Let the Stories Come and Let the Stories Go…

Greetings Everyone!
September is around the corner and so begins another year to tickle the ears of listeners both big and small!
We will gather for our back to school annual meeting September 15th at Rex’s American Bar and Grill at 5:15 pm.
Bring your calendar, an appetite and your enthusiasm! Check out the coming events this fall below.
Hope to see you soon!

Welcome to our new Spellbinders!

Kristin Morgenson, John Merrill and Dagny McKinley, and Gail Smith (not in photo)

Our new tellers will be telling in Hayden and South Routt, and possibly Craig!

Come meet them at our September meeting.

Odds Bodkins is Coming in November

Check out the opportunity to see, hear and learn from professional storyteller Odds Bodkin coming in November

Here is his website: http://www.oddsbodkin.net/

What is it?
Two simultaneous storytelling circles in two rooms

• Room one = Stories for Pre-K through 2nd grade
• Room two = Stories for 3rd grade through junior high
• Opportunity to switch rooms at break
• All Spellbinders storytellers invited to come to listen and tell
• Names of tellers chosen randomly by hat on that day
• All stories less than 7 minutes in length
• A safe, nurturing and appreciative environment for tellers at every level of experience
• Plenty of time for celebrating, connecting and learning from one another

• The room size limits us to about 80 participants, so there will be a need to register.  Registration will open the first week of October
• Please come with 2 to 3 stories in mind to tell
• All stories should be less than 7 minutes
• Feel free to share a story you are still working on so you can get feedback
• Upon arrival, participants will put their name in the appropriate hat(s) based upon age and length of story (less than 3 minutes or 3 to 7 minutes)
• Names will be drawn and tellers can either “pass” or get up and tell with no introduction/background information on the story other than name and source so that we can hear as many stories as possible
• Celebration at the end so that we can mingle, connect and learn from each other