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April 13, 2018 - Truth or Lie
Host: Laurie Hutchinson
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - A Fair Price for a Story
Pat Forrest - The Field of Boliauns
Laurie Giffin - Stingers Out
Deborah Goodman- Ghost Signs
Jill King and Jake Galbraith - George 'n' Lizzie
Huckleberry Holler - Music
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March 9, 2018 - Into the Woods
Host: Lee Porteous
Rachel Muller- Into the Woods
Lee Porteous - (Title Coming)
Pat Forrest - Strength
Margaret Murphy - The Skyblue Story Box
Barbara Smith - Sasquatch
Tony Turner - Music
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February 9, 2018 - Out of Africa
Host: Rachel Muller
Lee Porteous- Found on the Doorstep
Ian Gartshore - They Are Singing Your Song
Mbira Spirit - Music
Mary Gavan- The Traveller
Marva Blackmore- In Africa, Only Animals Sleep at Night
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January 12, 2018 - Stories on the Doorstep
Host: Lee Porteous
June Jefferies - Almost on the Doorstep
Gerry Guiden - African Story
Denis Lakusta - Music
Cindy Shantz- Ina
Seana Kozar - Ellen Bird
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December 8, 2017 - Feeding the Fires: Stories that Warm Us
Host: Lee Porteous
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - The Talking Cat
Gerry Guiden - Mary Had a Little Baby
Catherine Sheehan - Old Befana
Rachel Muller - The Traveller's Gift
Ted Girard - Saint Sammy
Musician: Penny Sidor
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November 10, 2017 - Only in Canada
Host: Rachel Muller
Lee Porteous - Whale's Milk
Mary Gavan - Murder: A Hard Act to Follow
Laurie Hutchinson- Just One of Those Days
Marva Blackmore - Identity Theft, Klondike Style
Musicians: Jan and Sig Reuter
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October 13, 2017 - Tales From Afar
Host: Lee Porteous
Dale Bent - Jakow Trachtenburg
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - Don't Go to Heaven Without an Invitation
Jill King- A Newfoundland Love Story
Laurie Hutchinson - Hot Ride
Sandy Cole - The Blue Faience Hippopotamus
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September 8, 2017 - Grace & Gusto
Host: Ann Ronald
Deborah Goodman - The Blue Songbird
Cindy Shantz - The Gift
Rachel Muller - The Wedding Guests
Margaret Murphy- Crossing Bok Chitto
Musician: Quinn Dusenbury
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June 9, 2017 - Leave 'Em Laughing
Host: Ann Ronald
Sandy Cole - Bedtime Prayers
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - The Secret of Youth
Barbara Smith - Siblings
Chris Aronson - Street Eats
Lee Porteous - Tormad Crupach
Judy Millar- Multitasking After Sixty
Musicians: Jan and Sig Reuter
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May 12, 2017 - Thinking Differently
Host: Lee Porteous
Marva Blackmore - Drawing The Dragon
Jennifer Ferris - Many Moons by James Thurber
Ian Gartshore- A Very Special Love
Mary Gavan - Think Differently? Sod Him!
