Join Us in Paradise
for Five Days of Storytelling Bliss

July 16-20, 2009

Eth-Noh-Tec joins the likes of Bobby Norfolk, Margaret Read MacDonald, Jim May, and Diane Ferlatte in celebration of story. Take part in workshops, concerts, and story swaps with tellers from Hawai’i, the Pacific Rim, and ‘Mainland’ America. Enjoy the gorgeous setting of the Queen Kapi’olani Hotel, just steps away from Waikiki Beach, and immerse yourself in story!

Eth-Noh-Tec Highlights:

• 7/17, 8:30pm – ‘Show & Tell’ of Nu Wa story tours to China, Singapore, and India.
• 7/18, 2:00pm – Storytelling: Transformational Tool – Nancy Wang (Eth-Noh-Tec)
• 7/19, 2:00pm – In Your Face – Facials with Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo (Eth-Noh-Tec), Bobby Norfolk, Jeff Gere
• 7/19, 4:30pm – Public Concert: ($12 Adults, $5 children) Diane Ferlatte, Jim May, Bobby Norfolk, Anne Glover, Margaret Read MacDonald, and Eth-Noh-Tec
• 7/20, 4:30pm – Public Concert: ($12 Adults, $5 children) Diane Ferlatte, Jim May, Bobby Norfolk, Anne Glover, Margaret Read MacDonald, and Eth-Noh-Tec

More details at http://www.nsntalkstoryconference.com/.

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• India. Had many amazing experiences! Hear about the one sitting beneath Banyan trees listening to tribal women storytellers!?
• Shared curry, lassis and stories of India here at ENT.
• Performed in celebration events for Obama’s Inaguration. Hear all about it!
• Premiered our family immigration stories in Portland – They wanted more!
• ‘Salon! You’re On!’ continues its 4th season! Who’s on?
• Hear about our ‘Slam Bam Story Jam’ May 29-31! Remember the Noh Buddies?
• Summer Story Institute June 12-14. Join us!
• Presenting at the Talk Story Conference in Hawaii mid-July. Two new workshops!
• Our 3rd Orcas Island Storyfest 8/2-8/09. Come enjoy the island and the festival!
• The entire project of ‘Green Grows the Story’ at Buena Vista Elementary School starts in the Fall!
• We’ll be presenting in Singapore and the Philippines! Oh yes! How did that happen?
• Come to China with us Sept. 10-26! Don’t miss this chance!
• Community! What some of them are doing to thrive.

Read the whole story!

Eth-Noh-News – Spring 2009

On Day #6 our storytellers went to the Irula Tribal Herb Center.  This NGO is dedicated to the preservation of folk knowledge of the bio-pharmacopoeia of the forest.  Through millennia, the indigenous Irula people learned of the countless herbs and medication found naturally in their environment.  One “hands on” activity included helping to plant several saplings of Rosewood in their orchard.

STORYTELLING! MADE IN THE SHADE! Later on, the Irula women would introduce us to several of their villages where we would be engaging in cultural exchange through story-swapping.

Jeeva Raghunath, local Tamil storyteller was our liaison between two worlds: Americans and Irula tribes-people as we discovered our common ground: STORYTELLING!  It was as we had imagined, listening and telling stories under the shade of a large banyan tree.  Around us were children, teenagers, parents and elders.  Storytelling is alive and well here in rural India!