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Read words of praise from listeners!
Without a Splash -
an audiotape by Marni Gillard
Marni Gillard here -- announcing the arrival of her hot off the press double
cassette tape package called "Without a Splash: Diving into Childhood
Memories" engineered by Erik Kilburn, Wellspring Sound, Concord, MA and
produded and designed by Doug Lipman, Boston.
WITHOUT A SPLASH is a coming of age tape of 5 interlocking stories about a
girl's life from age "4 and 3/4" to age 13 in a small town in upstate New
York in the early 1960's. You see her face the high diving board, big
brothers, both public and Catholic school teacher bullies, wise and loving
adult mentors, a family member's death, her first kiss and more.
She speaks
in the voice of a child but looks back from the perspective of an adult.
The
tales are all true, but not necessarily factual. The artist-teller shaped
them to work as stories.
I'd love to have you and yours know about this tape. It very much connects to
my work as a writer (Storyteller, Storyteacher -- Stenhouse, 1996) and my
upcoming "Mining the Gold in Our Personal Memories" due to be completed in
2000).
My hope is that the tape will help us all look differently at
children, school life, family responsibility, and the immeasureable affect
that a small gesture of love can have upon a child.
Retails for $20 (double cassette) sh $1.43
Special introductory offer of 3 sets for $50 sh $3.20
If you run a festival or workshop and believe participants would like to buy
copies, let me know and we'll strike a deal.
Thanks for your interest. If you know of others (librarians, educators,
child psychologists, etc.) who might be interested in a personal story tape
about a child's life let them or me know. I'd appreciate that.
The tales
cover a range of my experiences in kindergarten, 4th grade and 8th grade.
Would be happy to talk to anyone more via email or the phone about the
content of the tape. It IS for children, but it relates to children's fears
in places and I do recommend you listen WITH a child at least the first time
through.
When I tell these tales LIVE I adjust wording and emphasis for
children of different ages. Obviously on a tape I couldnt do that.
Here's to all our storying. As Brother Blue, Cambridge storymagician says,
"Storytelling's gonna change the world!"
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Marni Gillard, storyteller
833 Parkside Ave.,
Schenectady , NY 12309
(518) 381-9474
You can email Marni at marnigil@aol.com
http://www.storypower.com/gillard
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