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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
A different email list features Utah storytelling events including, though not limited to, Story Crossroads. Click here for the archive.
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Story Crossroads Spectacular
- virtual experience -
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Story Crossroads Spectacular is a virtual storytelling experience from your nearest computer on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 starting at 9:00am MDT with events all day. Live is always best, and this is the next best thing with professionals that are…spectacular.
Please complete this online form to let us know you are virtually attending! Any adult who completes this form enters drawing for CDs/books of our featured professionals. Adults can represent a family unit or class. Sending us
pictures, drawings, and notes also counts for extra drawing entries.
All events are family-friendly with the workshops geared more for teens and adults. A printable pdf of the schedule is found at: http://www.storycrossroads.org/spectacular. The storytelling performances at 9:30am and 7:00pm MDT are free. The interactions online with the two oral traditional characters, Baba Yaga
and the Shoemaker Elf, at 9:00am and 6:30pm MDT are also free. Donations are accepted here: https://storycrossroads.square.site/ or click here to add to the goal for
GivingTuesday.
The two 90-minute workshops have a sliding scale of $5-$50, suggested $25.
See more details/register on Dr. Csenge Zalka’s workshop on researching folktales: http://www.storycrossroads.org/csenge90minworkshop
See more details/register on Bruce Walker’s workshop on researching/performing personal and family tales: http://www.storycrossroads.org/bruce90minworkshop
Please complete form that you are virtually attending.
Call/text questions to Rachel Hedman at 801-870-5799 or email info@storycrossroads.org.
We thank our funders such as National Endowment for the Arts, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Western States Arts Federation, Utah Humanities, Zoo, Arts & the Parks of Salt Lake County (ZAP), City of Murray, Salt Lake City Arts Council, and many other businesses and individuals. Join us in the support
by donating today!
Go directly to the Story Crossroads Spectacular webpage
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Virtual Field Trip? Let's talk!
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Story Crossroads Spectacular could be a forever-talked-about field trip happening Wednesday, May 13, 2020 starting at 9:00am MDT. Besides, hearing all those stories and being able to interact online with questions and answers will get them to tell their own stories. Check out the arts education handouts that link to our performances (Celtic
Stories and Social Studies as well as Tall Tales and Language Arts).
We would love to know that your class is "attending." Email info@storycrossroads.org and/or text Rachel Hedman at (801) 870-5799 to discuss details. To enter the drawing, you will want to complete the Google Form and details found here:
https://storycrossroads.org/virtually-attending/
Go directly to the Story Crossroads Spectacular webpage
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GivingTuesday-Help reach goal by May 19th
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In one day, we raised $130 of our $500 goal with the deadline being May 19, 2020 by midnight MDT. We are grateful to who already contributed as well as people and organization that have supported us in the past as well as moving forward. Click the picture above or the link below to go directly to the fundraiser and share with friends and
family.
Go directly to the GivingTuesday for Story Crossroads
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Story Crossroads now on Twitch every Monday!
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We will also do regular live-streaming from Twitch on Mondays, 9:00pm-10:00pm MDT with behind-the-scenes of transforming a live festival to a virtual one, business/marketing tips, and always ending with a story. This will continue beyond the event as we have year-round offerings and always are busy with the next adventure. Join us as
much or as little as you like. You can view whether or not you have a free account. Yet, if you get a free account, you will then be able to chat as Twitch tends to be informal and has an enormous performing arts scene.
Go directly to the Story Crossroads Twitch
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Saturday, June 20, 2020
9:00am-10:30am MDT, through Zoom and Multi-streamed to Twitch, YouTube, & Facebook
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Why? Why were people motivated as human beings to welcome the movement of historical and Chautauqua tellings in 1870s to today? This movement started after the Civil War. Being split as a nation appeared to bring us closer together and understanding someone else’s story. Compare to how popular this method is today and what we can expect of this in
the future. How will we be able to "walk in their shoes"?
This Panel will delve into the "whys" of this method of connecting as human beings of historical and Chautauqua presentations. Three of the four panelists have decades worth of experience in performing Chautauqua. Between the three of them, they have represented 60+ historical characters. Dr. Caroliese Frink Reed is well-versed in the storytelling scene and has a doctorate in African American Studies,
degree in Social Studies, and weaves the experiences of Sheila Arnold, Darci Tucker, and Brian "Fox" Ellis with "The Big Why."
