Sound and Photo Report From the Retreat...

	Fran Stallings shares her reaction to the retreat.
	Sally Crandalll shares her reaction to the retreat.
	Ken Oguss Shares his last thoughts on the retreat.
	Kathleen McMillan shares her final thought on the retreat..
	Joyce Geary and Janelle Reardon share some final words on the retreat..
	Resa Matlock talks on what she got out of the retreat.

Updated Schedule as of April 2nd

Friday the 9th of April

1:00 PM - Tree Walk with George Beri the Land Manager of the Glen.

3:30 PM - Flower Walk in the North Glen.

6:30 PM Pot Luck on the Vale Commons.

Registered Attendees are invited to meet the Vale community Members.

8:00 PM – Hanging Around the Vale Commons Camp Fire telling stories.

Saturday the 10th of April

8:30 Am – Half hour opening ceremony.

9:00 AM – Acceptance of schedule.

9:15 AM - Hat Story

9:20 AM - Lisa Homes - Performance of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

10:00 AM - Eric Wolf Report on Living Theater Education.

10:30 AM - Break

10:45 AM - Hat Story

10:50 AM - Fran Stallings - A Discussion on healing ecology through storytelling

Noon - Lunch Sponsored - with a walk to the Garden.

1:25 PM - Hat Story

1:30 PM - Kevin Cordi - Ensemble Storytelling

2:30 PM -  Break.

2:45 PM - Hat Story

2:50 PM - Janelle Reardon, Jonatha & Harold Wright (Water) and Joyce Geary - 

We break in to 3 separate groups for an hour to create themed programs from scratch then each team has 20 minutes to present a portion and concepts or their program.

5:00 PM - Dinner Break in town or maybe pizza together. 

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7 PM Tecumseh Land Trust Fund Raiser.

10 PM Another Fire in front of Brother Wolf's house for the dedicated.

Sunday the 11th of April

9:30 AM - Two Hat Stories

9:45 AM - Sally Crandall - Building a National Park Storytelling Program.

10:30 AM - Hat Story

10:35 AM - Talking Stick Circle - (As time Allows)

11:45 AM Short Ending Ceremony.

This is a draft schedule and may change without notice...

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.