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Wheeler Storyteller |
Story Telling by John Wheeler contact Scottish Story Telling Centre for more information |
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Multicultural,
inspiring stories of unlikely heroes and demons outwitted, Welsh legends,
Sufi and trickster tales, creation myths and traditional stories of magical,
wonderful things in an otherwise familiar world, sometimes spiced with
music from the penny whistle.“Stories are told eye to eye, mind
to mind, heart to heart.” John has appeared in national and local festivals in Scotland, England, Wales and abroad. Most of his work has been in the schools and libraries of the Central Belt and especially the South West of Scotland - from Islay to South Lanark and over the border into Cumbria. People with hearing and other difficulties appreciate the way John tends to become the characters in the stories. John Wheeler, our director, is a storyteller who's work is supported by the Scottish Arts Council through Book Trust Scotland. He is on the SAC Writers List and a member of the Scottish Storytelling Forum |
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Story Workshops and Projects |
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| How to get inside the story, picture and be in the scene, become the characters and remember the bones of a tale - Workshops in building people's confidence to tell stories without books and in having fun with the rhythms of language. For Adults /In service John runs adult storytelling workshops for education departments in Scotland and England. | ||
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storytelling project for gathering, sharing and telling stories of negotiation,
creative peace-making, the search for settlement of disputes - stories of
conflicts great or small, old or new.
The project takes it’s name from a book, ‘Potatoes Potatoes’, which tells of a family growing tatties in a war zone. It was started by John Wheeler in 2005 with a grant from The Scottish Arts Council (SAC). The Scottish
Storytelling Centre, and other organisations are giving enthusiastic support,
UNICEF is especially keen to collaborate on work in the schools.
Meanwhile, on World Food Day, at UN HQ New York on 18th October
2007 |
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| The
United Nations declared 2008 to be
The U N International Year of . . . The
Potato! |
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Great news for the War, Peace, Justice & Potatoes project! Then in March The SAC awarded the maximum possible grant to The Catstrand (www.catstrand.com) for storytelling development- half of it for the WPJP project. John is happy come and tell War, Peace Justice & Potatoes stories at your school - or festival or other special event. See ‘Schools Visits’ for details The stories would be a multicultural mix of myths, legends, tales of tricksters, demons, bold women, unlikely heroes, and stories to celebrate earth, sea, wind, fire, stars and whatever else is relevant for the day or occasion, from home and around the world, with emphasis on the themes of the WPJP project |
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Not
forgetting The U N International Year of the Potato! |
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| If
you would like an informal discussion of possibilities please call John
on 01848200478 John Wheeler, Townhead Cottage, Kirkland, Moniaive, DG3 4HD, UK (e-mail jwstoryteller@googlemail.com - viewed weekly) |
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| More about schools visit | ||
| In Primaries:
Three or four, perhaps five sessions in a day lasting an hour to 75 minutes for the older children, 30 or 40 mins for the wee ones: In schools with three classes |
Sessions For Secondary Schools,
three or four periods in a day to suit your timetable, often include creation myths and tales of magic in the ‘real’ world, passion, betrayal and honour from the earliest Irish and Scottish Legends and the Welsh Mabinogian. Many of these already sit quite easily within the scope of the War, Peace, Justice and Potatoes project themes Also Longer projects to develop |
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| Interested
- then contact
John Wheeler 01387820374(UK) - [(44)1387820374 outside UK] |