Report on the Food

Potluck Planned for Friday Night at 6:30 PM - you can bring a traditional cooked meal if you live close by - here is a list of items that are good for far away folks or folks with busy lives...

Make cookies or brownies a few days before or buy cookies...
Drop by Tom's market on your way through Yellow Springs and Buy two bags of washed salad greens (in the back of the store) - bring a nice bowl from home.
Bring a gallon of apple cider or apple juice -
Buy a large container of humus and a bag of corn chips to go with it - bring a nice bowl from home.
Do Not Buy - Soda, Wine or Beer - thanks.

Saturday Morning - Breakfast on your own...

Saturday Lunch Provided by Current Cuisine 8 Veggie Sandwiches and Ha Ha Pizza with three large pies.

Saturday Dinner provided by the Sunrise Cafe (Pot of Chili) and the Underdog Cafe (Two loaves multigrain Bread.)

Sunday Morning Breakfast and Lunch are not provided.

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. 

(Still Looking for a Sponsor.  How about you?)

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...

Wild Walks Planned for April 9th.

Meeting Locations to be distributed by email to registered attendees.  Bring your Hiking shoes...

1:30 PM - Tree Walk with George Beri the Land Manager of the Glen.
4:00 PM - Flower Walk with Bill Felker Writer of Poor Will's Almanac.

6:30 PM Pot Luck on the Vale Commons - Registered Attendees are invited to meet the Vale community Members.

Draft Schedule - Jan 1st

Friday the 9th of April

Day - Secrets of the Glen.

Evening – Hanging Around the Camp Fire in the Vale telling stories

Saturday the 10th of April

8:30 Am – Half hour opening ceremony.

9:00 AM – Acceptance of schedule

9:30 AM - Lisa Homes - Performance of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

10:45 AM - Fran Stallings - A Discussion on healing ecology through storytelling

Lunch Sponsored

1:30 PM - Eric Wolf Report on Living Theater Education

2:00 PM - Jonatha & Harold Wright Report and Discussion on stories and there use in Water Education.

2:45 PM - Janelle Reardon We create three themed programs from scratch.

3:30 PM - Break.

3:45 PM - Talking Stick Circle - (1 round)

Dinner Break in town or maybe pizza together. (Still Looking for a Sponsor.)

7 PM Tecumseh Land Trust Fund Raiser.

10 PM Another Fire in front of my house.

Sunday the 11th of April

9:30 AM - Mylinda Butterworth Books as Tools Eco-Fiction books

10:00 AM - Jenn Romaniszak Leads a discussion on the responsibility of storytellers.

11:30 AM Short Ending Ceremony.

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

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.

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