Lee Porteous - Coyote Goes to the Land of the Dead
Elaine Spira - A Vulnerable Age
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April 14, 2017 - Gifts
Host: Lee Porteous
David Fraser - These Are the Gifts that Saved Me
June Jefferies - A Story Within a Story: Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant
Rachel Muller - He Was the Ears, She Was the Eyes
Barbara Smith - The Gift
Cindy Shantz - Good Girls Don't
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - The Surgeon's Two Gifts
Musicians: Quinn Dusenbury and David Svenstrup
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March 10, 2017 : Transformation
Host: Sharon Goldston
Shayna Jones - FEATURE TELLER
Roxane Strasbourg - 'Rix' - The Dog Who Would Be King
Deborah Goodman - The Mountain that Loved a Bird
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February 10, 2017: Narrow Escapes
Hoste: Lee Porteous
Lee Porteous - Coyote Steals a Blanket
Mary Gavan - The Old Lady
Marva Blackmore - Owen's Narrow Escape
Barbara Smith - Eddie's Amazing Close Calls
Anneke Bain - David's Escape
Musician: Tim Harrison
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January 13, 2017: 10th Anniversary Celebration! Looking Back
Host: Margaret Murphy
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - Information Please
Audrey Lomax - Mary Queen of Scots
Janet Sexsmith - Poems
Miyo Stevens - The Northern Gannet and the Sooty Tern
Laurie Hutchinson - Another Reason I Lived So Long
Margaret Murphy - The Border Guard
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December 9, 2016: A Christmas Carol
Host: Ann Ronald
Laurie Hutchinson, Margaret Murphy, Noel Lewis-Watts, Sandy Cole, Barbara Smith, Gerry Guiden - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Musician: Sue Averill - Selected Festive Songs
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November 11, 2016: Peace Tales
Host: Lee Porteous
Ian Gartshore - The Rabbi's Gift
Laurie Giffen - Joe's Axe
Deborah Goodman - Housekeeping in Shanghai
Noel Lewis-Watts - A Soldier's Love Story
Lee Porteous - The Blind Man Catches a Bird
Musicians: Mama's Kitchen
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October 14, 2016 : It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Host: Ann Ronald
Marva Blackmore - Ma Yarwood's Wedding Ring
Sandy Cole - Jack and the Haunted House
Jay Doige - The Widow's Broom
Gerry Guiden - Abi Yoyo
Judy Millar - Snoopy and Me and the King of Burundi
Rachel Muller - Grace and the Banshee
Musician: Jim Elder
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September 9, 2016: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Host: Ann Ronald
Deborah Goodman - How Raven Brought Light to the World
Laurie Hutchinson - The Hole
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - The Skunk River Expedition
Barbara Smith - What Went Wrong?
Sandy Cole - The Wrestling Princess
Musicians: Marty Howe and the Atkinson Brothers
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June 10, 2016 : Surprise Endings
Host: Lee Porteous
Chris Aronson - Daisy's Dilemma
Laura Halliday - Shaken and Stirred With a Twist
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - The Broken Promise
Lee Porteous - When Frog Went to Heaven
Rachel Muller - The Cart Thief
Laura Buzzard - Selected Songs
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May 13, 2016: Beyond the Shore
Host: Lee Porteous
Jay Doige - By Cauldrom Pool
Cindy Shantz - The Joy of Culture Clash
Mary Gavan - The Sea
Gerry Guiden- Aaron Kelly
Deborah Goodman - Needles and Pins
Rob Terstall - Dreaming of Far Away Places
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April 8, 2016: Celtic Tales
Host: Cindy Shantz
Roxane Strasbourg - Light Up
June Jefferies - Welsh Magic
Barbara Smith- A Celtic Tale
Anneke Bain - Helen's Brownie
Lee Porteous - The Day of the Scholars
Musician: Karen Sim- Celtic songs
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March 11, 2016: Women: Strong, Wise and Fearless
Host: Ann Ronald
Audrey Lomax - Seascape
Christine Clarke-Johnsen - Savitri
Patricia Boudier - Song To The River
Margaret Murphy- Cougar Annie Sightings
Tanya Horne - Fable
Marva Blackmore - The Chase
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February 12, 2016: The Heart Has Its Reasons
Host: Lee Porteous
Laurie Hutchinson - Together Forever
Barbara Smith - Tam Lim
Sandy Cole- Mother's Lessons
Rachel Muller - The Gift (aka The Laughing Girl)
Cindy Shantz - What's In A Name
Musician: Sam Connolly
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January 8, 2016: Pirates and Scallywags
Host: Ann Ronald
Jay Doige - The Twits
Elaine Spira - Brother XII
Lorne Bowles - The Pirates of St. Pierre
Marva Blackmore - The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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December 8, 2015: Wisdom and Wonder
Host: Lee Porteous
Lee Porteous - Montreal Aunts
Ian Gartshore - Downwind From Flowers
Rachel Muller - Even You; Especially You
Noel Lewis-Watts - My Christmas Eve
Margaret Murphy - The Journey
Marva Blackmore - The Thief Who Stole Christmas
Musician: Gerry Guiden
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November 13, 2015: Heroes
Host: Lee Porteous
Catherine Samson - Sir Percival
Rob Terstall - The Liberation of Holland
Cindy Shantz - Hero?
