Lots of new stuff goin’ down
Hello friends,
It’s been a busy life down here as of late: learning story after story, writing papers about the stories I’m learning, reading, and performing. I’ve had the pleasure of performing a good bit as of late, at a variety of venues. One show that particularly stand out occurred one week ago at The Acoustic Coffee House: a restaurant/coffee house/bar just a few blocks away from my apartment. At this performance, I, along with several other storytelling graduate students, performed a series of stories for an older audience. For various reasons, I ended up performing the majority of the program, bring my Storyroad Stories, which some of you may have heard, my dramatic rendition of Baby Got Back, and one of the stories that has become my most recent interest: studying the style of Lord Buckley and attempting to mimic the words, tone and rhythm in his stories. In this particular instance, I performed his rendition of Jonah and the Whale (the only story as know as of yet, though I am working on his piece, The Nazz). At this performance, it was exciting to present to an audience with some members approximately my age, and even more exciting to discover it was enjoyed. I am already starting to plan some future shows at alternative storytelling venues, and I will fill you in about those as I know more. Right now, I’m just having fun exploring my storytelling voice. Until next time,
Best,
Lethan