Celebrating One Festival and Planning the Next |
Enjoy glimpses into what happened during the 3rd Annual Story Crossroads Festival |
* Pictures
* Memories
Plus our Traditional Parts of the Newsletter
* Latest News * 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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Patriotic House Concerts featuring Cherie Davis and Karl Behling (June 30th and July 2nd) |
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Join Us... Every month we enjoy another house concert geared for teens and adults. We actually are scheduled to as far as October. Our 26th and 27th house concerts are both patriotic and within a few days of each other. Here is a listing yet with more details of June 30th and July 2nd
below.
Sat., June 30, 2018, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Cherie Davis
– West Jordan, UT Mon., July 2, 2018, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Karl Behling
– Saratoga Springs,
UT Sat., Aug. 18, 2018, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Paige Funk
– West Jordan, UT Fri., Sept. 28, 2018, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Wenlock Duane Free
– Provo, UT Fri., Oct. 12, 2018, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Nannette Watts
– Murray, UT
------------------------------------More Details for June 30th and July 2nd
Sat., June 30, 2018, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Cherie Davis, hosted by Lorna and Danny
Young at 5011 Gaskill Way, West Jordan, UT Theme: HERstory – Deborah Sampson in the Revolutionary War
RSVP: Call/text Lorna Young at (801) 673-1387 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com Suggested Price: $15.00+/person, $25.00+/couple or family, though any amount welcomed, best for teens and adults Details: Refreshments served, Books and CDs available for purchase
Mon., July 2, 2018,
7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Karl Behling, hosted by Connie and Chuck Golden at Clubhouse, 2306 Shorewood Drive, Saratoga Springs, UT Theme: American Heroes
RSVP: Call/text Connie Golden at (801) 673-6642 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com
Suggested Price: $15.00+/person, $25.00+/couple or family, though any amount welcomed, best for teens and adults Details: Refreshments served
Go directly to the House Concert page on the Story Crossroads website
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House Concerts from March and April 2018 |
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Mark Gollaher (above) told Celtic stories on St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2018 in Salt Lake City. Thus, it required Mark to tell of Finn McCool. Yes, there are many spellings for that legendary character. Janine Nishiguchi (below) shared her storyteller journey through personal
and folktales as part of the 25th house concert through Story Crossroads on April 20, 2018 in West Jordan. We thank the Walkers as well as the Luters/Adams in hosting these two concerts. |
8-hour Workshops for the Public at the Senior Centers |
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We had fantastic community tellers guided by our master story facilitators: Jim Luter (Mt. Olympus Senior Center, top picture), Donna Wood (Riverton Senior
Center, bottom left picture), and James Wind (Taylorsville Senior Center, bottom right picture). A few were selected to perform for the 3rd Annual Festival on May 23, 2018 though all the stories were enjoyed. Thank you to everyone involved. Go directly to the Free Workshops webpage on the Story Crossroads website
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Story Blasting - May 16, 2018 |
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After the annual Microphone Etiquette night with the community tellers, we invited anyone who would like to join us to do Story Blasting. Some youth and adults joined the venture in a nearby Murray neighborhood. We told ultra-short stories door-to-door. We later learned that Adam, the
youth teller, said this was the most memorable experience of Story Crossroads, even above him telling on Festival-day itself. He requested to tell more than once as we rotated amongst us in telling stories. On the lower right is a community teller, Ben, who told his personal story of being a boy and some trouble with fire. The older lady who heard this story was so inspired that she pointed to a nearby tree and told of the fire that happened when the neighborhood was on the
"newer" side. Story Blasting...was a blast! This is an annual tradition a week before each Festival that anyone of all ages can do. You can do Story Blasting on your own with family and friends. See more about it on the link below. Go to the Story Blasting webpage on the Story Crossroads website
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3rd Annual Story Crossroads Festival |
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Too many amazing experiences happened that can fit here. In fact, we will have more pictures and moments beyond these below for the next e-newsletter.
The attendance of the Festival plus the school/senior center/Blind center performances was 4,549. To compare, it was 2,287 for the inaugural
year in 2016 and 3,097 for our 2nd annual one.
We received hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of feedback forms from many attendees. Several teachers and students raved about the story artists and the hands-on activities.
For example, Denise Valentine told stories for the 4th-6th graders at
Redwood Elementary in the Granite School District. When Denise announced her time was up, the students all groaned, "No!" When checking in with the principal later, she said that this outreach performance in the morning was so impactful that kids were still talking about Denise at lunchtime.
We invited many congressmen. Mia Love was in Washington D.C. though sent Mike Squires on her
behalf. This representative said he fell in love after the first words spoken by Denise Valentine. He also experienced our self-led Story Walk and was "adopted" by an elementary class for that activity.
Governor Herbert said some words to our community (youth and adult) tellers as well as the general public that we had permission to print in our Story
Crossroads programs. He said, "Storytelling is a vibrant and integral part of the human experience. This art keeps our history alive, and best of all, helps us to connect with one another."
Please let us know your experiences and share pictures by emailing storycrossroads@gmail.com.
