Utah Arts Festival 2012 Audition Audio Essays
Note: An audition DVD with video segments to be submitted.

Introduction: Being in awe of writers, I enrolled in a weekly writing class a year ago where the participants recount anecdotes they have written about and they invite critiques of their work. A published author meets with us twice monthly for instruction. This year, I am submitting a literary proposal--essays to be read at the Utah Arts Festival in June.

I believe it is important to write about and to tell about the memories that are the essential fabric of our lives--some of mine are here for you to consider. When they inspire you to write and tell your stories and perform them as essays or retold personal tales, I will have achieved my intent!
Silver Pen Award 2011: "The Best Vacation Ever"
Revisiting My Childhood Home Via Google Earth
Between the Houses
Are We There Yet?
My Mother's Artistry--Clothing Construction and More!
Here They Come and There They Go
The First Christmas I Remember
Pyramid Water--Delicious

New Exploration in 2012
Carol is exploring how Storytellers can enhance their marketing strategies and learn to promote their events by inserting photos into post card and greeting card templates to send to Arts Councils and other potential Venues.

You can learn more here on the "What's New" Button as I gain more information. Connect with me by email for the distributor number and card web site if you want to start exploring on your own.

New for June, 2012

As of June, 2011, Carol is an Associate Instructor for the University of Utah Lifelong Learning Program. She will be teaching a two-evening Storytelling course at the University of Utah Annex during the Summer Session 2012. At public libraries, look for the upcoming Bulletin for specific days and times.

www.lifelong.utah.edu.

Annual Florida Story Camp March, 2011

Carol was invited to propose a workshop for the March, 2011 Florida Story Camp to promote the "Fringe" storytelling category based on her experience at the National Storytelling Conference.

"Alakazam! We Have Talent Too" told the story of 5 special education/speech therapy students who learned to perform magic tricks and stories for their school talent show.

These FSA Story Camp Fringe Workshop Handouts (downloadable pdfs) were available through May 31 for workshop attendees.

(1) Fringe Performance Opportunity
NSN announces the 5th season of accepting Fringe proposals. Definitions and guidelines are on three pages.

(2) Fringe Essentials
Immediately after the National Storytelling Conference these recollections were compiled as a guide.

(3) Fringe Intro and Outline
If you really want to know every step that contributed to Carol's entire presentation, you are invited to explore these 7 pages on-line or print them for future reference.

(4) Fringe Photographs Representing the Event
You will want to find a "volunteer" who will be happy to take planned and spontaneous photos to chronicle the event. Thanks to(5) my Storyteller friend, Jan Smith.

(5) Fringe Performance Opportunity
Descriptions of the 12 selected by lottery for the NSN 2010 conference program

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Scandinavian Festivals

Carol won first prize for her portrayal of Caroline Jensen, first Chief Telegrapher in the pioneer community of Ephraim, UT

First Place prize on May 29, 2010 at the annual Scandinavian Festival. She was invited back with other Storytellers for the 2011 Festival.
Carol told "Groundcherry Dresses" and embellished the Saga of the Sanpitch story with the song, "Sing Your Way Home at the Close of the Day." The audience sang along with Carol's husband Joe's harmonica accompaniment.

Check the 2012 announcements. The Storytelling competition may be continued in upcoming years!

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Urban Legends and Noodlehead Tales

Absolutely true stories about something that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend's uncle cousin!

Tales of getting even include: Call Waiting, Not Much of a Man, and The Hotel Reservationist.

Carol's favorite: The Lipstick Mafia

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Celebration of Purim
Jewish Community Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

February 21, 2010
12:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.

King Ahashverosh, Queen Vashti (below), Mordechai, Esther, and Haman, the villain, are the cast of characters in this pre-school drama.
Queen Vashti would not dance for the King, so she is replaced by Esther.(above)

Learn about Magic Workshops for students wanting to be creative about school talent show performances.

"Fringe" Storytelling at the
National Storytelling Conference (NSN)
Los Angeles, CA July 29-August 1, 2010

Fringe Title: ALAKAZAM! We Have Talent Too!

Description :

“Snapshot” narratives showcase five special education students Carol coached for their eventual “debuts” in their school’s talent show. Magical demonstrations, props, music, lighting enhancement, and audience participation celebrate their stories.