Go directly to The Big Why Panel webpage on Story Crossroads
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Watch & Listen for us on Fox 13 & Share a Story Podcast
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We have been honored to be featured as part of the Good Day Utah morning segment on Monday, May 11, 2020 ranging from 7:15am-9:45am with six 2-minute pieces.
Rachel Hedman was already interviewed by the Share a Story Podcast and that episode will air during the week of Story Crossroads Spectacular.
We are thrilled for any and all coverage, and hopefully you will see or hear us on these shows.
Go directly to the Story Crossroads Press Kit
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Celebrating your way of using story
Featuring: Kathy Palermo
Forever-Dedicated Story Teacher, Mentor & Friend
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Most people see the results of Kathy Palermo’s work and do not know to whom to give thanks. Kathy keeps the details to herself so I had to do much sleuthing. She is a mystery who will remain unsolved, though I know enough about her to be satisfied in not knowing everything. What is most important is her incredible dedication to the art of
storytelling.
Find out more the impact that Kathy Palermo has had for and will continue to have for storytelling (click below or on picture).
Read the Complete Blog Post on Kathy Palermo
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Story Videos of the Month
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This is a first to have THREE story videos...the first one shows Peter Cook who tells "The Lizard Tale" in American Sign Language while Keith Wann provides vocals (subscribe to Keith Wann's YouTube channel for more
ASL/vocals). The last two videos are news about Story Crossroads with 1-minute American Sign Language with closed captioning about Story Crossroads Spectacular as well as a 32-second teaser on The Big Why Panel: Historical Storytelling meets Humanities.
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 5th Annual Story Crossroads Festival is on May 12, 2021...though we
do have Story Crossroads Spectacular-a virtual experience-on the original festival date of May 13, 2020.
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Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com,
Two Boys & Two Ropes, tale from Korea
Jang-son and Mak-son worked for the same rich man. Each boy had skills and was helpful around the house. They both came from poor families and the money earned was critical to survival.
After working for three years, these boys were allowed to go back to their families and share the riches they had earned. The Master of the House had the boys make--with their own hands--straw ropes. "Make them as long and as thing as possible!" warned the man.
Jang-son worked hard on his rope and made it as smooth as possible. Mak-son was tired after the long years of serving and was not as diligent in the task. He was anxious to get home. His rope was rough with bits sticking out and and not that long in length.
The Master gave all that he promised in payment and then declared, "I have a bonus for you! Please take out your straw ropes."
The boys did so and were told, "You can string up as many of these coins as can fit on your rope."
The boys were in awe of the pile of coins. Each coin had a tiny hole in the middle.
Jang-son, with his thin and nicely bound rope, was able to fill his long rope to capacity. Meanwhile, Mak-son could barely squeeze one coin onto his poofed out short rope. They left for home with these earnings.
The two boys remained friends. Jang-son shared some of his bonus with Mak-son. Though, Mak-son always did his best from then on, even for the last of last tasks.
Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com,
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"Ropes & Coins"
Inspired by story "Two Boys & Two Ropes"
Geared for Ages 10+
You can have as many people as you want to play this game as long as you prep and have enough cardboard circles with tiny slits in the middle. The cardboard circles represent the coins that need to be strung up. Each person playing needs three pieces of arm-length yarn or string. These three yarns/strings are knotted and masking tape can tape this to the edge. While people braid as a group--making the braids tight--each person rotates
on sharing some of the made-up adventures they had serving the Master of the House. This can be a race or you can wait for everyone to have their rope braided. It is the stringing of the coins that is the real race. Each person needs to string at least 10 coins. Then, everyone must stop and see who is 2nd place, 3rd place, etc. Though, we assume you are all friends so that you can "share" and put all the coins off the braids and put in one pile to "split."
Or...you can have another round and share more adventures with the Master of the House.
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Funders of Story Crossroads
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We appreciate funding from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Utah Division of Arts and Museums (UDAM), Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), Utah Humanities, South Jordan Arts Council, City of Murray-Cultural Arts, ZAP-Zoo, Arts, & Parks of Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City
Arts Council, Casey and Rachel Hedman and many generous individuals who have made things possible.
See complete listing/details here:
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