Season for Campus Slammer

Spring Semester and time for Campus Slammer! The inter-collegiate story slam series pitting one Connecticut College against the others in a battle of wit and word.

Each college holds a preliminary slam on a theme and send their top two on to the Connecticut Storytelling Festival to  participate in the finals!   www.connstorycenter.org

It is not to late to sign up  the Finals are April 28 at the festival, so each college will need to have their event prior to that date. email mothermoo2001@yahoo.com  to set a date.

check the CT. Storytelling Center website for all the details on Campus Slammer

www.connstorycenter.org

Dates set  include:

WCSU March 29

ECSU April 3

CCSU April 9

Conn Coll, April 13

several other colleges are working out details

Top Two  on each campus will receive t-shirts with the Campus Slammer logo on them

Finalists will be competing for prizes like a sail out of New London harbor, an Android Pad, and a video camera.

                             

Happy New Year! Top 10 Favorites of 2011

My blog that was most read  was about the fun game Rory's Story Cubes!

www.carolynstearnsstoryteller.blogspot.com/2011/09/education-in-cubes-not-just-childs-play.html

Favorite Photo of 2011:

because I was riding in the Hot Air balloon when I took this! At Fort Hill Farms  www.forthillfarms.com

Thompson, CT.

Favorite Video of the year that I made:

Blue Hill's Jassper using the 1800's treadmill to demonstrate corn chopping! I adore Jassper! Thanks John and Mellissa Lavoie of Sew on and Sew  & Blue Hill Donkeys Franklin CT. for bringing Jassper out! ( find them on Facebook)

                       Big Day in 2011

My Son Tim graduated High School  Congratulations! 

Sweetest Moment 2011

At my Grandsons Baptism

Most Beautiful Venue for my storytelling:

I was there Dec. 23  with my epic tale Christmas Spirits www.oceanhouseri.com

Most beautiful venue for my announcing:

                     
Tunbridge, VT. The Lippitt Show  www.lippittclub.net  Preserving the old style foundation Morgan Horse

Big Projects 2011 there is a tie between  VoiceMail  an open mic for Storytelling ( we're on Facebook)

and Campus Slammer a project I worked on for  Connecticut Storytelling Center www.connstorycenter.org

                            Making this clip was lots of fun too! Thanks to friend Kelly!

Most Excitement Announcing

                                 Cowboy Mounted Shooting - The Northeast Regionals in NH
                             the host clubs:    www.ctrenegades.com   www.masixshooters.com   

Young Voices; Narrative to Grow With

Young Voices

Young voices have stories

Young voices engaging issues with story

We need to bring more young people to the power of storytelling and the ways in which it will transform their world to a narrative they can share, learn from and grow with!

see what wikipedia says about Narrative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative

In Connecticut it is happening with  Campus Slammer a program of the Connecticut Storytelling Center  www.connstorycenter.org  Campus Slammer is an intercollegiate competition in story slams, five minute personal narrative stories shared for scores and prizes!

                                                                         

Mass Mouth Inc. has narrative story happening in the greater Boston area.  www.massmouth.org  Story Slams for adults and youth are scheduled regularly. Programs within the high schools are reaching young people where they are and giving them the tools to share their story. Check out the fresh faces of story in this StoriesLive® clip!

Youth Voice is defined and discussed in Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_voice

There is a National Movement as well led by the  Youth, Educators,and Storytellers Alliance / YES  contact them and read more at: http://yesalliance.org

                                                                  

Faces of  Youth in CT. Sharing Stories

 Join the fresh faces of storytelling in 2012

Contact Connecticut Storytelling Center to get your College in Connecticut involved in Campus Slammer 2012  csc@conncoll.edu

Got Narrative?

Past blog on Campus Slammer:

www.anansihelps.blogspot.com/2011/04/finals-are-coming-campus-slammer.html