about us and our work

About Tim and Leanne

photo Terry J. Allen

BIO-- who are these guys? QUOTES & REVIEWS ARTICLES SHOWS -- for adults, teens, children, mixed. STORYTELLING RESIDENCIES hands-on instruction in storytelling technique (pdf) PRESS/PUBLICITY Photos | Press Release | Posters RECORDINGS The King & the Thrush tales of goodness and greed Wolves!-- Parents' Choice Silver Honoree World Tales Live at Bennington College (CDBaby, offsite) --ALA Notable Recording Water Kelpie Celtic Instrumental Music (CDBaby, offsite) Catalog Reviews

Tales to Warm the Heart of Winter

featuring old favorites like St. Ailbe's Wolf Mother, Mr Lion and Brother Donkey, Jackal's Pond and The Wonderful Pot, plus material from the new CD, Greedy Priest and Four Friends and a Tiger.

SATURDAY Feb 15
(Valentine Show!)
The Bridges Family Resort
Waitsfield, VT
7:00

SUNDAY Feb 16
Trapp Family Lodge (St. George's Hall.)
700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe VT
7:30

MONDAY Feb 17
Hawk Mountain Resort (Inn Library)
75 Billings Road, Plymouth, VT
7:30

Looking ahead

Do you live in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut or Pennsylvania? Mid-September 2014 we head south to headline the StoryFusion Festival in Bethlehem PA. We're looking for additional shows in the area and en route. Our expenses are paid, and we're feeling flexible on rates.

"Hair-raisers" Program, Album

The Vampire Princess

Seven Days says ..
"Damned entertaining... all were captivated...Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder are simply Vermont treasures; hearing their stories never grows old."

ALBUM AVAILABLE

• On-Line (including MP3 download)
  • CDBaby.com
• Vermont Stores:
  • Burlington:
    • Crow Books, Phoenix Books, Frog Hollow
  • Montpelier:
    • Buch Spieler Music, Bear Pond Books, Wayside Diner
  • Lyndonville:
    • Green Mountain Books and Prints
• Direct from us
  • at a show
  • mail order

Release Tour Complete

Our Vermont release tour for the Vampire Princess included 13 performances. starting on the Friday the 13th of September and ending in early November. Venues included •North End Studio A, Burlington • Rootswork, East Warren • Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival • Buch Spieler Music, Montpelier • Art House, Craftsbury •First Universalist Parish, Chester • Basin Harbor Harborween, Vergennes • Ilsley Library, Middlebury • Essex Junction Pumpkin Festival • Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington • Grindstone Cafe/Green Mountain Books, Lyndonville.) The shows kept getting better, audiences were warm, a good time was had by all.

Video: performance & inteview From CCTV, in Burlington. For some reason it's been hard to make good TV out of our storytelling, but we think this Channel 17 story broke through, really catching the visual elements and rhythms and nuances that help make an old tale swing. We like the interview too, all the way to the end, but of course we're interested in that stuff, maybe more than most people. Seven minutes of storytelling, followed by 30 minutes about what we think we're up to. Watch full-screen by clicking the little button next to the audio control on the lower right of the embedded player. "Four Friends and a Tiger," about 7 minutes, followed by a thirty minute interview.

 

on this site for tellers, teachers, and enthusiasts.

• Folktales 4U
  • tales with coaching for student tellers
• "Storytelling to teach reading."
  • Tim's Learning magazine article about tough adolescents in a group home
• Health on tour
  • keeping your voice
• Quotes
  • from related disciplines
• Folktale Openings
  • alternatives to "Once Upon a Time."
• Folktale Closings
  • alternatives to "Happily Ever After."
• Resources
  • on the web
• Links & Stuff
• Folktale Category History Rant
• Storytell Listserv help
  • and guidelines (including how to get off)