We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by Ron Stock on December 29, 2015, 10:02 am 187.139.76.177
The Story Slam will be held on Thursday, January 21st at Casa Luz. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Here are the guidelines: 10 to 12 storyteller's names will be drawn from a hat. Each storyteller has 5 minutes plus a 30 second grace period. After five and a half minutes they will begin to be penalized by the official timekeeper. Five judges will be randomly chosen from the audience. Each judge will have a paper tablet and marker and judge the storyteller on content and presentation. Just like in diving, the top and bottom scores will be thrown out. The story should be true, and the theme is "The Unusual", but no-one takes truth or theme very seriously. In fact, very few people take any of this very seriously. When Poetry Slams started in Chicago in the late 80's, first place won a box of macaroni. The last Story Slam I attended, first place won $150. We will be somewhere in between, with 5 places. The tradition has been that storytellers cannot use any notes. We are bending that rule. You can read from notes, but the judges will be instructed to take that into consideration. At present, we have six confirmed storytellers and about three or four more on the fence. Here's your chance! Thanks, Ron
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Posted by Mark S on December 29, 2015, 10:07 am, in reply to "We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 187.139.75.29
How does one throw his hat in the ring? | ------------------------Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by Ron Stock on December 29, 2015, 10:13 am, in reply to "Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 187.139.76.177
You just have. Anyone who wants to sign up can do so on the night of the event. If we have 12 or fewer, all 12 will tell a story. If we have more than 12, we will pick 12 names out of a hat. So Mark, just show up on January 21st and make sure you sign up to tell a story. Thanks, Ron | ------------------------storytellers
Posted by Anne Wheeler on December 30, 2015, 11:17 pm, in reply to "Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 189.164.101.218
Used to do this in the sixties. My hat and I will be there! Thanks for getting this together. | ------------------------Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by Shann on December 30, 2015, 4:50 pm, in reply to "Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 189.164.98.12
This might be a good time for me to try my hand at being a storyteller-----call me #7------steve | ------------------------Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by SAM on December 30, 2015, 5:36 pm, in reply to "We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 70.66.252.222------------------------Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by Ron Stock on December 31, 2015, 9:37 am, in reply to "We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 187.139.76.177
Steve and Sam, When you arrive, make sure you fill out a Storyteller's entry form at the front desk. Thanks, Currently we have eight Storytellers. | ------------------------Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by wendy joscelyn on January 13, 2016, 11:21 pm, in reply to "We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 189.164.114.21
when do fence sitters need to seriously commit? | ------------------------Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st
Posted by Ron Stock on January 14, 2016, 8:48 am, in reply to "Re: We Now Have Six Storytellers For The Story Slam on January 21st" 187.139.76.143
When you walk in the door, you will be ask if you want to tell a story. If so, you will fill out a small form. That form will go into a hat. No matter how many storytellers sign up, only 12 will be able to tell a story. At the moment we have 10. Hope to see you there. Ron | ------------------------
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