Mary Gavan - Strange Heroes
Musician: Eric Harper
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October 9, 2015: Food, Glorious Food
Host: Lee Porteous
Lee Porteous - Anansi Plays Dead; Old Uncle
Ian Gartshore - Heaven and Hell; Two Brothers
Rachel Muller - Bridget Sullivan
Laurie Hutchinson - Talking Turkey
Barbara Smith - Why The Sea Is Salt
Jennifer Ferris - The Swede
Musician: Sue Averill
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September 11, 2015: Friends: Furred, Feathered and Otherwise
Host: Rachel Muller
Rachel Muller - The Ballad of Kentucky
Laurie Peck - Sailor: The Hangashore Newfoundland Dog
Lee Porteous - The Stare of the Cat
Sandy Cole - The Mitten
Jay Doige - Gershon's Monster
Musician: Tim Harrison
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June 12, 2015: The Last Hurrah!
Hosts: Ann Ronald and Laurie Hutchison
In Memory of Jack Styne
Cindy Shantz - The Cremation at Cedar Sea
Mary Gavan - Famous Last Words
Catherine Samson - The Last Ha Ha
Dunc Shields - Selected Stories with accompaniment by Barry Hall
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May 8, 2015: How Did That Happen?
Host: Margaret Murphy
Lee Porteous - The Bottle Imp
Jay Doige - The Tell-Tale Heart
Sandy Cole - Jacinth Wins Words
Audrey Lomax - A Peace River Story
Noel Lewis-Watts - How Did That Happen?
Musician: Mama's Kitchen
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April 17-19, 2015: Odyssey Epic Weekend
hosted by the Around Town Tellers
19 Storytellers from the US and Canada came to tell the entire
Odyssey by Homer, start to finish. It was a marvelous and successful
weekend.
Artistic Director: Marva Blackmore
Operations Director: Laurie Hutchison
Ably supported by the Around Town Tellers team.
Event was held at Cavallotti Hall in Nanaimo
Tellers from away were housed at The Painted Turtle Guesthouse.
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April 10, 2015: No One Suspected
Host: Rachel Muller
Patricia Boudier - Hudden, Dudden and Donald O'Neary
Ian Gartshore - A Father's Words
Angela Standbrook- The Living Quan Yin
Marva Blackmore - Geronimo
Diane Verhiel - Lonesome Dove
Musician: Penny Sidor
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March 13, 2015: Wish I May, Wish I Might
Host: Fran Thiessen
Noel Lewis-Watts - Wish I May
Gerry Guiden - Me Ma and Me
Marva Blackmore - An Odyssey Teaser
Barbara Smith -
Margaret Murphy with Joan Wallace and Barry Hall - Peace is the Way
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February 13, 2015: Treasures in the Attic
Host: Lee Porteous
Jay Doige - Golem
Sandy Cole - Changing Farewell
Carolyn Sullivan - The Landlady
Marva Blackmore - Achilles and Odysseus: Draft Dodgers
Musician: Chris Ronald - Stories and Songs
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January 9, 2015: The First Time
Host: Ann Ronald
Ian Symons - The Adventures of Barman Mick
Louise Duncan - All's Well That Ends Well
Judith Bilodeau - Being Millie
Judy Millar - Kissing For Klutzes
Audrey Lomax - My New Identity
Cindy Shantz - Letting Go
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December 12, 2014: Darkness and Light
Host: Lee Porteous
Ted Girard - The Clown of God
Jay Doige - Hershel and the Hanukah Goblins
Catherine Sheehan - How The Sun Was Rescued
Rachel Muller - The Troll Child Who Wasn't
Ian Gartshore - The Meaning of Life
Musician: Just 4 Fun - Festive Songs
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November 14, 2014: Stories of Nanaimo . . . And Beyond!
