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"One of Australia's best storytellers."

 Northern Territory News,

Australia

 

"The music and your soul touched stories were beautiful and unforgettable."

Annie Cheng, Commonwealth Carelink & Respite Centre, Queanbeyan Australia


"Anna is an excellent performer, teacher and resource consultant with concrete wisdom for youth and professionals alike."

Jerald Hauser, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor in Education, St Norbert College, Wisconsin USA


"Anna is the most awesome workshop presenter I have experienced."

Workshop participant, Glistening Waters International Storytelling Festival, New Zealand

Washington DC, USA

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2008

 

DECEMBER 2008

 

The Festive Season

I am available for end of year parties and special Xmas, solstice and end of the year events.

My preschool show, Christmas Season Stories. features stories from around the world about how children and families celebrate at this time of the year, including Hannukah, Divali and Christmas in the northern winter.

 

December 17

Christmas Party, Nippersville, Surf Beach NSW

Private event

 

December 26  2008 January 1 2009

Woodford Folk Festival

I have been selected as a finalist for the Spirit Of Woodford Awards, Stories & Yarns. The concert will be December 27.

Woodford Folk Festival is Australia ’s largest contemporary folk festival with a week long feast of events including spoken word, films, circus, first nations events, street theatre, music, dance and a wonderful fusion of everything.   visit website

Here’s cheers to a great year and a very happy 2009!

NOVEMBER 2008

 

November 2- 6

Regional Tour Forbes/Bourke/Enngonia NSW

Storytelling Shows and workshops for early intervention programs.

Coordinated through Centacare Wilcannia-Forbes

 

November 9 -14

Film Production

I’m working on the first stage of a storytelling training DVD  for child care professionals, librarians, carers, storytellers and teachers– Stay tuned!

We plan to have the DVD ready for distribution in term 2, 2009.

 

November 20

Narooma Preschool, NSW

 

November 26

Grandparents Picnic, Wollongong Botanic Gardens NSW

A festival event full of creative activities for children and their grandparents. Once Upon A Song (Anna Jarrett & Ann Lehmann) will kick start the day with a music and story workshop featuring lots of dancing, percussion jamming and creative play.

Coordinated by Wollongong Council

November 27

Sacred Heart Catholic School , Mosman NSW

Storytelling show for Year One

 

November 28

Old Mogo Town , Mogo NSW

Evening storytelling Program for Lakes Entrance Secondary College (VIC) Year 9 -12

OCTOBER 2008

 

October  3-6 : a busy long weekend!

Gypsy Gathering in Sofala NSW

My gypsy friend Romano was one of the organizers for the first gathering here last year & it was a grand affair with days of feasting and sharing stories as well as long nights around the campfire. I’m looking forward to joining my friends here this year.

October 20- October 26

Children’s Week

Children's Week is an annual worldwide event that celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood and to recognise their talents, skills and abilities.

'A Caring World Shares' is the theme for Children's Week.

In 2007 I enjoyed a very busy Children’s Week storytelling tour in the Dubbo region, working with early intervention programs and funding from Families NSW. This year for part of Children’s Week I’ll be in New Zealand, as a featured storyteller for the Glistening Water Storytelling Festival.

I wish everyone well for their Children’s week festivities.

 

October 23 – 29

New Zealand Tour & Glistening Waters International Festival of Storytelling, Masterton

I’m excited to be invited to be a feature storyteller at the Glistening Waters Festival.

The festival runs from Oct 24 – 26 and I will be doing a storytelling workshop for childcare professionals on Monday Oct 27.

visit website

October 31

Camp Longbeach

Family Camp.

Camp Coordinator Ph: 02 4472 7200

visit website

 

SEPTEMBER 2008

 

September 6 – September 9

Botanic Gardens of Australia & New Zealand NSW Conference

Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens

Its very exciting to be having a state conference in my own backyard. I have been a volunteer garden guide this year, and am developing some new stories around the garden themes. This conference is a great place to be immersed in plants, plant talk and people who love sharing their love of Australian native plants.

visit website

 

September 11

Child Protection Week, Wollongong NSW

As part of this national initiative, Wolongong City Council will be hosting a storytelling show for playgroups and a storytelling workshop for parents.

