2022 Workshops, Talks, and Other Activities
Storytelling as Magic
Joe Rielinger
Storytelling is considered a bardic art and a source of entertainment or instruction. However, perhaps there can be more to storytelling. Perhaps storytelling can be magic.
In this workshop we will explore the idea that storytelling can be a magical ritual or spell. We will identify its magical components and storytelling magical techniques. We will finish by telling a story as a magical ritual.
Joe Rielinger
Storytelling is considered a bardic art and a source of entertainment or instruction. However, perhaps there can be more to storytelling. Perhaps storytelling can be magic.
In this workshop we will explore the idea that storytelling can be a magical ritual or spell. We will identify its magical components and storytelling magical techniques. We will finish by telling a story as a magical ritual.
Guided Meditation
Kate Kane Laborde
The site for Kate's meditation is yet to be determined, but you will be guided through an in-depth meditation, exploring the connection with Earth, Water, Fire and Air, the ancestors, and finding peace and harmony with oneself.
Kate is a native Louisianian who enjoys the company of all and sharing all the natural beauty her state has to offer. When not working as an accounting assistant, she enjoys music, going camping, and spending time with her immediate and grove families. She is an Ovate in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.
Kate Kane Laborde
The site for Kate's meditation is yet to be determined, but you will be guided through an in-depth meditation, exploring the connection with Earth, Water, Fire and Air, the ancestors, and finding peace and harmony with oneself.
Kate is a native Louisianian who enjoys the company of all and sharing all the natural beauty her state has to offer. When not working as an accounting assistant, she enjoys music, going camping, and spending time with her immediate and grove families. She is an Ovate in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.
How to Tell a Good Story
Gale Park
Druids love the old Celtic tales, but some of them are hard to tell in a way that will entertain and inform a broad spectrum of people. Gale will talk about what makes a good story and how you can become a better storyteller. She will give tips and tricks for remembering the story, adapting it to a modern audience, bringing it to life with tones and gestures so that it engages young and old, and more.
Gale Park
Druids love the old Celtic tales, but some of them are hard to tell in a way that will entertain and inform a broad spectrum of people. Gale will talk about what makes a good story and how you can become a better storyteller. She will give tips and tricks for remembering the story, adapting it to a modern audience, bringing it to life with tones and gestures so that it engages young and old, and more.
Forest Tales: Ghosts of Reverence Past
Art Scarbrough
Long before the first European colonists invaded this part of Louisiana, indigenous people connected with the spirits of place here. We will look at some of the key mythology and spiritual beliefs and customs of the Choctaw people who lived on this land when the first French interlopers arrived.
Art is a native Louisianian and Senior Druid of Highland Oak Nemeton.
Art Scarbrough
Long before the first European colonists invaded this part of Louisiana, indigenous people connected with the spirits of place here. We will look at some of the key mythology and spiritual beliefs and customs of the Choctaw people who lived on this land when the first French interlopers arrived.
Art is a native Louisianian and Senior Druid of Highland Oak Nemeton.