Host: Cindy Shantz
Sue McDonald - A Miner's Cottage
Judith Bilodeau - Coal Tyee and Mark Bates
Ron Blank - Nanaimo Memories
Pamela Mar - Lady Franklyn
Marva Blackmore - No Post
Musician: Penny Sidor
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October 10, 2014: Food and Family: A Feast of Stories
Host: Judith Bilodeau
Miyo Stevens - On Sand Island
Lee Porteous - Wacu and the Eagle
Audrey Lomax - The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Diane Verhiel - Food and Family: Memories of A Hobby Farm
Musician: Joshua Holloway
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September 12, 2014: The Road Not Taken
Host: Ann Ronald
Jay Doiges - "Untitled 1 and 2"
Victor Murphy - Potato People, Carrot People, Onion People
Laurie Hutchinson - Three Points of View
Margaret Murphy, Barry Hall and Sue Averill - Road Not Taken, Going By Water Instead
Rachel Muller - "The Reluctant Bride"
Sandy Cole - "The Peach Blossom Forest"
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June 13, 2014: Stories Of Home
Host: Ann Ronald
Jay Doiges - "The Witch's Child"
Laura Halliday - "Just Enough"
Trevor Cooper - "Time Warp"
Rachel Muller - "The Girl Who Spoke With Sparrows"
Sandy Cole - "Taro And His Grandmother"
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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May 9, 2014: The Lusty Month of May
Host: Cindy Shantz
Judith Bilodeau - "What The Dragon Didn't Know"
Judy Millar - "Life Lessons"
Gisele Martin - "Clam People" and "Son of Deer"
Patricia Boudier - "Mother Skeena"
Musician: Sherry Smith
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April 11, 2014: Truths, Lies and Tall Tales
Host: Fran Thiessen
Robert Ferguson - "Untitled"
Wendy Henry - "The War Between The Sandpipers and Whales"
Laurie Hutchinson- "The Airport"
Marva Blackmore - "Phineas Ford's Fabulous Collection"
Sandy Cole - "Nasrudin Goes Shopping"
Judith Bilodeau - "When I Was a D.I."
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March 14, 2014: Monsters and Dragons
Host: Judith Bilodeau
Jennifer Ferris - "Veiled Truth"
Lee Porteous - "The Tale of the Oki Islands"
Diane Verhiel - "Dragon Soup"
Jay Doige - "Dragon Island"
Barbara Smith - "Oh My Gosh, It's Real!"
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February 14, 2014: What They Don't Tell You About Love
Host: Lee Porteous
Sandy Cole - "My Side Of The Bed"
Arla Jean Murch - "Luv"
Judith Bilodeau - "An Unusual Love Story"
Gerry Guiden - "Aaron Kelly"
Stephanie Brown - "Underpants, or Lack Thereof"
Musician: Joshua Holloway
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January 10, 2014: Imagine A World
Host: Judith Bilodeau
Ted Girard - "Jake and the Kid"
Jay Doige- "Brave Irene"
Cindy Shantz - "Patterns"
Judy Millar - "The Mother of the Bride"
Musician: Joshua Holloway "Come Home Soon" by Kendall Patrick
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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December 13, 2013: A Christmas Show
Host: Lee Porteous
Noel Lewis-Watt - "My Christmas Eve"
Ann Ronald and Laurie Hutchinson - "A Porcupine in a Pine Tree: 12 Days of Christmas"
Cindy Shantz - Poem
Rachel Muller - "A Victorian Christmas Tale"
Musician: Eric Harper
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November 8, 2013: Things That Go Bump In The Night
Host: Cindy Shantz
Jay Doige - Two Poems
Diane Verhiel - "Zombies!"
Marva Blackmore - "The Ghost Ship"
Carolyn Sullivan - "A Candle In The Night"
Rachel Muller - "The Thin Place"
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October 26, 2013: A Special Presentation at the Nanaimo Yacht Club
Moby Dick - A Storytelling Adaptation by Dean Verger
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October 11, 2013: What Are We Thankful For?
Host: Lee Porteous
Jay Doige - Roald Dahl's "The Twits"
Judith Bilodeau - "The Ghost Ship"
Denise - "Celtic Tale of the Goddess Brigid"
Open Mic - "What Are We Thankful For?"
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September 13, 2013: Life As An Adventure
Host: Sharon Goldston
Lee Porteous - "How Gopher got His Warrior Stripes"
Marva Blackmore - "South of the Border"
Laurie Hutchinson - "Life is an Adventure"
Sandy Cole - "When Wishing Still Helped"
Sharon Goldston - "Deodorant Man"
Musician: Penny Sidor
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June 14, 2013: A Funny Thing Happened . . .