Fringe Categories : Improvisational / Family/Solo/Audience Participation

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Portrayals of Significant Women in U.S. History

Learn more about Carol's recent projects:
Portrayals of Significant Women in U.S. History

Betsy Ross tells what it was like during Revolutionary War days in early U.S. History. Legend has it that she designed the first Stars and Stripes at the request of General George Washington.

Margaret Gardner relates her story about pioneer life in the Western United States in the early 1800's.

She was first wife of Archibald Gardner.

At Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts events, Carol portrays the Widow Olsen who took in laundry to support herself and her children. She tends (and defends) her garden pea patch against the menacing rooster, Old Red! This is a first person portrayal based on a true story embellished by Clive Romney.

At the Annual Scandinavian Festival in Ephraim, a storytelling contest was added to the event. Carol won the First Place prize for her portrayal of the 15-year-old girl who was assigned the position of Chief Telegrapher at the first telegraph office in Ephraim, UT on September 5, 1869.

More Magic

Saturday, July 18, 2009 was the first of many Magic Talent Show Workshops! Ask about the tutorial CD. It's more fun in person!

11:00 AM Salt Lake County Library Event
West Jordan Library
7800 South 1970 West
West Jordan, Utah

Create a magical performance to present to your classroom or at your school's Talent Show
(Ages 7 and up)

Download and print the FREE pdf:
Magic Talent Show Guidelines

Use your storytelling talent to make the magic tricks entertaining! Find just the right music, lighting, and props! You can do it!

Cub Scout Packs are encouraged to invite this program. See photos

Scout-o-Rama (2008) Pack 4444 Magic Booth

Arrow Point Trail Elective 13: Magic

Magicians are also Storytellers! That's how they make everyday magic tricks spellbinding and amazing. They call their creative stories "patter."
You can do it too!

At Scout-o-Rama 2009 Carol visited with 14 Cub Scout Leaders who expressed interest in inviting this program to their locations.

For more June/July/August events, explore the list! Details

Enjoy music and
storytelling in the restful settings of the Gallivan Center and Pioneer Park--bring your lunch all summer long!

Carol told world folk tales and "Beeping Sleauty!"

Check Carol Esterreicher's Home Page on the Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts site. A new adventure unfolds!

Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts

http://www.upharts.org/

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What Else is New!

Carol and other Storytellers entertained at the Big Mouth Cafe during the 2008 Utah Arts Festival. "Coyote and the Magic Words" got the audience participating!

Many of us auditioned for 2009. As this year's emphasis has reached out to other performers, I invite you to look forward to storytellers in the years to come. Check out the Big Mouth Cafe schedules at the Utah Arts Festivals.

My audiences have complimented the ease and spontaneity with which I have been known to perform classic tales using "spoonerisms" which reverse and rearrange sounds and syllables, people request them over and over again!

Adults who recall a 20th century radio announcer, Colonel Stoopnagle, long to hear this foolishness!

Word Play

Beeping Sleauty

Listen to the outrageous opening lines of
Beeping Sleauty!

Invite Carol to tell the whole story at your event!

The audience at the First Annual Kanab Storytelling Festival enjoyed Beeping Sleauty. Carol appeared there with other members of The Traveling Tellers Performing Artists Tour.

Hear the beginning up to the point where the "ficked wairy" pronounces her "pagic smell."

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Three Piddle Ligs Listen!
Hear what the wolf says when he "__pells smiggies."
Requests have come recently from Canada, North Dakota, Oregon, North Carolina, Utah, and many other states!

The Three Piddle Ligs <--Download the pdf.
(Workshops and CD audio tutorial now available)
Use this "Spoonerized" word play to reverse/rearrange sounds and syllables. This activity promotes phonological awareness and spelling skills!

Three Piddle Ligs
That is terrific. I know it will bring a lot of joy to both children and adults alike! What a wonderful gift you have. We need more people like you to go out and create joy in others. Thank you!      

Nancy Eichin /Durham, NC

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Coyote and the Magic Words (audio)

Coyote and the Magic Words (video intro)
Hear just the inviting introduction....

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Listen to Gold Spinning Guy (The misnamed title is not Howlin' and Growlin'--just listen!)

Gold Spinning Guy--Who could that be?
If you guessed Rumpelstiltskin, you are correct!

