Hardluck Lin's "Women of the Gold"
and Workshop: Presenting Historical Characters Through Storytelling
Stories of the gold Rush draw people in like flies to honey, and in the Central Sierra "Hardluck Lin" has become a popular face for telling those wild-haired tales.
The Mother Lode Storytelling guild announces a double-barreled load of "Lin," planned for Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 4 to 6 PM at the Angels Camp Mercantile, 1267 S. Main St., Angels Camp.
"Hardluck Lin," portrayed by popular storytelling historian Linda Teigland Clark, will give a 45-minute performance entitled "Women of the gold Rush: Those That Wore Calico Them That Sported Feather Boas and Them Others" at The Angels Camp Mercantile beginning at 4 PM.
"Linda really knows how to make history come to life through characterization," states B.Z. Smith, co-founder of The Mother Lode Storytelling guild.
The performance is open to all ages, and is free of charge. The storytelling guild, a non-profit group, does welcome donations that are shared with The Angels Camp Mercantile, which is also a non-profit project.
"After the show Linda is going to give pointers on how to do this!" explains Colleen Dolan, a Murphys-based storyteller and the other co-founder of the storytelling guild.
The performance will be followed by a one-hour workshop: "To Be or Not To Be...Historical Character Presentations."
Teigland Clark will host a Q & A session and explain how to use storytelling to share historic facts.
The workshop is aimed at docents, park and museum employees and volunteers, plus teachers to share ideas on how to organize appealing history presentations.
The workshop is limited to 35 participants with sign-ups highly recommended. To sign up call 209-532-7697 or email bz@hive-arts.org.
A $10 donation for the workshop is requested. but not required.
The Mother Lode Storytelling Guild is affiliated with the National Storytelling Network, a non-profit organization, and serves as storytellers and storytelling guilds across the nation.
The Angels Camp Mercantile, operated by Buttercup Farms, provides counseling, support and housing for people in transition.
In addition they help support micro-enterprise projects in Africa and Central America. All event donations are shared between the two non-profits.
On February 16, 2013, the Mother Lode Storytelling guild will host a second storytelling workshop, when nationally recognized storyteller Cynthia Restivo presents a workshop on how to take personal events from our lives to create well-told tales.
"Cynthia give a powerful and fun workshop, so we hope lots of folks will come then too," Smith quips. "We're giving this workshop to prepare new storytellers for our April Story Slam Contest where everyone will tell true stories."
In addition, The Mother Lode Storytelling Guild will help sponsor the eleventh annual "For Adults Ears Only: Storytelling Concert for Adult Sensibilities," on March 5, 2013 at Stage 3 Theatre, in Sonora.
This year's featured tellers will be both Smith and Restivo. The Storytelling concert's co-sponsor is Delta Kappa Gamma, lota Epsilon Chapter.
For more information on The Mother Lode Storytelling Guild and the National Storytelling Network, please call 209-532-7697 or email motherlodestorytellers@gmail.com.
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