Host: Ann Ronald
Judith Bilodeau - "The Ghost of Kennedy House"
Cindy Shantz - "Battle of the Bathing Suit"
Frances Wong - "Birdupmanship"
Ted Girard - "Bridges" - in memory of Kathryn Maurer
Rachel Muller - "Incident at Elk Lake"
Musician: Dennis Lakusta
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May 10, 2013: It's All In A Day's Work
Host: Cindy Shantz
Noel Lewis-Watts - "Hockey Hall of Fame"
Cindy Shantz - Poem: "Elsie's Diner"
Laurie Peck Hutchinson - "Five Things"
Rachel Muller - "A Piece of the Sky"
Marva Blackmore - "The Twelve Trials of Hercules"
Musicians: Raymond Gourlay and Rebecca Muller
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April 12, 2013: Beavers, Bears and Bravado: Tales of Canada
Hosts: Margaret Murphy and Ann Ronald
Judith Bilodeau - "The Housekeeper"
Marva Blackmore - "The Miner's Angel"
Laurie Peck Hutchinson- "The Wrath of Vargas"
Ted Girard - "Stephen Leacock's 'My Financial Career'"
Musician: Sue Averill
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March 8, 2013: Her-story: Celebrating International Women's Day
Host: Sharon Easton
David Fisher - "The Trout Sisters"
Brittny Ohs - "Dexter"
Diane Verhiel - "Re-touched By An Angel"
Musician: Joan Wallace
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February 8, 2013: When I Was a Kid
Host: Sharon Easton
Laurie Peck Hutchinson - "Forever In-Between"
Susanne Lavander- "First Love"
Lee Porteous - "The Box"
Sandy Cole - "Duck Story"
Hayley Rickaby - "Adventure with the Rickaby's"
Ted Girard - "Stanley G. White, D.D.S."
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January 11, 2013: Stories From The Heart
Host: Sharon Easton
Arla Jean Murch - "An F Word"
John and Beth Yim - "A Man, A Mountain, A Mistake"
Robert Ferguson - "One Percent of the Fifty Percent of the One Hundred Percent"
Sandy Cole - "The Black Bull of Norroway"
Margaret Murphy - "The Enchanted Castle" by Italo Calvino
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December 14, 2012: 'Tis The Season
Host: Sharon Easton
Ted Girard - A Jake and the Kid Story
Sandy Cole, Clark Clark, Gerry Guiden, Noel Lewis-Watts, Margaret Murphy, and Laurie Peck - A Christmas Carol
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November 9, 2012: The Great Adventure
Host: Sharon Easton
David Fisher - Suffer Little Children
Sandy Cole - The Monkey's Heart
Lee Porteous - The Cat
Rachel Muller and Margaret Murphy - The Ramayana
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October 12, 2012: What If?
Host: Ann Ronald
Beth Yim - Yellow Shorts
Marva Blackmore - Lemon Meringue Pie
Lee Porteous - The Wood Maide
Hazel Lennox - The Crystal Spring
Musicians: Cross-Canada Fiddle Students
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September 14, 2012: Around the Campfire
Host: Ann Ronald
Marva Blackmore - Gold Mounted Guns
Miyo Stevens - The Gift
Margaret Murphy - Two Words
Rachel Muller - Finn McRaith
Musician: Sue Averill - Song-Along Campfire Songs
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June 8, 2012: Traveling Shoes
Host: Sharon Goldston
Cindy Shantz: Rafting the Colorado: Life is a Daring Adventure, or Nothing!
