It’s time to get started!
We hope your summer is off to a great start. We, at the CT Storytelling Center are busy with summer events and laying the important groundwork for our celebrated fall programs.
We look forward to the possibility of your involvement in Tellabration this year. Tellabration is one of our favorite times of year and we are anxious to get started lining up the perfect storytellers for sites all over Connecticut My name is Carol Glynn. I’m a storyteller myself, and I’m helping Ann Shapiro, Executive Director with initial contacts and organization to get the ball rolling. Ann will be kept informed about all discussions and will be taking over in September. I will be contacting you in a short time to answer any questions or talk about new ideas.
My email is Tellabrationglynn@gmail.com, and my phone number is 860-334-3470. I look forward to chatting and planning with you!
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Tellabration!
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story. Libraries, historical societies, churches, bookstores, museums and
community organizations have found Tellabration! to be an exciting and
enriching addition to their program offerings. In collaboration with the Connecticut
Storytelling Center, each Tellabration! can be customized to appeal to
an organization’s specific mission and audience.
Tellabration! is a collaborative effort between The Connecticut
Storytelling Center and your organization that can build interest and
participation for both of us. The Connecticut Storytelling Center supplies the
storytellers who perform at your site. It is important that we schedule your Tellabration!
for the audience that is most appropriate for what you normally do, at a time
when your patrons are used to coming to your facility.
Our storytellers can accommodate audiences of any age: Littlest Listeners (ages
2 – 4), Children aged 5 – 12, Families, or Adults. We have programs that focus
on multicultural folk tales, history, personal life experiences, songs that
tell stories, the environment/nature, or stories tailored to your
organization’s needs.
A new twist on Tellabration! will be of particular interest to Senior
Centers and Historical Societies who want to collect oral history from their
members by putting out a call for people to come on a given date in November to
share stories about their town. The Connecticut Storytelling Center provides a
facilitator who will tell a short story based on Connecticut history followed by
an open-ended, but structured story sharing time with the audience about the
town's history as seen through the people's eyes. The facilitator will prompt
the audience’s memory by asking questions about what it was like when they were
children, major events that they lived through, and changes they have seen.
The Connecticut Storytelling Center will provide:
Bios and photos of your storytellers
Press release for your local publicity
PDF of a poster for your site’s performance(s)
Statewide, general publicity
Audience Building Guidelines
Email blast to The Connecticut Storytelling Center list
Listing of Tellabration! sites on The
Connecticut Storytelling Center web site
Listing of The Connecticut Storytelling Center sites in
Hearsay, The Connecticut Storytelling Center newsletter
You will:
Send press release to local newspapers, radio, cable
t.v.
Email blast to your members, clients, patrons
List your Tellabration! on your web site
List your Tellabration! in your newsletter
Display poster locally
Fees:
Our standard financial arrangement is that each site pays a fee of $400 to The
Connecticut Storytelling Center for our services and two performers.
For a fee of $250, we will provide one teller.
Another way to produce a Tellabration is to charge admission. Tickets
are typically $10 for adults and $5 for children. Admission fees can be split
between The Connecticut Storytelling Center and your organization.
We appreciate your potential interest in hearing more about Tellabration We look forward to speaking with you further.
Thanks again,
The Connecticut Storytelling Center