Cindy Storyteller

Cindy’s CV / Resume

Cindy Campbell-Stone
Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
B2W 4N9
Website: cindystoryteller.com

PROFILE

  • More than 35 years of experience in educational and entertainment programming for all ages
  • Expertise in storytelling, story songs, ballads, singing, music, puppetry.
  • Offering Professional Development Workshops on storytelling, oral literacy, story songs, puppetry, program development and presentation.

STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE BY AGE GROUPS

All Ages

  • Canadian Children’s Book Tour 2005: Northern Quebec schools.
  • Storytelling at Festivals: Edmonton; Ottawa; Eastern Passage; Musquodoboit Harbour; St Peters, Cape Breton; Isle Madame, Cape Breton; and many Halifax area Festivals.
  • Public Libraries across Canada: Halifax Public Libraries; St Johns Public Libraries; Saskatoon Public Libraries.
  • Schools: Halifax Regional Municipality; St Johns; Ottawa; Gaspe area of Quebec.
  • Conferences: Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada; many teachers conferences in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
  • Ghost Storytelling: Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum; Dartmouth Heritage Museum; Dalhousie University, Bluenose Ghost Haunted Festival.

Babies to Seven Years

  • Shake, Rattle and Read: Halifax Public Libraries. A weekly program, that I developed, which highlights oral storytelling, reading, music, songs, rhymes to encourage oral language development and pre-reading skills.
  • Tales on the Farm: Cole Harbour Heritage Farm and other similar venues.
  • Preschools on a regular basis: Dartmouth Daycare; Victoria Children’s Centre, ChildCare Connections Picnic and Parade; and other preschools in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Eight years to Eighteen

  • Story Quest:10 week storytelling workshop series for 10-14 years. Dartmouth Players Theatre.
  • Storytelling and Puppetry: a 10 week course for ages 7-10yrs. Dartmouth Players Theatre.
  • Stories and Songs: Hackmatack Children’s Book Awards (several years).
  • Oral Storytelling for Teens: Halifax High Schools; Halifax Public Libraries; St George’s Youth Net, Halifax.
  • Peace Tales: Halifax area schools; World Peace Pavilion, Dartmouth (grades 5 & 6)-a program offered to schools for several years.
  • Bluenose Ghosts Haunted Sculptures: storytelling as inspiration for sculpture, ages 7 – 15, Alderney Landing Theatre
  • Stories and Ballads Workshop for Junior High Choirs.
  • Stories about Helen Creighton for Pathfinder’s/Girl Guides

Young Adults, Adults, Seniors

  • Storytelling house concerts at various houses over the years.
  • Seniors Centres and Care Homes: a mix of stories and songs for seniors in Nova Scotia.
  • Community Centres: varied performances for adults and seniors
  • Community Tours: the anglophone area of Gaspe, Quebec. Helped develop community and historical stories of the region.
  • Mentally and Physically Challenged Adults: Prescott Group, Halifax
  • Museums: Dartmouth Heritage Museum, Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and other museums in NS, PEI, and Gaspe.
  • Libraries: all Halifax Public Libraries, other libraries across NS, Nfld and Saskatchewan.
  • Community Colleges: NSCC
  • Conferences: various Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada annual conferences, teachers conferences.
  • Sports Centres: Zatsman Sportsplex, customer service and telling the corporate story.
  • Coffee Houses and Pubs: various coffee houses and pubs in Nova Scotia from the South Shore to Cape Breton.
  • Sips and Stories: Prescott Group for mentally challenged adults.

Hosting

  • Word on the Street: Teen Authors Stage, Children’s stage on Theodore Tugboat, Storytellers stage.
  • The Atlantic Jazz Festival.
  • WTF – What the Folk! Open Mic: for the Helen Creighton Folklore Society, several years.
  • Listening Parties Online: leading discussion for storytelling recordings for the StorySave Program of Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada.
  • Dartmouth Book Exchange: Canadian Book Week celebrations
  • Online Storytelling Events and Concerts

Readings

  • Online readings of Bluenose Ghosts by Helen Creighton
  • Dartmouth Book Exchange: Lucy Maud Montgomery selected texts; The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
  • Libraries: various readings over many years.

Presentations

  • The Lady In The Lighthouse: The Catherine Gallagher Story. Presented at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax; The Canadian Society for Traditional Music Conference, Cape Breton; Mystic Seaport Music Festival, Connecticut, USA
  • Be A Story Collector & Workshop: Dartmouth Heritage Museum
  • Storytelling and Pre-Readers: Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada conference, St.Johns, Nfld & Labrador
  • Storytelling and Teens: Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada conference, St.Johns, Nfld & Labrador
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