I’m delighted to be working in partnership with Wollongong Council and Parentscope.

visit website (napcan)

visit website (parentscope)

 

September 12 – 14

Writing Residency in the Hawksbury

I’m taking a few days up north to research & write more of my family history stories, searching through the maze of early colonial history, pioneer and convict tales.

 

September 23 & 24

Writers Roadshow

I’m excited to be coordinating and cofacilitating the first stage of a three year regional writers project in the Eurobodalla Braidwood Learning Community.

Local Poet, Harry Laing and I will be facilitating two days of writing workshops for a select group of young writers in Years 5 – 8. We will explore a variety of writing forms and techniques. This initial workshop will help us survey what young writers are interested in learning, so that we can design future writing workshops based on their needs and interest.

More information will be available soon on my website – and read about Harry Laing

 

AUGUST 2008

 

August 18 August 22

Childrens Book Week. Childrens Book Council

Every year Childrens Book Week is celebrated across Australia with lots of storytelling shows and author visits.

Visit website

 

JULY 2008

 

Saturday July 26

Oral History Seminar “A Storytellers Approach to Oral History”

Oral History Association of Australia (NSW)

10.30 – 12.30

State Library of NSW

Ph: 9273 1770

Join professional storyteller and oral history facilitator, Anna Jarrett, in a fresh look at oral history practice and philosophy.  Anna will explore the depths of meaning within oral history as story. This workshop will give you insights into the complexities and sensitivities of working with stories at every stage of oral history production from research to final representation. You will take a look at how the context of the interview shapes the story and how the process and form of representation impacts on the layers of truth within the story. It's a hearty look at the contemporary role of oral historians as story listeners, story custodians, community cultural workers, media producers and friends.

July 9 – July 24

USA Tour
Family Holiday in
California , New York & Cape Cod

 

JUNE 2008

Saturday June 14

A Room In June, An Evening of Stories with ACT Storytellers Guild

Curtin Uniting Church

7.30 -9.30pm

$10 includes supper

Contact: Mary French

 

MAY & JUNE 2008

Time to write & plan. Yeah! Films, recordings, books, articles…

Good to have some sitting “still” time (well, as still as a restless soul can be)

 

MAY 2008

Monday May 12 – Saturday May 17

Kidsfest Shellharbour

A week long festival in local communities, with art and music taking outside shopfronts and in the parks. Especially for 0 – 5 year olds. Most events are free. Storytelling shows Thursday at Albion Park & Friday at Oak Flats.  visit website

APRIL 2 008

 

Thursday April 3

Camp Longbeach

School Camp. Year 5

Camp Coordinator Ph: 02 4472 7200

visit website

 

Friday April 4

Friends of the National Museum of Australia

10am -11am

Private Event

 

Sunday April 6 – Saturday April 12

Western NSW Storytelling Tour

Early Intervention Programs

Shows & workshops with playgroups, parents and childcare professionals

April 13

Seniors Week Event “Snapshot Stories”

This is the 50th year of Seniors week Celebrations. There’ll be 700 events across NSW, celebrating the valuable contribution seniors make to our community.

Snapshot Stories is a storytelling workshop for grandparents & their grandchildren.

Join Anna Jarrett, The Travelling Storyteller, in a lively look into how to

remember  and  to  make meaningful stories from your most treasured photos.

Enjoy  learning  about  what makes a good story in a photo and what makes a good story for retelling to your friends and family.

One  photo  can  hold a heart full of memories about people, places, events and  emotions.  In  this  interactive  workshop you will learn the tools to shaping these memories into well crafted stories for sharing.

 

Parramatta Heritage Centre

10am 12 noon

FREE. Bookings essential for limited places phone 02 8839 3323

 

Wednesday April 16 – Friday April 18

Australian Family & Community Strengths Conference

Newcastle

The theme for this year’s conference is “Community Engagement: A Rewarding Business”.

