Tecumseh Land Trust Fundraiser Set for the evening of 4/10/10

Met with Krista Magaw, Executive Director of the Tecumseh Land Trust (TLT). We agreed that the eco-storyteller retreat would provide stories and storytellers for a benefit performance for the Land Trust on April 10th, 2010. TLT would provide audience, run ticket collection, sell refreshments and signup members during the intermission

The theme of the performance will be Stories of People and the Land. The performances will be in an olio style with nine tellers telling eight to twelve minute stories. Ticket price will be $5 per person, families for $10. The performance will be in Yellow Springs (more details later) from 7 PM to 9:30 PM on April 10th, 2010.

The performance will be recorded and Eric Wolf will produce a CD from the performances.  TLT will be able to obtain the CDs at cost of printing and sell them to benefit their land preservation work. The audio editing + design work for the CD will be donated by Eric Wolf to TLT. Contributing storytellers will be able to purchase units of 25+ CD's for $3 a CD for resale on their travels. All CDs  will clearly state a price of $9.95.

Performers are reminded that the storyteller must own all copyrights to the stories they tell. All storytellers will retain all copyrights to their stories. Performers will license TLT and the other performers in the set the right to sell, give away and use as they see fit the audio recording of the performance. Performers will not be asked to donate to attend the concert, but retreat participants are strongly encouraged to make a donation for a ticket.

The Tecumseh Land Trust is the most successful land trust in Ohio and has set a standard that many other land trusts aspire to reach. You can read more about them on their website www.tecumsehlandtrust.org.  This event is one of several partnerships the TLT  is forming to celebrate its 20th anniversary, all based on the theme "Stories of People and the Land."

To take part in the olio please call or email Eric Wolf at ericwolf2@yahoo.com The CD can only hold 80 minutes of material and it is very likely there will be more performance than room on the CD - so performing does not grant inclusion on the CD - but a refusal to be recorded does preclude you from being allowed to perform.

Feed back welcome through the comment system below. 

MyLinda, book publisher, joins the retreat.

1) Why do an Eco-tellers retreat?   

Because individually we pass on what we know to the people where we live and work, but when we get together we share ideas, concepts, and passion with those who share a common thread.

 2) What is your intention for the retreat? 

To meet others who share the need to awaken a sleeping world to eco-telling. To fill my half full cup to overflowing by rubbing shoulders with others in the field and learn from them what I do not yet know.

3) If you have only one hour of the time with the whole group of 15 to 20 people what would you do?

Eco-tales just like my Eco-Fiction books are merely tools we use to teach others about seeing the effects of what we do and how it affects the world around us. So I would like to teach some of the tools we use for broadening the education about the environment and then open it for discussion.

More about MyLinda

International Storytelling retreat in Yellow Springs Ohio for Storytellers, environmental educator or interpretive naturalist.

April 9th-11th, 2010 an eco-teller’s retreat will take place in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  Interested storytellers, environmental educators and interpretive naturalists are welcome to attend.

The retreat is organized by the environmental discussion group which is a part of the National Storytelling Network.  The retreat is open to any person who is currently a storyteller, environmental educator or interpretive naturalist. The retreat is hosted and organized in the Vale community by storyteller Eric Wolf. A public performance on Saturday night of the retreat is a fund raiser for a local environmental nonprofit.

Participation in the retreat is free and lunch on Saturday is provided.  Presenters and participants are responsible for other meals, transportation, and for finding their own lodgings. Lodging suggestions are on the website. The retreat is limited to 25 people, including presenters.  Potential presenters are welcome to email their answer s to the three questions that are listed on the blog to Eric Wolf at ericwolf2@yahoo.com by 2/01/10.   Registration opens on 2/01/10 and ends 4/01/10.

Interested folks are welcome to check out http://eco-story-2010.blogspot.com/
For more information or call Eric Wolf at (937) 767-8696.