CENTRAL
TEXAS STORYTELLING GUILD
Meets
at Barnes & Noble
701
Capital of Texas Highway, South
January, 2008
Happy New Year 2008!
“The
Wisdom of Flying Geese”
Author Unknown
In the spring, when you see
geese heading north for the summer or south in the fall, flying along in “V”
formation, you might be interested in knowing what scientists have discovered
about why they fly that way. It has
been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the
bird immediately following. By following in ”V” formation, the whole flock
adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
Whenever a goose falls out
of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone
and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of
the bird immediately in front.
When the lead goose gets
tired, he rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.
These geese honk from behind
to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
Finally, when a goose gets
sick, or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out, two geese fall out of formation
and follow him down to help and protect him.
They stay with him until he is either able to fly or until he is dead,
and then they launch out on their own or with another formation until they catch
up with their group.
As a Guild let us stand by
each other, help in anyway we can and meet new storytellers on our way through
this year!
Jan. Combined (2007-2008)
Board Meeting Notes:
Meeting begins at 6 p.m.
Members present: Betty Berkey,
Roy, Chapman, Karen Hodges, Wendell Hoffman, David Thompson and John Tucker.
*CTSG will send a newsletter
mailing to any interested guest for three months.
*Ghost Stories - no last
minute changing of dates unless absolutely necessary
Oct. 18 with rain date Oct. 25
|
Expenses |
Income |
||
| Park rental | $272.50 | Smaller attendance | |
| Lights/Sound | $550.00 | Collection container | $150.00 (about) |
| Portable Toilets (2) | $199.00 | Concessions | 93.00 |
| Total | $1,021.50 | Donations | 142.20 |
| Ads | 340.00 | ||
| Total | $725.20 | ||
*Balance
- $2,230.44
Dec. 31, 2007
* Ghost Stories in the Park
and Tellabration will not have auditions this year.
When you sign up to tell a story for each month, you are
“auditioning” for the selection committee for all events.
Did you sign up to tell, stay within the guidelines for story time, then
come or notify someone if you can’t? These
are all considerations for our featured showcase events.
* Membership
is 40.
January Tellers:
David Thompson, Flash Kellam and Donna Ingham shared stories for an
audience of l4. The meeting was so
soon after our holidays, it was difficult to keep up with the date!
Concert Themes for 2008
|
February 12 |
Friendship & Love
Stories |
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March 11 |
Irish Stories |
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April 8 |
Animal Stories |
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May 13 |
O Henry Stories |
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June 10 |
Family/Personal
Stories |
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July 8 |
Americana Stories |
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August 12 |
Dog
Days of Summer |
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September 9 |
Tales with a Twist |
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October 14 |
Fairy Tale Classics |
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November 11 |
War Remembrance |
CTSG Events for 2008
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Oct 18 / rain date Oct 25 |
Ghost Stories in the Park - Zilker Park |
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Nov 22 |
Tellabration - Nov. 22, 2008 |
Upcoming Opportunities
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Feb. 15-17, 2008 |
WinterTales, Oklahoma
City, OK |
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Feb. 16, 2008 |
Jo Virgil with Barnes
& Noble presents the Liar’s Contest at B & N |
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April 10 - 13, 2008 |
Tejas Storytelling
Festival, Denton TX at the Texas Women’s
University. Tellers
- Tim Tingle, Doc Moore
(from Austin), James Ford (from Houston),
Donna Lively, Doug Lipman and Carmen Deedy.
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June 6 & 7, 2008 |
Second Spirit of Oklahoma Storytelling Festival, Seminole OK on campus of Seminole State College. Tellers - Elizabeth Ellis, Barbara McBride-Smith and Tim Tingle |
Our Texas tellers are really
busy this Spring! If your calendar
is free, try to attend any/all of these Festivals.
Come to the Feb. Guild
meeting bring a story (call me) and
a friend or two! I need more tellers. David
Thompson will be the MC.
Betty Berkey - (512) 892-2296 or berkeha(at)aol.com