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Joan Meade Email/Courriel : jmmeade@nbnet.nb.ca Home /Résidence :506-472-1371 Bio: Joan Meade has storytold worldwide: from Southern California to Dublin and Tokyo and many festivals across Canada. She has provided workshops for universities and teachers and told in many, many libraries and schools. She combines storytelling and art at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Every summer she does outdoor stories for Tourism Fredericton and for the past three years has entertained during the New Year’s Levee at the request of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. NewfoundlandElinor Benjamin59 East Valley Rd Corner Brook NL A2H 2L3 Home /Résidence : 709-634-8890 (home) Email/Courriel : tales@warp.nfld.net Website: www3.nf.sympatico.ca/ebandrr/tales Bio: Elinor has been telling traditional stories in schools, libraries and other venues for nearly twenty years. She works with Learning through the Arts in schools in Western Newfoundland. Living near L'Anse aux Meadows, she especially enjoys Norse myths and folk tales these days, but loves stories from all around the world. In 2005, she received a Canada Council grant to travel to Ireland and told at the Dublin Yarnspinners and the Sean Dunne Literary Festival in Waterford. Categories: E,T,B,C,YA,A Anita Best 104 Circular Road St. John’s, NL A1C 2Z5 Home/Résidence: 709-738-3945 Work phone: 709-729-7396 Fax: 709-729-0870 Email/Courriel : ambest@nf.sympatico.ca Website: www.anitabest.com Bio: Anita is a traditional singer of Newfoundland songs who became interested in telling stories in the 1970s when she married into a storytelling family in outport Newfoundland. She has a background in folklore, oral history and as a presenter of Newfoundland music and writing. Fairy tales and long ballads are her special interests. Categories: E,T,B,A,AW Mary Fearon Email/Courriel : maryefearon@gmail.com Bio:A St. John’s-based storyteller who works with our local chapter of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Project, Mary Fearon was trained by its founder, Katherine Grier. Fearon has conducted workshops in storytelling, performed in schools and at a day-long storytelling event held in St. John’s a few years ago. She has recently completed, with Lori Fritz, Over the Big Fat Waves, a collection of Newfoundland and Labrador rhymes, songs and language games, for use in literacy programs. Dale Jarvis 70 Fleming St. St.John's,NL A1C 3A5 Cell #: 709-685-3444 FAX #: 709 739-5413 Email/Courriel : info@hauntedhike.com Website: http://www.hauntedhike.com Bio: Since 1997, Dale has been telling ghost stories in downtown St.John's all summer and every Hallowe'en as host of the St. John's Haunted Hike. He also tells traditional tales from Newfoundland, England and Ireland. In 2002, he collaborated with musician Delf Hohmann to present "Under the Juniper Tree: Stories and Songs from the Brothers Grimm" at the Yukon International Storytelling Festival in Whitehorse and the International Sound Symposium in St. John's. E,H,T,B,YA,A,AW Kelly Russell Box 461 Bell Island, NL A0A 4H0 Home/Résidence: 709-488-3821 Email/Courriel : unclebayman@gmail.com Website: www.pigeoninlet.com Bio:Tunes & Tales with Kelly Russell: Renowned fiddler, multi-instrumentalist and veteran of pioneering bands, Figgy Duff, Wonderful Grand Band, The Planks and The Irish Descendants, Kelly performs the classic Tales of Pigeon Inlet by his Dad, Ted Russell, plus authentic Newfoundland music of legendary fiddlers Rufus Guinchard & Emile Benoit. A rare glimse into Newfoundland's past with this ideal blend of music & storytelling. Kelly is the 1997 recipient of The Marius Barbeau Award for hi significant contribution to Canadian folklore. Categories: E,C,YA,A,T Nova ScotiaCindy CampbellDartmouth, NS Home/Résidence: 902 466-4545 Work phone: 902-490 5748 Email/Courriel : storysong@ns.sympatico.ca Bio: Cindy tells a wide variety of stories to a wide variety of ages in a wide variety of forums. She also enjoys combining storytelling with other artistic techniques such as music, songs, ballads, puppetry and dramatic characterizations. Cindy is a member and proprieter of StorySong Express - a musical storytelling entertainment company for children and families. She has always lived by the sea and enjoys sharing "Watching From the Shore" stories, and Ballads with adult audiences. Categories: E, T, C, YA, A, CW, AW Jill Curley 11 Balcome Drive, Apt.11, Halifax NS B3N 1H9 Home/Résidence: 902-477-2170 Work #:902-494-6944 Email/Courriel : jcurley@ns.sympatico.ca Bio:Jill Curley's international travels have taken her far and wide. Hence, she enjoys recounting these meaningful times with purpose and humor. With a Masters of Education, she has been recognized for her creative approach to storytelling. Her extensive teaching, career