Anna Jarrett will present an afternoon workshop on Thursday April 17 titled

“Connecting Communities Through Storytelling”

Storytelling helps lay strong foundations for community building and creative programs. My work as a storyteller is to facilitate storytelling in a diversity of contemporary contexts which are defined by individual and community needs. This workshop will explore a variety of community storytelling project models and discuss some of the underlying principles and processes which contribute to sustainable social change.

visit website

 

MARCH 2008

 

Wednesday March 5 – Sunday March 9

Cobar Tour

Early Intervention programs.

Storytelling shows in schools, preschools, libraries.

Storytelling training for childcare professionals, teachers & parents.

 

Tuesday March 11

Carefest, A Retreat for Carers

At Batemans Bay

INFORMATION:

Commonwealth Carelink & Respite Centre, Queenbeyan

Annie Cheng Ph:02 6298 4529

 

Wednesday March 12

Camp Longbeach

School Camp. Year 7

Camp Coordinator Ph: 02 4472 7200

visit website  

 

Friday March 14 – Sunday March 16

Yogalight Retreat with Mouli Mackenzie

Storytelling & Music Evening with Anna Jarrett

Bawley Point

 

Tuesday March 19

Harmony Week  Event

Stories and Music From Around the World

with Anna Jarrett and Desiree Sheldrake

Batemans Bay Library 10.30 am – 12 noon

Harmony Week celebrates Australia's diverse community and the ways in which we live in unity with each other. This special Harmony event is  a joyful time for us to really celebrate and apreciate our diverse cultural stories, knowing that our differences make us unique and that our shared experience of being human is what connects us all. Desiree will drum in the even with traditional African drumming and song. Anna will weave a worldly mix of traditional and origial tales and music from her travels and life as a travelling storyteller.

Info:  Mary Scott Ph: 02 4454 3639.  Jodee, Batemans Bay Library Ph: 02 4472 5850

visit website

 

Friday March 21

World Story Day

National Museum of Australia   11am – 11.45am

Celebrate World Story Day with Anna Jarrett, The Travelling Storyteller.

People all around the world will be listening  to stories at the same time. This year the theme is Dreams.

Fun for the whole family.

FREE event

Ph: 6208 5000

visit website
 

Sunday March 23

Storytelling on Sundays

National Museum of Australia   11am – 11.45am

Join Anna Jarrett, The Travelling Storyteller, for a worldly mix of stories, music and song.

FREE Family event

Ph: 6208 5000

visit website

 

Wednesday March 26

Camp Longbeach

School Camp. Year 3 & 4

Camp Coordinator Ph: 02 4472 7200

visit website

 

FEBRUARY 2008

 

Monday February 18 & Wednesday February 20

Camp Longbeach , Longbeach NSW

School Camp. Year 7

Camp Coordinator Ph: 02 4472 7200

visit website

 

Friday February 22- Sunday February 24

Cobargo Folk Festival NSW

Join us on the south coast for a friendly, laid back festival. Ann and I will be playing our Once Upon A Song tunes in the Kids Tent and there’s a whole lot of other venues and home cooked food for you to enjoy.  visit website

 

Tuesday February 26 & Thursday February 28

Camp Longbeach , Longbeach NSW

School Camp. Year 7

Camp Coordinator Ph: 02 4472 7200

visit website

 

JANUARY 2008

 

Sunday January 13  

National Museum of Australia , Canberra

Stories on Sunday

Anna Jarrett, the Traveling Storyteller

11am Noon

Join me for a lively session of stories and music from around the world.

Ph: 6208 5000

Free visit website

 

Friday January 18 – Sunday January 20

Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli NSW

Join us for another legendary summer folk festival. Ann & I will be doing some of our “Once Upon A Song” shows in the kids tent & there’ll be lots of other fun stuff happening for kids and big kids all weekend. visit website

 

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