Talk Story Camp 2013

                                                                      Presented by  the Alliance for Culture & Arts 

T A L K   S T O R Y   C A M P   

@ CAMP PAMALU, North Shore (Pupukea), Oahu 

July 19-21, 2013

Parks Dept.  CANCELS use of

KUALOA PARK  for  ‘TALK STORY CAMP’

The City’s Parks Department decided NOT TO ALLOW anything, including ‘Talk Story Camp’ (as promised) at Kualoa Beach Park this summer. A strongly worded letter from the Alliance for Culture & Arts (ACA, chaperones this event) asked the Parks Dept. to explain, and suggested a reprieve. After all, based upon their own scheduling, airline tickets have been bought by storytellers volunteering to contribute to this unique public  event from  Japan, Philippines, Canada, San Francisco & Chicago. No word at all has come after 12 days. Mum. Sigh.

We have not been sitting around moaning.

A NEW SITE HAS BEEN FOUND!

The Girl Scout’s ‘Camp Pamalu’ is available July 19-21 (in the hills of Pupukea, North Shore).  It costs more, has no beach, but it does have a kitchen & common dining area, even cabins, running water & showers, hiking trails & a fire pit (Imu? questionable). It is private. ACA has agreed to ‘eat’ much of the added cost so that families can afford to come, and new contacts into the Haleiwa/Waialua Town Association are suddenly blooming, so North Shore lore will be added. 

 

A Convergence of Storytelling People & Families

3 Days & 2 Nights of Stories, Nature & Sharing!

Meet, Hear & Learn from Awesome Storytellers

(local, national, & international) 

Join Workshops (Adult & Kid) & Hikes, Field Trips by day,

Story Concerts & Campfires by night under the stars

 Eat Good Food

(5 meals, Fri. Dinner to Sun. Lunch)

More Before & After Camp

...and it’s CHEAP too! Adults $50, less for kids! WOW!

 

 

INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING TALENTS:

 

ANNE GLOVER (Victoria, Canada) absolutely delightful stories with strings! Anne was the ‘new discovery’ of the national storytelling stars at the Talk Story Conference in Waikiki, 2009. She toured to Japan this year.

See Anne Perform: Simple String Story  , Anne in a classroom

 

 

MASAKO SUEYOSHI & TOMOKO SUGANO (Japan) Duet storytelling, Kamishibai (telling with picture panels) & Japanese tales (especially spooky ones). They were the delight of the Waikiki Talk Story Conference in 2009.

They come with another storytelling friend, Toshiko Nodawill.

 

JAY MENES (Djalma Madelar Menes) (Manila, Phillippines) runs Storyhouse (classes & shows.) He’ll share folktales & tell us what’s up in Manila.

 

 

NATIONAL TALENTS

 

ANNE SHIMOJIMA (Chicago, Ill.) elegant teller of Asian folktales (and many others)

Listen to her tales:  Badger and the Magic Fan  , The Crane Wife

 

LINDA MIYOKO YEMOTO (San Francisco, Calif.) 25 years as naturalist, teaches crafts & stories, wonderful teller of tales. She returns for the 3^rd year!

 

 

LOCAL STORYTELLERS:

KILOHANA SILVE (returns from 25 years in France to Honolulu) hula & storytelling. she toured to Thailand last year, continues studies in traditional chants and teaches in ongoing classes.

VICKY DWORKIN  (Main Library’s Children’s Librarian) props & stories session, tale telling & general joyful contributions.

SHAIN MILLER (brains, brawn, & host of everything at Ong King Art Center, Chinatown’s happening alternative art center. She loves to build campfires!

JEFF GERE  hosts, tells, & teaches,  figures out what’s needed.

After Camp, Jeff heads to the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee for a week’s ‘residence’ telling tales.