[NEohioPAL]Once Upon A Storytelling Festival

Thu Jul 28 13:00:54 PDT 2005

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Kulture Kids Founder and Artistic Director Robin Pease will present at the=20
upcoming "Once Upon A Storytelling Festival", held on
September 16 &17, 2005
Hawkins-Conard Student Center
Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
For registration & more information email storytelling at ashland.edu or call=20
419-289-5143.
Kulture Kids' Robin Pease will be joined (among others) by fellow acclaimed=20
Native American storyteller Dovie Thomason, whose biography is below.
As a winner of the Parents=E2=80=99 Choice Gold Award, Storytelling World Ho=
nors=20
Award, the Audiofile Award and the American Library Association/Booklist Edi=
tor=E2=80=99s=20
Choice Award for her recordings of traditional Native stories, Wopila: A=20
Giveaway and Lessons from the Animal People, Dovie Thomason has been describ=
ed as a=20
=E2=80=9Cvaluable resource for multicultural education=E2=80=9D who =E2=80=
=9Cskillfully portrays=20
story characters in a way that is so vivid it creates animated pictures in t=
he=20
listener=E2=80=99s mind.=E2=80=9D  Her latest recording,  =E2=80=9CFireside=20=
Tales: More Lessons from=20
the Animal People=E2=80=9D, features the singing of her husband, Micky Sickl=
es, (Oneida)=20
in stories and songs of the Iroquois and Eastern Woodlands, and has recently=
=20
been chosen for an ALA Notable Recording Award and Pegasus Award. =20
Thomason has been featured in documentaries about the Native people of=20
Southern New England in =E2=80=9CHonor The Earth=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CAs We=
 Tell Our Stories=E2=80=9D and in a=20
new public television project about the Pequot War. She is one of six respec=
ted=20
storytellers featured in the documentary, =E2=80=9CThe Call of Story=E2=80=
=9D, on PBS in the=20
Fall, 2002.  Her children=E2=80=99s book, The Animals=E2=80=99 Wishes, from=20=
Rigby Literacy=20
(UK, US, NZ) is the first Native story to be a part of their highly regarded=
=20
early reader-literacy series.  She is featured in the Storytelling World=20
award-winning anthologies More Ready-to-Tell Tales, from August House and Ta=
les from=20
Across the Ocean, a collaboration between Irish and American storytellers to=
=20
benefit traditional arts in Ireland.  She has contributed essays on stereoty=
pes,=20
cultural values and appropriation and stories for The Broken Flute, the=20
long-awaited sequel to Through Indian Eyes, from Oyate Press in Berkeley,=20
California, an essential resource for teachers, librarians and parents.
KULTURE KIDS
www.kulturekids.org

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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT color=3D#824100 size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMI=
LY: Tahoma"><STRONG>Kulture Kids</STRONG> Founder and Artistic Director <STR=
ONG>Robin Pease</STRONG> will present at the upcoming "<U>Once Upon A Storyt=
elling Festival</U>", held on</SPAN></FONT></P><FONT color=3D#824100 size=
=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
<P align=3Dcenter><B><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D4>September 16 &17, 20=
05</FONT></B></P>
<P align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D3><B>Hawkins-Conard Student Center<BR>Ashland=
 University, Ashland, Ohio</B></FONT></P>
<P align=3Dcenter>For registration & more information email <A title=3Dm=
ailto:storytelling at ashland.edu href=3D"mailto:storytelling at ashland.edu">stor=
ytelling at ashland.edu</A> or call 419-289-5143.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT size=3D3>Kulture Kids' Robin Pease will be j=
oined (among others) by fellow acclaimed Native American storyteller <U>Dovi=
e Thomason,</U> whose biography is below.</FONT></STRONG></P></SPAN></FONT>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT color=3D#8241=
00 size=3D2>As a winner of the Parents=E2=80=99 Choice Gold Award, <B><U>Sto=
rytelling World</U></B> Honors Award, the <U>Audiofile</U> Award and the Ame=
rican Library Association/<U>Booklist</U> Editor=E2=80=99s Choice Award for=20=
her recordings of traditional Native stories, </FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3D2><=
FONT color=3D#824100><B><I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Wopila: A Giv=
eaway </SPAN></I></B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">and </SPAN></FONT><=
I><FONT face=3DTahoma><STRONG><A title=3Dhttp://www.ulali.com/frames/merchan=
dise/orderfm1.htm href=3D"http://www.ulali.com/frames/merchandise/orderfm1.h=
tm"><FONT color=3D#824100>Lessons from the Animal People</FONT></A></STRONG>=
</FONT></I></FONT><FONT color=3D#824100><FONT size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: Tahoma">, Dovie Thomason has been described as a =E2=80=9Cvaluable re=
source for multicultural education=E2=80=9D who =E2=80=9Cskillfully portrays=
 story characters in a way that is so vivid it creates animated pictures in=20=
the listener=E2=80=99s mind.=E2=80=9D  Her latest recording, </SPAN><B>=
<I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> =E2=80=9CFireside Tales: More L=
essons from the Animal People=E2=80=9D</SPAN></I></B></FONT><SPAN style=3D"F=
ONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=3D2>, features the singing of her husband, Mi=
cky Sickles, (Oneida) in stories and songs of the Iroquois and Eastern Woodl=
ands, and has recently been chosen for an ALA Notable Recording Award and Pe=
gasus Award.  </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT color=3D#8241=
00 size=3D2>Thomason has been featured in documentaries about the Nativ=
e people of Southern New England in <B>=E2=80=9CHonor The Earth=E2=80=9D</B>=
 and <B>=E2=80=9CAs We Tell Our Stories=E2=80=9D</B> and in a new public tel=
evision project about the Pequot War. She is one of six respected storytelle=
rs featured in the documentary, =E2=80=9CThe Call of Story=E2=80=9D, on PBS=20=
in the Fall, 2002.  Her children=E2=80=99s book, <B><U>The Animals=E2=
=80=99 Wishes</U></B>, from Rigby Literacy (UK, US, NZ) is the first Native=20=
story to be a part of their highly regarded early reader-literacy series.&nb=
sp; She is featured in the <B><I><U>Storytelling World</U></I> </B>award-win=
ning anthologies <U><B>More</B> <B>Ready-to-Tell Tales</B></U><B>,</B> from=20=
August House and <B><U>Tales from Across the Ocean</U>,</B> a collaboration=20=
between Irish and American storytellers to benefit traditional arts in Irela=
nd.  She has contributed essays on stereotypes, cultural values and app=
ropriation and stories for <U><B>The Broken Flute</B>,</U> the long-awaited=20=
sequel to <B><U>Through Indian Eyes</U></B>, from Oyate Press in Berkeley, C=
alifornia, an essential resource for teachers, librarians and parents.</FONT=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><STRONG>KULTURE KID=
S</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A title=3Dhttp://w=
ww.kulturekids.org/ href=3D"http://www.kulturekids.org/"><STRONG>www.kulture=
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