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Anna Jarrett The Travelling Storyteller "Celebrating life and learning through creative arts & storytelling"
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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."
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, Private
event
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 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, 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 November
27 Sacred
Storytelling
show for Year One November
28 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. October
31
Camp
Family
Camp.
Camp
SEPTEMBER
2008 September
6 – September 9 Botanic
Gardens of 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. September
11 Child
Protection Week, 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 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
JUNE
Saturday
June 14 A
Room In June, An Evening of Stories with ACT Storytellers Guild Curtin
Uniting Church $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 Thursday
April 3
Camp School
Camp. Year 5
Camp
Friday
April 4 Friends
of the Private
Event Sunday
April 6 – Saturday April 12 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 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.
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
INFORMATION: Commonwealth
Carelink & Respite Centre, Queenbeyan Annie
Cheng Ph:02 6298 4529 Wednesday
March 12
Camp
School
Camp. Year 7
Camp
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 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 Friday
March 21 World
Story Day
National
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 Sunday
March 23 Storytelling
on Sundays
National
Join
Anna Jarrett, The Travelling Storyteller, for a worldly mix of stories,
music and song. FREE
Family event Ph:
6208 5000 Wednesday
March 26
Camp
School
Camp. Year 3 & 4
Camp
FEBRUARY
2008 Monday
February 18 & Wednesday February 20
Camp
School
Camp. Year 7
Camp
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
School
Camp. Year 7 Camp
JANUARY
2008 Sunday
January 13 National
Stories
on Sunday Anna
Jarrett, the Traveling Storyteller Join
me for a lively session of stories and music from around the world. Ph:
6208 5000
Free 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.
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