Location:
Union Baptist Church
1102-1104 Greene St.
Augusta, GA 30901
Preservation by Historic Augusta, Inc.

Dates & Times:

WEDNESDAY, September 23, 2009 - 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

“Stories for the Young at Heart” ( ages 6 & up )

$7 - adults, $5 - seniors, $3 - children (6-16)

THURSDAY, September 24, 2009 - 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

“ ‘What Do Women MOST Want?’ - and Other Stories”

$10 - adults, $8 - seniors

TICKETS FOR BOTH PERFORMANCES AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

For further information on Jan, see:

www.southernorderofstorytellers.org (Click on Storytellers, then on Jan Cribbs.)

This story of a marriage surviving change and loss was inspired by Dr. Virginia Erhardt’s book, “Head Over Heels: Women Who Stay with Cross-Dressers and Transsexuals”.

Written and performed by Sharon Mathis, the one act play premiered at the Academy Theatre in June and will also be seen at the the Southern Comfort conference, the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, and the New Orelans Fringe Theater Festival.

Sharon Mathis is a writer, actor, storyteller, and psychologist in Atlanta. She’s appeared at the Academy Theatre, Ladyfest South, Atlanta Storytelling Festival, national professional conferences, and venues from bars to churches.

Performances are Friday and Saturday nights, Sept. 4 and 5, 11 and 12 at 8pm at the Academy Theatre in Avondale Estates. Tickets are $12 at the door or by reservation at the theatre box office, 404-474-8332. Group rates are available. For more information and directions, please see our website at www.academytheatre.org

Group rates are available.

2009
Sept. 18    Father Goose Brigade
Oct. 16     Spooky Stories
Nov. 13     Youth Tellabration
Dec          No event

2010
Jan. 2 (8:30-12:00)    Peach Seed Youth Storytelling Festival
Feb. 26    “Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia” - Black History Month
Mar. 28    Georgia multi county youth storytellers
April 16    Georgia multi county youth storytellers
May 7       Organization of DeKalb Educators
June, July, August    No events
Sept 1      “One County-Many Voices (with DeKalb County Public Library)
Oct. 22     Spooky Stories
Nov. 12     Youth Tellabration
Dec          No event

We are grateful to the staff of the Life Enrichment  Center for the months of warm welcome that we felt there.  We needed a space while the new Toco Hill Library was being built and the people at the Center were gracious and took care of all of us. Several of our Southern Order of Storytellers were attracted to classes there and took Spanish, various Computer courses, and explored other new skills.

From the MMH website:

Margaret Mitchell House July 4 Celebration:

Free Weekend

Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5, 2009
Noon – 5:00 PM

The Margaret Mitchell House has something new to offer visitors of all ages!  A new and enhanced visitor experience at the historic Margaret Mitchell House, complete with new exhibitions on the life of Margaret Mitchell and Gone With the Wind the movie, debuts over the July 4 weekend.

Enjoy two days of free, fun-filled, family-friendly activities including tours of Mitchell’s apartment where Gone With the Wind was written, dancing, croquet, games, face painting, homemade ice cream, arts and crafts, living history performances, and Gone With the Wind trivia and prizes.  Kids enjoy a special 1920s dress up area and food and beverage from Mary Mac’s Tea Room are available for purchase.

SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES

Peggy Mitchell, Reporting (Saturday Only)
Margaret Mitchell House Parlor Room
1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30 pm
Cathy Kaemmerlen portrays Peggy Mitchell as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal.

The Charleston
Commercial Row Building
1:00 pm, 3:00 pm
Learn to dance the Charleston with dance instructor Elizabeth Magee.

Marathon Dancing
Commercial Row Building
1:30, 3:30 pm  • Duration: 30 minutes
Marathon Dancing was all the rage in the 1920s.  How long can you last?

Guided Tours
Tables at Peachtree Street and Crescent Avenue Gates
Every 15 minutes starting at 12:15 pm
Visit the tables at Peachtree Street or Crescent Avenue gates to acquire tickets for a docent-led tour of the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind, and see the new exhibitions Margaret Mitchell: A Passion for Character, and The Making of a Film Legend: Gone With the Wind.

Gone With the Wind Trivia
Commercial Row Building
2:30 pm, 4:30 pm
How well do you know Gone With the Wind?  Prizes go to the top two competitors!