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Language of Story: Portuguese Language and Culture on Stage |
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Dr. Debora R. S. Ferreira from Utah Valley University told us of pink dolphins, gremlin-like creatures of Brazil, and the openings/endings of many stories, and much more on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at the Gale Center of History and Culture. She shared an intense challenge using impromptu poetry, guitar-playing, and song that people have even created all
night and into the morning. We loved exploring the Portuguese world and look forward to when the film will be available for everyone to watch on the Story Crossroads YouTube Channel. Go directly to the Story Crossroads YouTube Channel
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The Big Secret Story Concert: General Black Jack Logan & Sojourner Truth |
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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, we laughed hard with Catherine "Kate" Wright and delved deep with Rod Stewart, our adult community tellers. Then off we traveled to the past with Brian "Fox" Ellis portraying General Black Jack Logan, responsible for founding Memorial Day. Finally, we saw Denise Valentine become Sojourner Truth, an African-American abolitionist and fought for
women's rights. Word spread and even Benjamin Franklin, Eliza R. Snow, and Pecos Bill made a showing to the concert at the Gale Center of History and Culture.
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Celebrating your way of using story Featuring: Diamond Rental and Randy Rutherford Continuous Support as well as Last-Minute Help that Saved the 2018 |
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Diamond Rental--and specially Randy Rutherford--have been so important to have
enough chairs for the 2017 and 2018 Story Crossroads Festivals. Then came an urgent need to be solved in a few days. We had microphones and amplifiers reserved though another organization and found out a couple days before the Festival that they would no longer be available. I scrambled to figure out options and thought of who of my friends had their own microphones. Luckily, we already were counting on the sound equipment of the ever-generous Annie and Dan
Eastmond. Finally, I called Randy at Diamond Rental. "We are certainly glad you are providing those 100 extra chairs for free...any chance we can get four microphones and two amplifiers next week?" Find out more the impact that the Diamond Rental (Randy Rutherford) has and will have for Story Crossroads (click below). Read the Complete Blog Post on Diamond Rental
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Story Videos of the Month |
We enjoyed these so much...we had to feature both. The first one explores the inspirations of The Old Capitol Storytelling Festival, one of our feed-ins with Story Crossroads. It is unique as it focuses on history and many bits of wisdom are shared in this about 7-minute film.
The second one is entitled "Nowhere with Martin Shaw" and has had hundreds of thousands of views. The stunning visuals mixed with the spoken word feel like an ode and a prayer in honor of storytelling and myth. See you what think of this roughly 8-minute film. 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 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival is on
May 15, 2019.
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Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com, Bootoolgah the Crane and Goonur the Kangaroo Rat, the Firemakers, from the Aboriginals of Australia
Bootoolgah the Crane and Goonur the Kangaroo Rat were married and shared many meals together. The food was always eaten raw as there was no fire in the land. One day, Bootoolgah rubbed two sticks
together and some smoke came out. Goonur told Bootoolgah to split the smoking stick, and when done, she took some dry leaves and the first fire grew. They cooked some fish and enjoyed its deliciousness. All the other animals used the sun to dry out food and took such a long time, and this taste from fire-cooked food was beyond compare.
Bootoolgah and Goonur decided to not tell anyone about their secret to fire. With the animals and the blacks, also known as the Aboriginals, they kept this secret and hid the firesticks in a comebee, bag. Yet, they sometimes brought out their fire-cooked fish and claimed it was cooked by the sun. These animal and human tribes asked for Boolooral, the night owl, and Quarrian, the parrot, to follow Bootoolgah and Goonur. Thus, the owl and parrot learned
of the firesticks. The blacks decided they would hold a Corrobboree, such a gathering and dancing that Bootoolgah and Goonur would attend and not guard their firesticks. Beeargah, the hawk, was to pretend to be sick though all the while watching for their comebee with the firesticks. Meanwhile, everyone wanted to out-do each other in the brightness of painting and in dancing. Bootoolgah and Goonur were so entranced by the festivities that, though Bootoolgah said they must
only watch and not dance, even Bootoolgah stood up to move to the music. With the comebee with the firesticks forgotten, Beeargah the hawk flew up and dove for that bag. Bootoolgah flew after Beeargah. By that time, the hawk had opened the bag and tossed out the firesticks so as to set fire and allow all the tribes to find their own firesticks. There was no more secret to guard and Bootoolgah landed next to his wife, Goonur. Now all tribes enjoy the gift of
fire.
Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com, Explore the Story Crossroads website
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Story Secrets Inspired by story "Bootoolgah the Crane and Goonur the Kangaroo Rat, the Firemakers" Geared for Ages 10+
Two people
represent the Crane and the Kangaroo Rat. They each decide on a short story no longer than a paragraph long. They both write it on two different pieces of paper. While these two decide on the story, the other people (can be as large as 20 or 30 or even as little as 5 more people) decide on how they can distract the Crane and the Kangaroo Rat. When the Crane and Kangaroo Rat are done with their story and have them written down, everyone sits in a circle. The Crane
and the Kangaroo Rat must place their papers behind their backs, practically touching. The others enact their plan whether that be some kind of show though most likely some movement that could include walking/dancing behind Crane and Kangaroo Rat. Crane and Kangaroo Rat can never touch their papers once placed down though can block when feeling threatened. A countdown of five minutes (or whatever is decided) will see if any of the two story "secrets" are stolen to be read to
everyone or if the secrets are only known to Crane and Kangaroo Rat. Of course, if in Crane and Kangaroo Rat's victory they wish to share their story "secret," then that is up to them. Explore the Story Crossroads website
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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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