Pittsburgh Story Swaps
Contact Barra the Bard if you would like to host a swap.
Thursday, July 20 Evening Swaps |
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Who Is Tricking Who, Jack? |
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm |
Allegheny Room |
Charles Kiernan |
10 min. each |
Jack Tales and other Trickster tales |
Crossing Barriers: Stories of Bridges |
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm |
Benedum Room |
Regina Ress | 10 min. each |
Because Pittsburgh has more bridges than anywhere else outside of Venice! |
| Carnegie Library | 10:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Heinz | Lois Sprengnether Keel (LoiS Sez) | 10 min. each | Return tales of all sorts to the place where the famous library donor made his millions. |
Friday, July 21—Lunchtime Swaps |
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This Is What I Heard: Stories from Family Tellers (Follow-up on Dave Russell’s Story Trunk Icebreaker on Thursday night) |
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Interactive Room (Ballroom 3) |
Janet FitzGerald Wilson | 10 min. each |
Isn’t there at least 1 special adult in most of our lives who got us hooked by/with their telling? |
The Flow of Rivers |
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Sterlings II |
Cynthia Changaris | 10 min. each |
Everyone knows that Pittsburgh has 3 of them—but if you noticed the fountain at the tip of Point Park, that’s supplied from a 4th, underground one! |
This Bears Repeating: Historical Tales |
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Heinz | Joyce Geary | 10 min. each |
Because Pittsburgh is a historical region |
Friday, July 21 – Evening Swaps |
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The Smelting Pot |
15 min after Regional Concert ends | Traders |
Edmund LoPresti | 10 min. each |
Stories came from around the world with immigrants who smelted ore in steel and aluminum factories |
Songtellers: Tales Based on Ballads &.Other Songs |
15 min. after Regional Concert ends | Brigade Room |
Leanne Johnson |
15-20 min. each |
By request; bring your fiddles, harps, drums, dulcimers, etc. and don’t forget your voices! |
A Banquet of Feasting on Stories |
15 min after Regional Concert ends |
Benedum Room |
Liz Nichols | 10 min. each |
Starting with a soup story, then a salad, etc. to dessert. |
Saturday, July 22: Lunchtime Swaps |
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Wise Folk & Other Folk: Wisdom & Fairy Tales |
11:30 am – 1:30 pm |
Duquesne |
Shelby Smith and B arra the Bard |
10 min each |
The Storybus is partly named in memory of Storyteller Joe Healy, and these were his 2 favorite genres. |
My Heart Is in the Work: Work Stories |
11:30 am – 1:30 pm |
Chartiers | Lois Sprengnether Keel (LoiS Sez) | 10 min. each |
Because Pittsburgh has been such a bluecollar workplace & is now a high-tech/ medical one. |
| Heinz 57 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Heinz | Yvonne Healy | 10 min. each | A variety of themes & types of stories like the spices of Pittsburgh's famous kitchen |
Saturday, July 22 – Evening Swaps |
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Rogues & Raconteurs |
10:45 pm – 12:15 am |
Ballroom IV |
Bill Mettler |
10 min. each |
Rollover.continuation of their 9:15 – 10:45 presentation |
Chills & Thrills: Ghost Stories |
10:45 pm – 12:15 am |
Ballroom 1 |
Alan Irvine |
10 min. each |
1 corner on Pittsburgh’s North Side used to be the most haunted spot in the US! |
Mountains, Hills & Hollows Tales |
10:45 pm – 12:15 am | Benedum Room |
Your name here | 10 min. each |
We are an urban part of Appalachia, and not far from both the Laurel Highlands and West Virginia. |
Bandana Tales: StoryTell-ers Listserv Swap |
10:45 pm – 12:15 am |
Brigade Room |
Dianna Waite |
5-10 min. each |
By request: Do 1 of your shorter favorites, in your own style, for your virtual family. |
Come to Pittsburgh, July 20 - 23 and experience Community!
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