Croquet
Lower Lawn
Noon – 2:00 pm
Try your hand at this popular 1920s game.

Sack Races and Other Games
Lower Lawn
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Compete in fun picnic games and win prizes!

Mary Mac’s Tea Room
Margaret Mitchell House Porch
Enjoy fantastic food and beverage for purchase from this Atlanta landmark. Margaret Mitchell used to eat there!

For more information on these activities, please call 404.814.4018.

Brush up on your patriotic tales and join SOS members for a program at this new museum, located adjacent to Centennial Park.  The museum has no funds for paying tellers, but it’s willing to help sell materials and advertise our stories.
Programs are planned at noon and 4 pm, each lasting 1 hour. Tellers can share the stage, as the audience will be moving through the museum and around Centennial Park.
What better way to spend some time on the 4th of July than telling patriotic stories!?!
For more information, or to sign up, contact Janice Butt at teachtale@bellsouth.net or 404.377.2704

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Like to scrapbook? SOS needs a scrapbooking/historian to help display the organization’s quarter century history. Please contact Feriel Feldman, 404-636-4090, ferielfeldman@bellsouth.net

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Are you a Public Relations whiz? Or, do you know someone who can help write news releases or compose compelling announcements for the news media and social networking sites? SOS needs someone to help our organization get timely, interesting news items and other p.r. materials into the right hands. Please contact Feriel Feldman, 404-636-2702, ferielfeldman@bellsouth.net, if you or someone you know is interested.

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We’ve got the signs, if you’ve got the time! SOS needs someone to make sure our street signs are in place before SOS events. If you’d like to be in charge of this task, don’t hesitate to contact Feriel Feldman, 404-636-2702, ferielfeldman@bellsouth.net.

SAVE THE DATES!

Tellabration! Sat., Nov. 21, 8p
Thanksgiving Stories @ The Carter Library, Nov. 27, 2p
Winter StoryFest - Friday/Saturday, Jan. 29 & 30, 2010
Flag Flyin’ 4th @ the Carter Library, July 4, 2010, 2p

Despite an outstanding line-up of talent, marvelous venues, and extensive advertising, the festival has consistently attracted small crowds.  As a result, the festival has gotten smaller each year—from three riverside tents in the first year to a single in-town venue (an enclosed pavilion) this year.  The Thursday night “olio” at a historic downtown theater also was discontinued this year.

What has not suffered is the talent.  This year’s performers were Carmen Deedy, Andy Offutt Irwin, John McCutcheon, Minton Sparks, and Kathryn Windham plus four excellent regional tellers.  The single venue, which provides a good setting except for some traffic noise,  meant that we were able to see every performance without relocating, and the final session on Saturday (before the ghost stories) brought all the performers together for a rousing musical finale (see accompanying picture).

I had several discussions with the event’s primary sponsors (Downtown Chattanooga, Inc.) and they are, of course, disappointed but seem determined to carry on.  We discussed whether the date is the problem (Mother’s Day, proms, graduations), but they believe not.

We have seen a few fellow Georgians and SOS members at TaleSpin every year, but the operative word is “few.”  I have encouraged the TaleSpin sponsors to include this newsletter in their future advertising efforts, and I ask each reader to add  a note to your 2010 calendar RIGHT NOW and plan on being at TaleSpin next year.  Chattanooga is a lovely city with many good restaurants and lots of things to do in the unlikely event that you grow tired of the stories.  Millie and I will be there; we hope you will join us.

Link to TaleSpin

-Wynn Montgomery

at Unitarian Universalist Congregation (UUCA)

(1911 Cliff Valley Way - Off Briarcliff between NDruid Hills and Clairmont …. or take access road from I-85 at NDH Rd.)

POTLUCK - so bring your best!
4:30 - 5:00 FOOD collection in kitchen
5:00 - 5:30 EAT and schmooze
5:30 - 5:45 SOS Meeting (of sorts)
5:45 - 6:30 ERNI has tons of fun things planned.  We hope CLUSTERS have planned to perform.

7:30 - DON’T FORGET…….!CARMEN DEEDY! CONCERT BENEFITTING OUR OWN YOLANDA HERNANDEZ!

THERE WILL BE MUSICIANS, ACTORS, OTHER STUFF, IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE CONCERT!

SEE FLYER!

PLEASE EMAIL US, SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY FOLKS ARE COMING!!!!!