TALES - The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling

For the eighth year in a row, those who are ready to tell truly spine tingling and  spooky  stories are invited to submit proposals for the annual Spine Tingling Tales event at Edmonton’s oldest and largest cemetery.  Standing on the steps of the mausoleum and telling scary stories is a storytelling experience you won’t soon forget!  As usual, we are part of the Edmonton Historic Festival.  The historic festival theme this year is food for those who like to be "on theme."

Date: Saturday, July 7, 2018

Time:  8:30 – 10:30  (Teller call/sound check 7:30!)

Event address: 11820-107 Avenue

Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 4 at 7 PM (Chosen tellers must attend this rehearsal.  Out of town tellers may FaceTime in to perform their story for the group. This is an important part of ordering the stories for the show, so please mark both dates on your calendar should you apply. 

If you would like to participate, and are available for the show and the rehearsal, Please send a proposal, including a synopsis of your story, to tiedynamics@telus.net BY May 18, 2018. If you  are a NEW teller to STT, please submit a video or recording of yourself telling any genre of story as an audition, along with the synopsis of your chosen ghost story. NOTE: By the final rehearsal, stories need to time out at 15 minutes each.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:  We will also need volunteer ushers, ticket sellers and a sound person.  Please email if you are interested in any of those positions!

Tellers from all over are welcome!

Yours in stories, Kerry McPhail

n researching what the wisdom of the donkey might be, Michael Newsom put out a challenge to colleagues in a variety of communities. Their words of wisdom will really make you think!

An Englishman in France takes up long hiking trips with a donkey for a companion and pack animal. He learns to accommodate to its famous stubbornness: “You tell a horse …but you need to ask a donkey.” According to a French expression: “A donkey pushes himself; he’s not pulled.”

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