly in our friendly andwelcoming venue, which boasts an open fire anda good bar. We are always looking for performersto come and do a spot – storytellers, bands,singers or poets – just look for us on Facebook oremail me. We meet the first Sunday monthly at8pm, at the Traquair Arms Hotel, Innerleithen.Suggested donation 3, includes a free lightsupper and a raffle. Contact Daru McAleecedavid@mcaleece.com 0785 384 5019.64. Perthshire – Silver BranchSilver Branch Storytelling Group meets onceevery month in Highland Perthshire. Being a smallgroup we can gather informally round people'skitchens which suits us just fine. The group aimsprimarily to support one another's storytelling andshare our love of story. One of our members is ayoga teacher and is beginning to weavestorytelling into her sessions, another tells storiesout on the Crannog to the public. We alsoorganise joint events with other groups, as we didin Loch Leven with Fife's Kingdom Krack. We willbe organising a workshop in March 2012combining storytelling with bushcraft and bonecarving. This workshop will be led by Willow Lohrwith stories from Claire Hewitt. We meet the 2ndWednesday of every month. Contact Claire Hewittwww.clairehewitt.co.uk or 01887 820339 or07765 166034.5. Fife – Kingdom KrackWhat a busy summer we had! In June and Julywe held storytelling sessions for children invarious Fife libraries. The theme was 'The Circus'so we all dressed up in a variety of circuscostumes and shared many wonderfulstories and songs, which were enjoyed bythe children (and some adults) who camealong. This was a truly wonderful experienceand goes to show what can be achievedwhen you throw yourself fully into an event.1Our next objective was The Bruce Festival inDunfermline at the end of August,celebrating the local hero and Scottishlegend, Robert the Bruce. To really help usget in the mood, Rachael and Kate hadarranged a storytelling session in AbbottHouse garden where we all dressed up inour medieval clothing and told stories andsang songs in the open air on a lovely sunnySunday afternoon. The Bruce Festival itself wasmagical, a fantastic weekend of glorious weatherwith many visitors, both children and adults,stopping by the storytelling tent. There was evenan appearance of King Robert the Bruce himself!4Our regular monthly meetings, sometimesenriched by visits of members of the BagaTellegroup, are on the 3rd Monday of each month at6.30pm with the venue to be confirmed.Contact Andrew Elston pelston@btinternet.com66. Glasgow – Better Crack Club and EvenBetter Crack ClubThe adult Better Crack Club normally meets on thethird Friday of the month in Tchai Ovna Tea House,4 Otago Lane, Glasgow G12 8PB, except inOctober when we meet on Friday 28th (Tell-aStory Day) and December, when we don't meet.Join us for a relaxed, friendly evening of stories,songs and music; everyone is welcome! Meetingsstart at 7.30 and we can guarantee a spot toanyone who wants to trial a tale, just let us knowat the beginning of the evening you are keen to tell.The Even Better Crack Club is a storytelling clubfor the whole family and meets in the FairfieldRoom, The Mitchell Library, Granville Street,Charing Cross, Glasgow. Meetings are usually onthe second Saturday of the month from 10:30amto 12 noon. Get in touch for more moreinformation and upcoming dates.Contact Frances Logan loganfrances@ymail.comStorytelling across Scotland
Issue 23 Autumn 20117. Grampian – Friday FlingGrampian Association of Storytellers(GAS) meets for our Friday Fling everysecond Friday of the month, usually atQueen's Cross Church, Aberdeen, in thelounge for telling and listening to storiesat 7.15 for 7.30pm start. We have a greatline up of guest storytellers this half yearand some very funny and intriguingthemes for our DIY sessions. All (over 12years old) are welcome. Contact SeanGordon www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk8. Edinburgh – Edinburgh's GuidCrack clubA few months ago we had many visitorsjoining us just to listen, and not so manystorytellers. Recently we have had awelcome influx of newer tellers and thereisn't always time to hear them all! Lookforward, then, to our October andDecember nights when we will have noguest teller and more time for stories'from the floor'. The October night (part ofthe Scottish International StorytellingFestival) will be in the nature of 'followthat', each teller telling a story inspired bythe previous one. The guest storyteller forSeptember is Claire Druett, with Storiesof the Season and of the Sea, while inNovember we will welcome Senga Munroand her tales of the Moon. Contact AndyHunter andy@storybikes.co.uk79. Lothian – BagaTelle25893Up until a few months ago BagaTelle was nomadic due to thechangeability of our meeting place, but The Scottish Mining Museum hascome to our rescue. Now we have a great venue, plenty room forstorytellers near and far, complete with cafe and drinks license. Since mylast report the group has expanded, we have made tentative links withBlack Diamond Radio Station and Tyne and Esk Writers Group and arenow planning a joint event with the latter. July heralded an improvisationalstorytelling project around the theme of Dr Who and the Mining Museum,ten youngsters aged 8 and upwards revelled in creating their own 'worldfirst' story – now posted on the Museum's website. In October, for Tell aStory Day, BagaTelle will be working with the Mining Museum to hold afamily storytelling event. Not bad for a once nomadic storytelling group!Anyone interested in joining our monthly meeting will be warmly welcome– we will also be looking for guest tellers for our events.Contact Lea Taylor on 07748 62406CONNECT WITH US THROUGH YOUR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTRegional Correspondents are a direct route to sharing issues, challenges, ideas andsuccesses with the Forum Committee and to making your voice heard. It isimportant for us to have a feedback on the situation in your specific area so that wecan act appropriately, tackling any issues and making the most of the opportunities.A correspondent is a named person who:zis an active storyteller and/or storytelling champion in their area.z has an understanding of storytelling activity in their area, and the challenges andopportunities for storytellers locally.z is prepared to act as a communicator between the Scottish Storytelling Forum &Centre and storytellers in their area.z can work with the Scottish Storytelling Centre to help generate and coordinateregional events (Scottish International Storytelling Festival on tour, regionaltraining days and other network development opportunities).AreaAberdeenshireArgyle & ButeAyrshireDumfries & GallowayDumfries & MidlothianNorth (Highlands)OrkneyPerthshireScottish BordersShetlandSkye & IslandsTaysideRegional correspondent for Forum 2011Anna FancettJan Sutch PickardRosie MapplebeckTony BonningJohn WheelerJudy PatersonWendy WoolfsonAndrew MacIntoshAllison GalbraithLea TaylorBob PeggTom MuirClaire HewittDaru McAleeceLawrence TullochGeorge MacPhersonSheila KinninmonthEmailgas oolfson@hotmail
her championing of nursery education and her advocacy of delaying formal schooling until aged six. Nature Kindergartens were a lively passion which also fed into her storytelling. Sibylle brought something special to Scotland's storytelling rainbow, and our thoughts are with the Alexander family as they remember her long and rich life. Blethers
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storytelling in teaching literacy, including reading and writing. The benefits and challenges are described as follow. Incorporating to the benefits of storytelling, firstly, through storytelling teacher can enhance students' interest in reading (Slattery & Willis, 2001) and make students enjoy learning language
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