Lewes Elephant Folk Music No 121

BILLY TEARE STORYTELLING WORKSHOP

Saturday 5th. December 2009
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £25. Booking form available here.

The Crown Inn,
191, High St,
Lewes
BN7 2NA

From Larne, Co. Antrim, Billy is one of the most popular storytelling folk artists in the UK & abroad. He brings songs, music, magic, juggling, theatre skills & audience participation into his wide range of modern & traditional tales, monologues, rhymes & chants. He was the International Teller in Residence 2008 at the National Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tennessee, USA. He has appeared at over 300 global folk, storytelling, literary, arts & library festivals. He performs regularly with London Irish singer Kathleen O'Sullivan.

The workshop will employ traditional & modern stories to highlight cause & effect, sequencing, significant types of character behaviour, & regular responses. Participants will learn memory techniques specific to themselves.

IN THE EVENING BILLY TEARE & KATHLEEN O'SULLIVAN PERFORM AT THE LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE

(admission £6; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)

Provisional Timetable

10.45 Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments are not included)
11.00 Examples of stories & sequencing
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 The rationale behind memory streams & narrative.
15.00 Tea/coffee break
15.15 Practical, professional, educational & recreational applications for storytelling methods.
16.45 Finish

N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
Maps & accommodation lists on request.

Lewes Saturday Folk Club,
c/o 20, St. John's Terrace,
LEWES,
East Sussex
BN7 2DL

Tel. (01273) 476757
e-mail: Valmai Goodyear
Website: http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/