Sunday, November 16, 2008

Dallas Historical Village

The Dallas Storytelling Guild told stories this past Friday to Dallas area school children on fieldtrips at the Historical Village. What a fun day! The kids were all wonderful listeners and participants in my interactive "Hunt for king Tut" story. Above is a picture of Traphene Hickman, Joyti Subramanian, her daughter Meena and me taken at the house where we all enjoyed lunch together following the event.
Meena is a marvelous storyteller! She is in the 7th grade and has been telling stories for three years. She has even started getting paid to do it! In the photo above she is telling her personal version of "The Little Red Hen". Her characterizations are hilarious. This is a story that I hope she takes to competition. She very well could be the next national youth storytelling champion - yes, she is that good.
Jerry Young tells a tale about how the rabbit came to be in the moon. The kids loved his story. He is a much admired, long-time, award winning Texas storyteller.
Traphene Hickman tells a story about the big bad wolf and the seven little baby goats. You can't look away from her when she tells it, for it's delightful to hear her texas drawl, as well as, see her tell how momma goat got her babies back.

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