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GRIOT WORKS™ Trains youth and adult volunteers to become storytellers through on-going workshops, as part of a classroom elective or an after-school program. Students gain public speaking and performance skills, as well as increasing their reading capabilities through international folklore, mythology and fables. Trained troupes of students perform their community service by storytelling for younger audiences in hospitals, family shelters, public libraries and after-school programs. Announcing - "BoUnce" BoUnce is Griot Works™ program of Urban Wilderness Project 
What: OPEN MIC EVENTS with a Cash prize. Winning team receives a cash prize of 50% of the door money. Other prizes may be awarded. When: FIRST FRIDAYS EACH MONTH BoUnce: The Sport of Storytelling™ kicks off its second season on April 4, 2008 at 8PM Where: Miller Community Center Annex Basketall Courts, 330 19th Avenue E., Seattle How: SIGN-UPS START AT 8 PM, GAME TIME 8:20 PM Suggested Donation: $1-5 BoUnce is a cooperative competition between all-ages storytelling sports teams. Individuals are invited to perform and then randomly placed with 2- 4 other individuals to form 3 on 3 or 5 on 5 teams. The competition alternates between basketball and storytelling skills. There are 4 periods and in each period there are two rounds. The first round of each period is B. Ball and the 2nd Storytelling. Points are awarded for each round to determine who leads in each period. Basketball skills- dribbling, shooting, passing, scoring and the slam dunk. Storytelling skills- improv, passing the story, content, finish and delivery. Sign-Up Sign-up at the door. Please bring a completed waiver signed by your parent or guardian if your are under 18 years old. Suggested subjects: Courage, So Scared, Lost, Unbelievable Days, How and Why Stories, Tall Tales, Love, Betrayal? ALL STORIES, POEMS, LYRICS, RHYMES AND CONTENT MUST BE suitable for all-ages. No racist, sexist, homophobic performances. BoUnce: The Sport of Storytelling™ - A Storytelling & Performance Workshop Series 
Cost· Free to the public Where · Douglas-Truth Seattle Public Library on the corner of 23rd and Yesler What · A spoken word, storytelling performance and writing workshop. Learn to bring your poems, stories, lectures or speeches to life through improvisation, movement, and voice control. Times · Tuesdays from 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm Dates · April 22, 29 and May 6 and 13, 2008 Service-Learning Benefit · This workshop is offered free to the public with the hope and intention that you will use your new skills to restore and encourage positive communities by volunteering for 4-6 hours to bring stories to children who are in hospitals, transitional living situations or homeless family shelters. You are an important part of Urban Wilderness Project's Griot program. Volunteer--Be Part of the Solution. Closing Celebration/Public Performance · Friday, June 6, 8:00 pm at Miller Community Center Annex Basketball Courts, 330 19th Avenue E., Seattle Register For Classes Now! Register one of 3 ways: Call Urban Wilderness Project at 206-760-1367, leave your name and contact info. Bring the signed waiver with you. Mail a note stating why you want to attend and what you hope to learn. Include your UWP waiver form to: Urban Wilderness Project, P.O. Box 18874, Seattle, WA 98118 Email us and tell us why you want to attend and what you hope to learn. Email a signed UWP General Waiver form to urbanwildernessproject@yahoo.com. (Download the General Waiver form from the link at the top of this page.) Put BoUnce in the subject line. People under 18 must have a signed waiver from a parent or guardian. 18 and over you can complete it on-site. Sign Up Now! "Fables From the Urban Wilderness" - A Storytelling Project in Partnership With Seattle Public Library's Douglas-Truth Branch Join us for free public performances of stories, songs, and games from Urban Wilderness Project's Griots the Seattle Public Library, Douglas-Truth Branch · Saturday, June 7, 2008, Noon Northwest Folklife Festival Cafe Impromptu ( located in McCaw Hall) · Friday, May 23, 2008, 4:20 - 4:50 pm Other Dates and Locations to be Announced Contact Us Jourdan I. Keith, Founder & Director 206-579-5848 urbanwildernessproject@yahoo.com P.O. Box 18874 Seattle, WA 98118 © 2004, Jourdan I. Keith site design by Kind Of 7.com |