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ABOUT TIM & 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

APRIL ALERT-- Live-audience video recording in Burlington VT

7:30 PM MONDAY APRIL 21 Want to be on our video?

We are making our first serious attempt at a live-performance video recording on the the day after Easter, hoping for an audience mix of adults, kids, and teens. There'll be four cameras recording a single hour-long session, with a guy in the control room fitting it all together on the fly.

This is an experiment. We're not really looking to make a commercial product. We hope to be able to extract enough usable material to put excerpts up on YouTube, and maybe create an ad to shows (as well as tell) who we are and what we can do. And-- who knows?-- maybe we'll get some complete watchable folkale performances. Maybe you'd like to be there?

Stories will be from The King and the Thrush and Wolves.

There is no charge. Admission by reservation only. Seating's very limited. Contact us for details.

SEPTEMBER ALERT-- NJ, NY, CT, PA

Live in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut or eastern Pennsylvania? Mid-September 2014 we head southward & 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. Contact us us for details.

VAMPIRE PRINCESS-- Wrap up

We premiered a major new piece, showcased it with some of our favorite "eerie" stories, made a live performance CD, and toured with it around the state. Reviewers liked the show and the CD, and audience response was good. We're glad to have the title story comfortably in repertoire. We're very glad there's a Permanent Record of all the material in the show.

Seven Days said ..
"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 ordear

VIDEO-- Performance and Interview

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)