Summer is a great time for picnics and family gatherings. Anytime families eat together out come the family stories to be feasted upon. A lot of these stories may be very small, but they are nonetheless important and interesting. Here is a family story that starts with a phone book.
The teller, Nancy Donoval, hails from Chicago. She is very involved with socially conscious storytelling, but she is also the 2010 National Story Slam winner. Here is one of her family stories.
That was Nancy Donoval.
On Saturday, July 18, 7:30 pm, Story Telling Under the Stars, near Erwinna, Pennsylvania, a little bit south of here. This is storytelling around a campfire with the theme of “INTERCONNECTED.” You can also put your name in the bowl and have a chance to tell a five minute story yourself! This is great family fun. To find out more, go to the Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild website, LVSTORYTELLING.ORG.
The Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild holds its Storytelling Circle at Godfrey Daniels at 7 East 4th Street in Bethlehem on the second Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 pm (except the month of August). Come and listen to stories or try out a story yourself. We are a friendly audience and the event is free.
That’s all for now. Have fun and keep a story in your heart.
(Original air date: June 2015)