Legends of Frome work with Openstorytellers!

On Thursday we had a visit from Edventure project Legends of Frome.  They took some pictures of Robin's artwork and made a sound recording of the Silly Jack story from Openstorytellers Storytelling Company.

Robin is  being recorded 

 Legends of Frome are leading a community storytelling event in Frome on Sunday 3th, Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th of July, as part of Frome Festival.

Openstorytellers are really pleased to be working with Edventure and sharing stories together!

Katie is telling a story 

http://www.edventurefrome.org/legends/

Learning Disability Day at Salisbury

On Tuesday 21st June Katie and Clemma met our colleague Emma Brown at the Openstorytellers office in Frome and travelled to Salisbury Guildhall.

We saw other charity stalls there and had lunch which was provided by Mencap.  We ate different sandwiches and there was a pop-up cafe selling cream teas . We both did a presentation about what we do at Openstorytelllers and we told a story called Uwongalema.
We thought the presentation went really well. Everyone really enjoyed the day. It was successful and we were grateful to South Wiltshire Mencap for inviting us along to Salisbury.

Katie and Clemma  telling a story

Blog done by Clemma and Katie

Work Skills Film Premieres at The Black Swan

I liked the  film  premiere  because  it  was a good experience for  me.  I  was  responsible for getting  the room ready,  lay out  all the chairs and give out the feedback sheets to  our guests.  I welcomed  every one  at  the  beginning  of  the premier. I  enjoyed  getting  every one  to sign  in and told them where to  go if there  was a fire. I  did not feel nervous and watching  the  film  was  fantastic  I felt  proud  of our group. Thank you Emma from the Black Swan for letting us use  the gallery.

By Peter Hurle

Peter at the Black Swan talking to the crowds.

Our Film Premiere

On Wednesday 15th June we did our film premiere of all of us. On the film I was talking about my job in the cafe. At the end I spoke to everybody about about my job at Tesco. I felt excited and it felt alright talking in front of people. The best bit was seeing everyone, I like them as friends. I gave then all hot drinks, biscuits, crisps and grapes. Thanks everyone who came. 

By Charlotte from the Work Skills Group.

STORYTELLING AT THE LAWRENCE CENTRE. By Clemma Fleat

We were all invited to the Lawrence Centre at Wells. And we all told a couple of stories, one story was called Silly Jack, it's a story about someone who has a disability and lives with his mother. In the end Jack finds his own way in his life. 

The 2nd story was called King of the Goblins, all about a Woodcutter, a Baker and Goblins. What a good story it is, every resident liked our stories, we all had good feedback, they said our stories were very good.

Robin and Jem told a story on their own, we all watched and listened to them, it's about a priest and a little mouse chewing all the bellows of the organ. The story came from Germany, it  was Christmas eve and they had a midnight service, and the organist realised the organ wasn't working so the vicar wrote the silent night song for the guitar.

Katie was in the audience and she really enjoyed our stories. And thought the audience were all engaged and comfortable while listening.  She thought that the storytellers did extremely well, remembering different stories by heart and the audience were amazed by how much went into it.  She said, "I was proud of my work colleagues."

Spirit conference

On Wednesday Kit and Robin went to the Spirit conference in Southampton to do some artwork for Dorset People First and Hampshire People First.

Robin talking at the Spirit conference.

Robin drawing

Dorset People First talked about getting together, then Norway Day Centre talked about their pie-chart. Then after lunch Bristol People First talked about impact and how it can help people in care places, then Wiltshire People First talked about organisation in the community and how to keep people safe. Then Robin talked about his artist job for Openstorytellers and how to draw for conferences. After a coffee break we all did a spider chart of the day and had a chat about the day before goodbye! We had a good day at the Spirit conference.

Robin's picture of  Bristol People First impact talk. 

 

Lawrence centre gig

Lawrence Centre Gig

On the 6th of June 2016 we are really looking forward to performing our version of king of the Goblins with the kavad !! at the Lawrence Centre which is in Wells, it is a community centre supporting elderly people. We've performed there before, and it went really well. We're happy to do a story and there may even be a surprise for the people at the Lawrence Centre!

By Robin Meader