Planning Your Festival Experience |
Know about the Following Parts of the Festival |
* Free Performances at Schools & Senior Centers * 5-Hour Intensive Workshop with Denise Valentine * Annual Scout & Family Fun Night * Festival - Murray City Park & South Jordan Community Center * Language of Story/Big Secret Story Concert - Replaces May House Concert
Plus our Traditional Parts of the Newsletter
* Cap's Off to You! (people or organization profiles who use story) * Story Videos (created or loved by
us) * Story * Story Game
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Free Performances at Senior Centers |
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Join Us... Every year we have at least three free performances hosted at senior centers. These are always open to anyone to attend. We also have free performances at each of the school districts on Monday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 23rd. These particular schools must have visitors check in at the
office.
Go directly to the House Concert page on the Story Crossroads website
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5-Hour Intensive Workshop with Denise Valentine |
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“Walking in Their Shoes: Living History and Storytelling at its Finest” Intensive Workshop, Registration Required presented by Denise Valentine Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 10:00am-3:00pm, lunch
included Jordan Villas Clubhouse, 9339 S. Jordan Villa Dr., West Jordan, UT
Learn to craft historical narrative with folklore and oral history. Explore skills through stories of
Freedom and Hope from African and African American History. Discussion also examines the role of storytelling in the continuity of community traditions.
Limited Space, email storycrossroads@gmail.com or go to https://storycrossroads.com/calendar/5-hour-intensive-workshop/ to register
Cost: $100.00/person, pay all at once or payment plan over the course of 2-4 months
Go directly to the 5-hour Intensive Workshop webpage on Story Crossroads website
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Annual Scout & Family Fun Night |
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When: Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 7:00pm-7:45pm, Free Storytelling
Concert Where: Blind Center, 250 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City,
UT - Flag ceremony before performance, All Scouts recognized
- Scouts become aware of
the Blind Center and the Library for the Blind next door
- Audio Descriptions provided for those who are
Blind
Any Scout groups of 10+ that attend the main stage Festival on Wednesday, May 23rd all receive group rate of $1.00/person including accompanying adults. Otherwise, the regular prices are $1.00/student or senior and
$3.00/adult. Go directly to the Free Outreaches webpage with this Event's Listing
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Festival - Murray City Park & South Jordan Community Center |
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Celebrate our 3rd Annual Story Crossroads Festival Mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual Story Crossroads Festival on May 23, 2018 at the Murray City Park (495 E. 5300 S., Murray, UT-morning sessions) and the South Jordan
Community Center (10778 S. Redwood Rd., South Jordan, UT-evening concerts). We know you want to take part in it somehow. We have a place for you as a teller or a listener…or as both.
ASL, Spanish, and Audio Descriptions Available for Evening Concerts Date/Times: Wednesday, May 23, 2018, Daytime 9:00am-1:00pm, Evening 6:00pm-9:00pm with free performances Monday-Thursday, May 21-24, 2018
Special Note for
Daytime: Sit-Down & Engaging Story Concerts, starting at 9:00am and end by Noon; Hands-OnStorytelling Activities, starting at 10:00am and end by 1:00pm
Headliner Story Artists: Denise Valentine, Brian "Fox" Ellis, Honey
Featured Story Artists: Cooper Braun-Enos, Virginia Rasmussen, Charlotte Starks, Billie Jones, Suzanne Hudson, Jan C. Smith, Carol Esterreicher, Glastonbury Duo (Dave & Carol Sharp), Harvest Home (Annie & Dan Eastmond), Cherie Davis, Dale Boam, Ginger Parkinson, Julie Barnson, Karl Behling
Hands-On Activities: Karl Behling's Mountain Man Petting Zoo; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art with Visual Arts Story-Related Craft; Self-Led Story "Board" Walk; The Story Circle
Cost: $1.00/student or senior,
$3,00/adult
Locations: Daytime--Murray City Park, 495 E. 5300 S., Murray, UT Evening--South Jordan Community
Center, 10778 S. Redwood Rd., South Jordan, UT
Go directly to the 3rd Annual Festival webpage
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Language of Story/Big Secret Story Concert - Replaces May House Concert |
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When it is the Festival month, we have two opportunities for
the older audience with our "Language of Story" Academic Discussion as well as "The Big Secret Story Concert."
When: Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 6:00pm-6:45pm-Academic Discussion; 7:00pm-9:00pm-Concert
Where:
Gale Center of History and Culture, 10300 S. Beckstead Lane, West Jordan, UT 84095.
