Tejas Storytelling Association

Workshops and Master Class Schedule/Descriptions

Please Note that Master Classes are not included in Full Festival Registration. Each Master Class is an additional $50.00 fee. Workshops can be purchased seperately for a $20.00 fee. Please see registration form for more details.

FRIDAY March 30th, 2007

Workshop A-Story Shenanigans
Anne Marie Newman
8:30-10:00am
Women's Building

Workshop B-Once Upon A Future
Anne McCrady
8:30-10:00am
Senior Center

Workshop C-Basic Songwriting for Storytellers
Joseph Pinson
10:30-12:00am
Senior Center

Workshop D-Color It Locally: Regionalism in Storytelling
Donna Ingham
10:30-12:00am
Women's Building

Workshop E-Family Reunion: Telling the Stories of God
Kathy Culmer
1:30-3:00pm
Senior Center

Workshop F- Eyes and Ears: Taking a Story from Performance to Print
Gayle Ross
1:30-3:00pm
Women's Building

SATURDAY March 31st, 2007

Master Class
Olga Loya
8:00-10:30
Women's Building

Our Culture Ourselves
Storytelling is an ideal tool for discovering the links between our individual stories and the deeper cultural traditions that shape our lives. This workshop will help you find stories that you didn't know you had inside you and strengthen your appreciation of the cultural heritage running through your individual and family stories. Pride, selfknowledge, and healing can come from finding your own story. Stories, games, improvisational techniques will all be part of the workshop

Workshop G-On Your Feet and Telling: Beginning Storytelling
Jiaan Powers
8:30-10:00am
Senior Center

Workshop H-Coaching Kids With Class: Story Clubs for Students
Shelby Smith
10:30-12:00am
Emily Fowler

Workshop I-Storytelling for Environmental Education
Lucinda Wise & Reba Ott
10:30-12:00am
Senior Center

Master Class
Dan Keding
12:30-3:00pm
Women's Building

Description Building Repertoire: Finding Stories That Suit Your Style and Making Them Your Own
This Master Class will concentrate on finding stories that fit you, both as a teller and as a person. We will explore the written and oral tradition. Building a group of stories that can fit many audiences, ages and a variety of stages is the goal.

Workshop J-I Say Cric, You Say Crac: Intergrating the Art of Storytelling into the Curriculum
Sue Kuentz
12:30-2:00pm
Emily Fowler

Workshop K-Creating a Storytelling Persona
Don Sanders
3:00-4:30pm
Senior Center

Workshop L-Storytelling in Secondary and Higher Education
David Thompson & Lucinda Wise
Emily Fowler

SUNDAY April 1st, 2007

Master Class
Peter Cook
9:00-11:30
Women's Building

This workshop will introduce the participants to explore their creativity through American Sign Language Literature. At the beginning, there will be a lecture on the relationship between Deaf Culture and Literature. Cook will demonstrate all technical aspect of ASL storytelling and poetry.

There will be a LOT of hands on activities for the participants to create their own works. This workshop is a MUST for those who are interested to know more about playing with ASL. Great for any classroom tools!

Level Skill: Any level