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Storytelling
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| Jane Lambourne's Storytelling Jane started storytelling while working for a community wildlife project and found it to be a fun and effective way to communicate with a wide variety of people. She has been storytelling for the last ten years. Whilst Jane enjoys telling stories purely for entertainment, she specialises in bringing together in a creative way...
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711815 M. 07794 013876 E. info[at]wassledine.co.uk |
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Previous projects  Links
to local historyRelaunch
of the Greensand Ridge Walk for the Ivel & Ouse Countryside
Project
Willington's Tudor Story for the Willington Local History Group Aragon Day, Ampthill for the Aragon Day Committee Cattern Day celebration, Luton Borough Council Countryside
eventsFamily
storytelling walks in Ampthill Park for the Greensand Trust
Beds
County Council's Apple Day at Bromham Mill
Picnics at Shocott Spring and Rectory Wood for the Forest of Marston Vale Bat Fun
Day, Bedford, for the bat Conservation Trust
Woodworks!
at the Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine
CommunityHalloween
Fayre, Harlington Village Hall Committee
Otter & Riverside Tales in Mid Bedfordshire Libraries St Ippolyts & Gosmore WI - birthday meeting Spellbound in Potton - summer fayre Pitt Rivers Museum project for Chepping View Primary School Storytelling in schools; also for museum events, nature reserve open days, youth groups and WIs, etc. |
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Workshops... Jane was keen to bring together her storytelling skills with her interest in basketmaking and willow work. With this in mind she has developed workshops in which participants enjoy hearing a tale and having a go at working with willow. During the workshops, participants create a piece of art connected to the story they have just heard. |
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Weaving with Words and Willow Hear the tale of a prince who learns the craft of basketmaking to satisfy his sensibly down-to-earth sweetheart. Much later; captured by a dark knight, he uses these skills to smuggle a secret message to his queen... After enjoying Jane's specially created story, participants work with willow to make a miniature hurdle panel, incorporating fabrics and their own secret messages into the weave. The technique is quick to learn, yet produces a pleasing and individual result. The picture shows a mini hurdle made by pupils at Parkfields Middle School, Toddington. Click on the image to enlarge. |
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| Story hoops Jane tells one of her favourite tales to participants who are challenged to recreate the story as a story hoop. This involves using willow to create a hoop which is then decorated with fabrics and threads. Stories are depicted using pictures or symbols on fabric or card, and laced into the hoop. The picture shows a story hoop illustrating 'Simon & the Fish' made by pupils at Parkfield Middle School, Toddington. Click on the image to enlarge. |
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| Workshops last for a minimum of 1 1/4 hours. The length of the workshop and activities can be expanded according to time available, age, number and ability of participants. Suitable for adults and children of 8 years and above. If time allows, workshops can be extended to enable participants to tell or create their own stories. Community events, school and youth groups, corporate events, etc. Contact Jane to find out more. |
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| What
people said about Jane's work... "Jane's
stories along the Greensand Ridge Walk were a fantastic and different
way to explain the history along the walk and kept everyone,
including the adults, enthralled."
Ivel & Ouse Countryside Project - Launch of Greensand Ridge Walk "We
would particularly like to thank you for telling us hilarious and
exciting stories... ..and helping us to make up our own wonderful
tales. It was especially funny when you made an extremely loud sea-lion
noise and it echoed around the Pitt Rivers Museum"
Pupil, Chepping View Primary School, High Wycombe - Pitt Rivers Museum project
"It was a fantastic and magical event that had everyone captivated!"
The Greensand Trust - Masquerade, Ampthill Park
"Sat in an "enchanted wood" constructed on our village hall stage; the storyteller held children and adults alike enthralled at her tales. We had planned for a story every half hour to new groups of listeners each time. However, so popular was she that children wouldn't leave the wood and the storyteller was kept constantly busy. In this "high tech" world our children inhabit, it is wonderful that they can still enjoy the same as our late ancestors did, sitting with rapt attention to the story teller. Jane is certainly the first person we asked back for our next year's village hall fayre." Harlington
Village Hall Committee
"We would like you to come along again as the Storyteller for Aragon Day as you did such so splendidly in July 2005". Aragon Day Committee, Ampthill
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| Background Information In the past, Jane has been in full-time employment with Beds County Council, the Wildlife Trust and English Nature. After a few years as a full-time mother, she started to be offered contract work alongside setting up the farm business. Between September 2007 and March 2008, Jane was employed by the Wildlife Trust to write and deliver a primary school education programme at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, Huntingdonshire; a cross-curricular, child-centred learning adventure - "Wild Journeys of People and Wildlife". More information In 2007 Jane received "Forest School" leader training through Bridgwater College Jane is one of the founder members of Fibs & Fables Bedfordshire's storytelling club and sometimes works in collaboration with other storytellers and musicians. When the opportunity arises, she becomes half of a formidable double act with her sister Susan. For more information about Susan's work, click here |
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Bookings Please contact her to talk about your project ideas... info[at}wassledine.co.uk Tel: 01462 711815 |
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