counseling, theatre and corporate training background provides a rich context from which to draw. Jill offers conference workshops on the Power of Story Telling and uses her poetry to engage and interact with the listener Categories: A,C,YA,T Jeanne (Doucet) Currie 12 English Oaks Drive RR#1 Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1A0 Home/Résidence: 902-532-0455 Work #: 902-526-0805 Email/Courriel : currie.wayne@ns.sympatico.ca Website: www.jeannedoucetcurrie.ca Bio: Jeanne (Doucet) Currie, écrivaine, conteuse, chanteuse and auteure-compositeure raconte son pays et ses gens, les Acadiens. une de ses chansons originales accompagne souvent son conte. Avec son époux Wayne, elle a présenté aux festivals de la parole à la NÉ (05-07) et à Whitehorse (07). Categories: A,F,A,JA,E,T Laurent d’Entremont P.O. Box 72 Lower West Pubnico, Yarmouth County, NS B0W 2C0 Home/Résidence: 902-762-2421 e: 902-762-3380 Email/Courriel : laudent@hotmail.com Bio: My business card reads: “A laugh a Minute.” Story Telling, Standup Comic – Festivals, Banquets, etc. I perform in both French and Englis and am equally comfortable with both. My type of humor is a bit on the corny side. My audiences tend to be middle aged and older. I also do some storytelling to kids at school. I have been talking on CBC Radio as a partyliner for a long time. I do some freelance writing for local newspapers and magazines in Nova Scotia. Categories: E,F Clare Dugas R.R.#1 Pleasantville, NS, B0R 1G0 Home/Résidence: 902 527-2241 Work Phone: 902 541-8240 Email/Courriel : rosanna2@eastlink.ca Bio: Retired school teacher. Enjoys reading, rug hooking, quilting and, of course, storytelling. Lives alongthe beautiful LaHave River in Lunenberg County, outside the town of Bridgewater. Categories: E,F Claire Miller 5686 Victoria Road., Unit 1 Halifax, NS B3H 1M8 Home/Résidence :902-425-8928 FAX: 902-425-8928 Email/Courriel : clairemiller@ns.sympatico.ca Bio: Professional storyteller Claire Miller has been delighting listeners for fifteen years with her lively renditions of folktales from near and far. Many of her tales incorporate music and audience participation. In schools she presents programmes of stories designed to complement the curriculum, and she has been keynote speaker at conferences for students and adults. She has told to audiences throughout the Maritimes and is available to go wherever a good story is needed. Categories: E, T, C, YA, A, AW Richard McIntosh
Liz Newkirk 14 Mabou Avenue Halifax NS B3P 1V7 Home/Résidence: 902-477-1474 Email/Courriel : lnewkirk@ns.sympatico.ca Bio: A former school library specialist, Liz now tells professionally for audiences of all ages at schools, libraries, festivals such as the Ottawa Storytelling Festival in 2005, and many other venues. She draws her programs from a wide repertoire of world tales, myths, and legends, and delights in telling tales that capture the heart and the imagination. She is always happy to create new programs to suit any audience, curriculum area, or occasion. Categories: E, C, YA, A, CW, AW, H, T Angela J. Reynolds 139 South Street, RR #3 Bridgetown, NS B0S 1C0 Work #: 902-665-2995 Email/Courriel : flamehead@ns.sympatico.ca Bio: I have been telling stories since 1992. Since that time, I have taken storytelling workshops and classes, and have been performing at libraries, schools, special events, and the occasional birthday party. Although I love to tell scary stories, I also tell stories suitable for adults and young audiences in the elementary grades. Catgories: E,A,YA,C,T,B Storytellers Circle of Halifax 708 Shore Drive Bedford NS B4A 2E1 Home/Résidence: 902-835-3180 Work : 902-490-5748 Email: lwinham88@hotmail.com or storysong@ns.sympatico.ca Bio: Founded in 1996, we are a small group of storytellers working individually, who meet regularly to share information and stories, and sometimes provide programs as a group for festivals and events. We welcome new members, both tellers and listeners. (See www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/StorytellersCircle.) Linda Winham 708 Shore Drive Bedford NS B4A 2E1 Home/Résidence:902-835-3180 Email/Courriel : lwinham88@hotmail.com Bio: Linda is a founding member of the Storytellers Circle of Halifax, and member of SC/CC since 1995.
With background in Children’s Literature, elementary teaching, and public library services for youth,
she is committed to promoting the oral tradition of storytelling. She likes traditional tales of depth and resonance,
and tracking down family and historical stories. She has told at schools and libraries, the World Peace Pavilion,
Word on the Street, and private functions.
Prince Edward IslandCalling all Prince Edward Island storytellers. We would dearly love to have members from Prince Edward Island Page d'accueil
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