Another note: Celeste and I are
returning to Jabez in July ... the 27th through the 2nd of August, to be
precise ... .
And Happy Feet will be doing what Happy Feet does best. |
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One more note: Celeste and I have been invited to Fairmont, WV in May -- the 15th -- to participate in a state-wide Conference of the West Virginia Christian Home Schooler's Association ... . Some stories ... a craft or ... |
Two tellers telling together the same story is tandem telling ... which is an art form all its own ... . |
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It demands careful and precise memorization of the
story told -- you have, at least, to know the cues and key phrases and
prompts to trigger the practiced response. You have to practice,
practice, practice! Or you have to know your partner . ... that's how Number Two Son, Christopher Demian, and I work. Not the careful and precise memorization (or, really, the practice) part ... but ... we know each other; we each know how the other works ... . |
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We both know the story and one talks until he stops ... then the other starts, and stops when the other starts ... then stops and the other starts, and stops, then starts ... . Sometimes one of us will say a particular line; the next time, the other one of us will -- |
Three web sites I've set up ... or am. |
They highlight different aspects of our
Storytelling enterprise:
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