6:00pm-6:45pm-“Language of Story: Portuguese Language & Culture on Stage” Academic Discussion facilitated by Dr. Dale H. Boam and featured by Dr. De’bora R. S. Ferreira, Portuguese Program Director at Utah Valley University
7:00pm-9:00pm-“The Big Secret Story Concert: General Black Jack Logan & Sojourner Truth”
After hearing tales from our two community tellers, Catherine "Kate" Wright and Rod Young, we will discover-
Brian "Fox" Ellis as General Black Jack Logan Denise Valentine as
Sojourner Truth
Followed by light refreshment Go directly to the Free Outreaches webpage with this Event's Listing
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Celebrating your way of using story
Featuring: Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Support and Participant of New Hands-On
Activities at 2018 Story Crossroads Festival |
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We reached out to the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art as we were impressed by what they offered each year in the Children's Yard at the Utah Arts Festival. No matter what the theme, UMOCA always had activities that intrigued the 5-year-olds to the adults. When we spoke with Elly Baldwin, the
Curator of Public Engagement, she wished that the Art Truck could be offered. Yet, knowing UMOCA had their own pop-up tents and supplies, Elly thought that a visual arts story activity could still solidify UMOCA's involvement with the 2018 Story Crossroads Festival. Find out more the impact that the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has and will have for Story Crossroads (click below). Read the Complete Blog Post on Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
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Story Videos of the Month |
Usually we include videos that focus either on improving the art of storytelling or that demonstrates great storytelling. As this is the Festival issue, we are featuring our two videos to get you even more excited for what is coming. If you or someone you know has a story video that you want us to see, then let us know about it and email us a link to it. Who knows? Perhaps we will be inspired to invite you to one of our Story Crossroads event? Remember that the 3rd Annual Story Crossroads
Festival is on May 23, 2018 with daytime sessions at the Murray City Park (495 E. 5300 S., Murray, UT) and the evening concerts at the South Jordan Community Center (10778 S. Redwood Rd., South Jordan, UT).
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Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com, Master Man, from the Hausa of Nigeria
Shadusa was a strong man who could do twice as much as any man in his village. He could eat more, hunt more, and fight
harder. His wife, Shettu, warned him not to boast. One day, Shadusa could not help it and declared, "I am the strongest in the world. Call me Master Man." Shettu cringed and said that there would always be someone stronger.
Shettu then left and walked to a well so as to gather water for the day. She
threw in the bucket. Yet, when she pulled on the rope, the bucket would not come up. Another woman came to the well and had the same problem. This woman had a baby and finally asked the baby to help. The baby pulled up the bucket as if it weighed nothing. Shettu asked, "How can your baby be so strong?" The woman replied that her husband was Master Man. Shettu then rushed home and told her husband that there was another Master Man as she
predicted.
Shadusa would not hear of such a thing and wanted to meet this other Master Man. Shettu begged him not to leave, but Shadusa headed straight for the well. He tossed in the bucket though could not pull it up again. He waited until that one woman returned with the baby. With his own eyes, he saw
the baby bring up the bucket. He asked how it could be done and the woman said that the baby's father was Master Man.
Despite being nervous, Shadusa declared that he wanted to meet this Master Man. The woman warned that her husband eats other men as well as elephants. Still, Shadusa wanted to see for
himself. He followed the woman. Piles of elephant bones surrounded the house and proved what the woman said about this man eating elephants.
He heard a roar and was told by the woman that it was her husband. Finally, he knew he had to hide. The woman pointed to a large clay pot as big as a man.
Shadusa squeezed inside.
This Master Man dragged an elephant home and complained that he had to kill it with his bare hands because he could not find his bow and arrows. Then he sniffed and said he smelled man. He was hungry. His wife said he must be mistaken. While he investigated, the woman ran to
the clay pot and whispered for Shadusa to run.
Shadusa ran! He was seen and the Master Man pursued him. Shadusa ran past five farmers and yelled that Master Man was coming. The five men vowed to protect Shadusa until they heard the Master Man's roar. They ran. Shadusa ran past ten porters
and yelled that Master Man was coming. The ten men vowed to protect Shadusa until they heard the Master Man's roar. They ran. Shadusa ran past a stranger surrounded by elephant bones and yelled that Master Man was coming. This stranger shouted, "No, I am Master Man!" This stranger headed to the other Master Man and commenced to fight. These two impressive men wrestled and battled that the earth shook up and created a huge cloud around them. The sounds
were deafening. The two men jumped into the air, taking that cloud of dust with them and combining it with another cloud from the sky itself. Shadusa waited for the men to come down from the sky, but the men never came back down.
Shadusa decided to never call himself Master Man again. As for those two men,
they battle to this day. Every so often the two of them rest and it is peaceful. When they commence, they bring about such thunderings that this is what explains our storms above. There will always be at least two fools fighting to see who is Master Man. Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com, Explore the Story Crossroads website
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Story Wrestling Inspired by story "Master Man" Geared for Ages 12+
Three people can play this game. You can take chalk to
create a circle any size you wish, though usually it is best about the circumference of at least six feet. If inside, you can use masking tape on the floor to create the circle. One declares, "I am the strongest in story!" A second person yells back, "I am the strongest in story!" The two people grab each other's hands while the third one is the timer and referee. The first person who yelled "I am the strongest in story!" must start a story for a minute.
While telling the story, that person uses his hands only to attempt to push the other person out of the circle. Their hands must always be grasped so not feet or legs are used. Only the shifting of the shoulders while hands are grasped are allowed. If the second person is still inside the circle after the minute is called by the referee, then this second person picks up on the same story started by the first person. The second person tells while wrestling with the grasped
hands. After each minute, this continues until someone's foot or body is pushed out of the circle or if someone(s) get tired. Careful...this game could last forever as in the story "Master Man." You might want so many rounds and possibly call it a draw.
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Funders of Story Crossroads |
We appreciate funding from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Utah Division of Arts and Museums (UDAM), the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the Nubian Storytellers of Utah Leadership (NSOUL), the Utah Humanities, the Utah Valley
University, the South Jordan Arts Council, the City of Murray-Cultural Arts, Casey and Rachel Hedman and many generous individuals who have made things possible. |
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