Ann Ronald - Grandmother's Story (A Hawaiian Folktale)
Susanne Lavender - Princess Royal - The Voyage of the First Coal Miners to Nanaimo
Margaret Murphy - Traveling Shoes
Musicians: Bowen Senior Tap Dancers
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May 11, 2012: Grimm and Grimmer
Host: Sharon Goldston
Laurie Peck - The Goose Girl at the Well
Noel Lewis-Watts - The Sharp Knife
Rachel Muller - The Master Thief
Marva Blackmore - Faithful Johannes
Sandy Cole - Cinderella
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April 13, 2012: Twisted Tales
Host: Sharon Goldston
Hazel Lennox - Feature Teller
Lee Porteous
Diane Verheil
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March 9, 2012: The Trees are Calling: Stories of the Wildwood
(A fundraising benefit for SEVA)
Host: Sharon Goldston
Dr. Marty Spencer - Introducing SEVA
Margaret Murphy - The Magic Garden
Sandy Cole - The Miser and His Cherry Tree
Terry Mack - Flute music and a creation myth
Laurie Peck - Get-Away Weekend
Rachel Muller - The Dryad
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February 10, 2012: Only Fools Rush In: The Many Faces of Love
Host: Sharon Goldston
Marva Blackmore - Meddling at Wal-Mart
Lee Porteous - Farishta-Moh: The Longed-For Lady
Sam Connolly - Making Space
Paul Glassen - A Wedding Story
Judith Heather - Song: Misalliance
Sandy Cole - The Blue Hippopotamus
Musician: T.G. Muir
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January 13, 2012: A Thousand Welcomes: Irish Stories
Host: Rachel Muller
Jack Styne - What Makes You Think I'm Irish?
Margaret Murphy - The Call of the Sea
Gerry Guiden - Memories
Feature Teller: Mary Gavan - The Old Sailor, and The Story of Nell
Musician: Jeremy McDonald
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December 9, 2011: Christmas Past and Present
Host: Sharon Goldston
Gerry Guiden - Caroling
Sandra Schulte - The Doll
Judith and Richard Heather - Wassailing
Marva Blackmore - Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Rachel Muller - Gran's Gift by Sue Holmes McDonald
Sandy Cole - Twas the Night Before Christmas
Noel Lewis-Watts - As Santa
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November 11, 2011: Imagine Peace
Lee Porteous - Godmother Death
Ann Ronald and Gerry Guiden - John Lennon's "Imagine"
Diane Verhiel - Shining Armour
Margaret Murphy with Musical Guests Joan Wallace and Barry Hall - The Story of Muriel Duckworth
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October 14, 2011: Behind the Mask
Rachel Muller - The Stone Child
Sandy Cole - Behind the Mask: A Canadian's Story
Laurie Peck - Lizzy: A Woman of Resilience
Marva Blackmore - The Legend of Charley Parkhurst
Jack Styne - Getting Older
Musician: Penny Sidor - Songs from "Not One Mile"
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September 9, 2011: Hoodoos and Wheatfields: Prairie Stories
Marva Blackmore - The Indians Called Her Ningah: Marie-Anne Lagimodiere
Ted Girard - Elbow Room (A Jake and the Kid Story)
Rachel Muller - The Stone
Noel Lewis-Watts - The Train
Musician: Joan Wallace
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June 10, 2011: Modern Telling of Classic Tales
Host: Sharon Goldston
Sandy Cole - The True Story of the Three Pigs
Diane Verhiel - Rindercella
Rachel Muller - The Pied Piper of Nanaimo
Ted Girard and Margaret Murphy
Diane Berthchilde - Tales From Da nte's Inferno
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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May 13, 2011: Journey of the Heart
Laurie Peck - The Power of a Simple Hug
Beth Hardry-Yim - The Legacy of a Story
Featured Teller:
Marva Blackmore - Sky Burial
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April 8, 2011: Could Be True
Sandy Cole - Wedding Dress $7.50
Richard Brind - The Eddystone Light and The Flying Cloud
Ted Girard - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Cindy Shantz - The Hengbokhan Haru Hotel
Rachel Muller - The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
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March 18, 2011: Celebrating World Storytelling Day
Quenching Your Thirst for Story: Water Tales from Around the World
Margaret Murphy
Laurie Peck
Diane Verhiel
Rachel Muller - A Tale of Two Women
Noel Lewis-Watts
Special Musical Guest: SHINE!