Gold Spinning Guy<--Download the pdf.
Introduction topic: Lipograms as a literary device featuring omissions of selected sounds.

Rumpelstiltskin without any "R" sounds
This is an original adaptation by Carol Esterreicher.
(Workshops, CD audio tutorial, and complete story now available)

Build an extensive vocabulary! This way of telling (retelling) a story really accesses your personal "thesaurus." The activity promotes use of synonyms in a novel context.

Listen to the opening lines of Gold Spinning Guy.
Notice how all the words that would have contained "R" sounds have been changed!

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The storytelling connection to literacy
is experiencing renewed interest!
Read Carol's blogs. For comments on storytelling as literacy and word play, scroll down quickly to August blogs.

http://carol2blog.blogspot.com/
(subscription to be available soon)

What else is new? These links change often!

Metamorphoses|Toastmasters|Blogspot

Language and Communications Building on the University of Utah Campus

This is where presentations focusing on our language and its evolutionary changes. Folklore and fairy tales is the focal point. The Colloquium is open to the public.

Storytelling at Pioneer Park's Picnic Series
Get ready for Summer, 2009 too!

After the storytelling program, Carol was invited to apply for Salt Lake City's First Night Storyteller.

Hear more of Carol's stories December 31 at the Leonardo between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM.

Metamorphosis:
The Evolution of Fairy Tales to Tairy Fales!
The International Colloquium presents a conference at the University of Utah
October 2-4, 2008

Storyteller, Carol Esterreicher, Ed.S.
Topic: Word Play

Member: Utah Storytelling Guild
Member: National Storytelling Network

Download the topic summary, resume, and references

and.......
Visit this web site:

http://www.storyteller.net/tellers/cesterreicher

Here you can read and print out a copy of Carol's article: "Why Word Play?"

Enjoy fairy tales and other classics with a new twist! Carol's article on Word Play strategies is one you will be glad you read! Find it on this storytellers' site. You can also hear the popular "Chright Before Nistmas" by clicking on the option to listen.

"...simply delightful!
The clever switches in language were masterful!"

--Karla Huntsman, Utah Storytelling Guild

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Use this amusing word play activity to promote phonological awareness and spelling skills!
Rindercella and the Prandsome Hince!
Beeping Sleauty!

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Ladle Rat Rotten Hoof (Substitutions)
Carol just performed this spoof at the Utah Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City. The Lunch Bunch event from noon until 1:00 p.m. takes place every work day during the months of May through September. Be prepared for more storytellers in 2007!

(CD audio tutorial and complete story now available)
Soon you will be able to listen to a few lines from the story and download the pdf.

What else is "new?" Toastmasters!

Toastmasters International.

Carol has joined the Metro Club which meets on Wednesdays at 6:15 at the wonderful Salt Lake City Library just a few steps from the UTA TRAX station!

Let's find out how this organization views storytelling from a leadership point of view. Carol expects to learn new ways that stories "connect" us, teach us, entertain us, and prompt us to needed action.

As of March 19, 2008 Carol will have completed the first 10 speeches in the Competent Communicator Series and the 5 speeches in the Storytelling Series.
Upon completing the 5 speeches in the Entertaining Speaker series, Carol will have achieved her "Bronze" award.

At last year's Story Camp in Florida, Carol met several storytellers who are also accomplished Toastmasters!

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Annual Ellis Island in the Park

Look for this "new" event year after year!
Carol told her husband's Ellis Island story. Other storytellers were on the program which promises to be even bigger next year. Next year contact Scott Swain for 2010 information.

July 2, 3, and 4th in the Scera Park, in Orem, Utah celebrate an Ellis Island Commemoration Event.

For location and hours of operation:
http://www.freedomfestival.org/public/even t_details/33

On July 3, 2009 at 1:30 PM prior to the Cries of Freedom Play, Carol related an Ellis Island true story.

Storytelling members of the Utah Storytelling Guild are organizing to share stories of significance to adult audiences.

Very soon a series of free home concerts will be started.

Today’s personal account of a family who arrived at Ellis Island and after learning English prepared for and succeeded in becoming naturalized citizens of the United States of America may likely be among the stories.

Visit: http://www.utahstorytellingguild.org

What else?

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