Storytelling

Carol has applied to tell Urban Legends at the Utah Arts Festival in June, 2010 Celebrate Purim at the Jewish Community Center in Salt Lake City! Carol tell of how Queen Esther serves her people by secretly concealing that she is Jewish until her admission saves the day! 2010 National Storytelling Conference in Los Angeles July-Aug Carol combines magic and storytelling to give a humorous "boost" to surprise illusions! As Carol portrays Betsy Ross, she teaches how to cut a 5-pointed star with just a single snip of the scissors. The Widow Olsen Portrayal at Weber State University Storytelling Festival February 22, 2010 FREE handout --> The Big Bear Cub Scout Book How Time Flies! Next.... What was new in the recent past!! Tuesday July 22, 2009 Gallivan Center Lunch Bunch Storytelling 2008 Remember! Pioneer Park Picnic Series is expected to continue at noon on Thursdays during the summer 2009 Metamorphoses 2008! The 2008 International Colloquium on Narrative and Folklore will be held at the University of Utah on October 2-4, 2008 Here is what some people say.. "Carol, I always enjoy hearing you perform your unusual stories. You have such a unique depth of knowledge when it comes to words and how they fit into the English language. It's poetry!" --Billie J. Jones, former President Olympus Chapter/Utah Storytelling Guild Toastmaster, DTM Word Play --always something "new" is on the horizon! Continued Access to these Free PDF Downloads and New Stories too! Salt Lake Tribune Close-Up Article on Storytelling Toastmasters International	Urban Legends and Noodlehead Tales Absolutely true stories about something that happenen 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 **** Celebration of Purim Jewish Community Center Salt Lake City, Utah February 21, 2010 12:30 p.m. unril 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) Listen to audio clips from these original word play stories! Beeping Sleauty Three Piddle Ligs Gold Spinning Guy Learn about Carol's recent projects: Portrayals of Significant Women in U.S. History Learn about Magic Workshops for students wanting to be creative about school talent show performances. "Fringe" Storytelling at the National Storytelling Conference (NSN) in 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 *** 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 the Weber State University Storytelling in February, 2010 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! 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 expressses 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 Centerand 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/ back to top *** 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 my 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! 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." * 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 * Coyote and the Magic Words (audio) Coyote and the Magic Words (video intro) Hear just the inviting introduction.... * Listen to Gold Spinning Guy (The title is not Howlin and Gruffin--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! 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 back to top Use this amusing word play activity to promote phonological awareness and spelling skills! Rindercella and the Prandsome Hince! Beeping Sleauty! ** 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! Back to top 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/event_details/33 On July 3 at 1:30 PM prior to the Cries of Freedom Play, Carol will relate 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

Carol has applied to tell Urban Legends at the Utah Arts Festival in June, 2010

Celebrate Purim at the Jewish Community Center in Salt Lake City!

Carol tell of how Queen Esther serves her people by secretly concealing that she is Jewish until her admission saves the day!

2010 National Storytelling Conference in Los Angeles July-Aug

Carol combines magic and storytelling to give a humorous "boost" to surprise illusions!

As Carol portrays Betsy Ross, she teaches how to cut a 5-pointed star with just a single snip of the scissors.

The Widow Olsen

Portrayal at Weber State University Storytelling Festival February 22, 2010

FREE handout
-->

The Big Bear Cub Scout Book

How Time Flies!
Next....

What was new in the recent past!!

Tuesday
July 22, 2009

Gallivan Center Lunch Bunch Storytelling

2008 Remember!

Pioneer Park Picnic Series is expected to continue at noon on Thursdays

during the summer 2009

Metamorphoses 2008!

The 2008
International Colloquium on Narrative and Folklore
will be held at the University of Utah on October 2-4, 2008

Here is what some people say..

"Carol, I always enjoy hearing you perform your unusual stories. You have such a unique depth of knowledge when it comes to words and how they fit into the English language. It's poetry!"

--Billie J. Jones, former President
Olympus Chapter/Utah Storytelling Guild
Toastmaster, DTM

Word Play --always something "new" is on the horizon!

Continued Access to these Free PDF
Downloads

and

New Stories too!

Salt Lake Tribune Close-Up Article on Storytelling

Toastmasters
International

Urban Legends and Noodlehead Tales

Absolutely true stories about something that happenen 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

******

Celebration of Purim
Jewish Community Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

February 21, 2010
12:30 p.m. unril 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)

Listen to audio clips from these original word play stories!
Beeping Sleauty
Three Piddle Ligs
Gold Spinning Guy

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

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

"Fringe" Storytelling at the National Storytelling Conference (NSN) in 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

*******
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 the Weber State University Storytelling in February, 2010 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!

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 expressses 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 Centerand 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/

*****

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 my 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!

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."

***

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

***

Coyote and the Magic Words (audio)

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

***

Listen to Gold Spinning Guy (The title is not Howlin and Gruffin--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!

****

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

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

****

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!

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/event_details/33

On July 3 at 1:30 PM prior to the Cries of Freedom Play,
Carol will relate 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

Contact Carol My email is caesterreicher@earthlink.net
Disclaimer: The availability of information from other organizations indirectly via this page does not constitute an endorsement by Carol Esterreicher. If you are concerned about the accuracy or appropriateness of any information, it is recommended that you contact the original publisher or distributor of that information.
Updated: January 30, 2010.