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ON THE FLY STORY SLAM

On The Fly Summer Backyard Series

Christina Thyssen

Hi dear story lovers,

A reminder that this Saturday is our 2021 Backyard Grand Slam. We hope to see many of you there. May 8 @ 5pm in beautiful Tivoli NY with an amazing line-up up some of our favorite storytellers. Please RSVP as we’re still limiting participation due to the pandemic, and we’ll send you the location address once you do. Those of you who joined us last year will know the location already. Message us to save your spot. 


And check out the dates and themes for our Backyard Summer Series below, and let’s have a summer filled with stories and community.

2021 Backyard THEMES & DATES:

June 12: Slippery Slope

July 10: Down and Dirty

August 14: Dog Days

September 11: Love Thy Neighbor?

October 9: Day of the Dead

TIME: SIGN-UP 4.30 / STORIES 5PM
WHERE: Tivoli, NY (email for address)

All welcome. Some adult language likely. BYO blanket/chair/refreshments

Tell a story – tell your friends

Workshops

Tell a story at On The Fly

Christina Thyssen

Storytellers! This summer we are introducing  a series of intensive 2-day storytelling workshops designed to help you craft and develop themed stories to be told at On The Fly story slams. We will introduce you to  basic principles of storytelling and explore useful performance techniques in an intimate and supportive group setting.  At the end of the workshop, you will perform your story at the next On The Fly story slam.

Dates:

2 Saturdays: June 26, & July 3, 1-4pm

Story Slam July 10:  Down & Dirty

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2 Saturdays Aug 28 & Sept 4 1-4 pm

Story Slam Sept 11: Love Thy Neighbor

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Location: Athens, NY

Price: $150

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On The Fly Grand Slam ’21

Christina Thyssen

Can you guys feel it? It’s about to happen… Soon spring will be here, and we will all be able to get outside and feel the breeze on our faces and watch things grow. AND, we will be able to resume our backyard On The Fly Story Slams. We’ve missed you all since our last backyard slam in the fall, and because of COVID we had to cancel our end of the year Grand Slam where the winners from our monthly slams compete for the grand slam title. We promised you that instead we’d host the grand slam in the spring when we could be outside again, and here it is! May 8 @ 5pm in beautiful Tivoli NY with an amazing line-up up some of our favorite storytellers. You’ll have to RSVP as we’re still limiting participation due to the pandemic, and we’ll send you the location address once you do. Click here to save your spot. We can’t wait!

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Online Storytelling Workshop starting April 11

Christina Thyssen

4 Sundays, 4/11-5/2 1-4pm Fee: $130
Contact: continuinged@rhcsd.org • (845) 758-2241 ext. 71351. Red Hook Continuing Education, 9 Mill Road, Red Hook, NY 12571

What are the stories that shape and define your life? How do you uncover them, tell them, perform them and share them with others? This workshop teaches storytelling as a path to both personal and community development.

Join us for a 4-week storytelling workshop through the Red Hook Continuing Ed program. Learn to discover, craft and perform your personal stories through exploration of storytelling and performance techniques in an intimate and supportive group setting. Taught via Zoom.

Click here to learn more and sign up

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6-week Storytelling Workshop starting January 10

Christina Thyssen

Is this for you?

Have you ever attended a story slam or listened to the Moth Radio Hour? Do you have a story you’d like to perform or just work on? Do you miss coming to On The Fly Story Slam at HiLo Catskill and want to stay connected to other storytellers until we are able to gather in public places again? Have you always wanted to explore storytelling, but never had the time? We’d love to have you!

Over the course of six weeks, this online workshop will introduce you to the principles of storytelling and teach you how to craft and tell your stories. At the end of the workshop, you will perform your story at On The Fly – a story slam where storytellers bring real-life stories to the stage every month.

Click here to learn more or to sign up.