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February 11, 2011: Out of Africa
Sandy Cole - What the Squirrel Saw from Tales from Africa by K. Arnott
Ann Roland - The Slave's Story
Gerry Guiden - An African Folktale
Rachel Muller - The Cure For A Broken Heart
Shalema Gantt - A Southern Childhood
Jack Styles - A Folktale
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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January 14, 2011: It's Tough Being a God/Goddess
Diane Verhiel -
Marva Blackmore - Pandora
Margaret Murphy -
Featured Teller: Jean Pierre Makosso
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Dec 10, 2010: Stories of the Season- “A Christmas Carol”
Hosts: Sharon Goldston & Noel Lewis-Watts
Marva Blackmore - Six Days Before Christmas
Rachel Muller - Christmas CeasefireNoel Lewis-Watts - Introduction to A Christmas Carol
Margaret Murphy - Stave One
Gerry Guiden - Stave Two
Laurie Peck - Stave Three
Clark Squared - Stave Four
Sandy Cole - Stave Five
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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Nov 12, 2010: Stories of the Prairies
Clark Squared - If You're Not From the Prairie
Marva Blackmore - The Perfect Summer
Rachel Muller - Prairie Bride
Laurie Peck - Some Tuesday
Ted Girard - Two Different Kinds of Sinners
Musician: Penny Sidor
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Oct 8, 2010: Ghost Stories: “Things that Go Bump in the Night”
Clark Squared -Tell-Tale Heart
Marva Blackmore - The Boo Hag
Rachel Muller - The Wild Woman of the Woods
Diane Verhiel - Ti-Flor and the Devil
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Sept 10, 2010: You Won’t Read this in the History Books
Host: Sharon Goldston & Noel Lewis-Watts
Mavra Blackmore - The Laundryman Who Overthrew the Qing Dynasty
Sandy Cole - Jack's Story
Rachel Muller. - Margaret Sullivan
Sue Holmes MacDonald - Nanaimo Miner's Home
Jack Styles - TBA
Darlene Patrick - Antwerp Diamond Heist
Robert Johnson - Ladysmith's Name
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June 11, 2010: One Myth, One Glove, One Legend - Tales Wide Open
Hosts: Sharon Goldston & Noel Lewis-Watts
Sandy Cole - The Mitten
Clark Squared - Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Andrea Styve -
Anna Atkinson - Entwined
Diane Verhiel - The Leaf
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May 14, 2010: Emily Carr's The Book of Small
Host: Noel Lewis-Watts
Laurie Peck -
Featured Teller: Melanie Ray... The Book of Small
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April 9, 2010: Happy Tales to You - Barn Yarns of the Wild West
Margaret Murphy -
Clark Squared - Little House on the Prairie
Sandy Cole - The Boy Who Would Be Peanut
Diane Verhiel -
Marva Blackmore -The Blood Bay
Musicians: Dos Amigos - Noel Lewis-Watts & Jeff
Host: Sharon Goldston & Jack Styles
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March 12, 2010: History of the Blues
Hosts: Sharon Goldston & Jack Styles
Gerry Guiden - Devil in the Pouch
Jack Styles - An Island Woman
Joan Wallace and Barry Hall ... History of the Blues
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February 12, 2010: Beautiful Losers
Hosts: Sharon Goldston and Jack Styles
Sandy Cole - Jasmine Winds Words
Jack Styles - An Island Woman
Andre Begin - The Man from Eldorado
Clark Squared. - Improv stories with Tyler Ray Sauve
Mary Holland -
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January 8, 2010: Stories of Childbirth and Other Beginnings
Hosts: Sharon Goldston and Jack Styles
Andre Begin - Birth of My Daughter
Diane Verhiel - Miracles and Vision Boards
Margaret Murphy - The Herstory of ATT
Laurie Peck - Swimming Desnudo
Margaret Murphy
& Clark Squared - Improv Story a la Ping-Pong
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December 11, 2009: Spinning A Yarn - Homemade
Hosts: Sharon Goldston and Jack Styles
Ted Girard - from Jake and the Kid
Laurie Peck - TBA
Clark Squared - The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Sandy Cole - The Elderly Inuit Woman and the Lesson Learned
Musician: Laura Buzzard
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November 13, 2009: The Bells of November Remember - Tell Me A Song
Hosts: Bev and Sandy Cole
Noel Lewis-Watts - A Soldier's Love Story
Clark Squared - Alice's Restaurant
Diane Verhiel - Lonesome Dove
Anna Atkinson - Ballads
Musicians: Dennis Lakusta & Guest
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October 9, 2009: Thank the Devil - Ghosts and Gratitude
Host: Bev Cole
Sandy Cole - Paper Bag Princess
Clark Squared - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Peter Reid - Humorous Anecdote
Tribula - Songs of Drums
Ted Girard - The Devil's Noodles
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