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Jennings Ponder - folktale.net home
Jennings & Ponder World Tales & Celtic Music “Masterful, Incredible, Highest Level Not-To-Be-Missed” School Library Journal 8PSME5BMFT Folk Story Telling The Root of Literature, Drama, and Myth STORYTELLING -- artistic colloquial narrative speech -- is a deeply rooted living folk tradition, from blacksmith shop to auto garage, from stoveside to folk festival. Jennings and Ponder are modern masters of this ancient art. FOLK TALES ARE TIMELESS and ageless: fantastic authorless oral tales about (among other things) • roadside wonders • wicked monarchs • the clever and the lucky • the obsessed and the fated • fools, rogues, lovers and magic, and • things that go bump in the night. TIM AND LEANNE’S VOICES intertwine and overlap in narrative counterpoint, a compelling alloy of technique and soul. Their physical presence is natural, animated, and very expressive. Humor, suspense, pathos and exhilaration interplay, with elements of chautauqua, lyceum, and vaudeville. EACH SHOW FEATURES a substantial world-classic traditional tale, requiring six months to a year to develop. The tale is presented within a lively mix of shorter stories, humor, legends, ballads, hair-raisers, history, and lore, all woven together with traditional Irish and Scottish music played on Celtic harp and concertina. “Absolutely fascinating, brilliant!” FolkWorld.com “Superb” National Storytelling Festival “Wonderful” Connecticut Storytelling Festival “Most Marvelous” SolarFest “A huge success” University of Vermont “Thoroughly satisfying” Booklist “Astonishing” New England Library Association Read full reviews with Celtic Music Airs, jigs, hornpipes, planxties, and compositions of O’Carolan, featuring Celtic harp and concertina. Instruments are demonstrated, music discussed. listen online “Vermont’s Master Storytellers” Seven Days Burlington For over two decades, Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder have been counted among the best of today’s interpreters of the traditional folk tale. They are married, and live in Montpelier VT with a greyhound dog and marmalade cat • Schools, resorts, libraries and colleges around New England, incl Bates, Bennington, UVM more • Vermont Public Television and Radio • National Storytelling Festival, International Storytelling Center, Toronto Storytelling Festival, Hudson Clearwater Revival, Old Songs Festival, Champlain Festival, SolarFest, Shelburne Harvest Fest more • Vermont Arts Council juried for performance and education • American Masterpieces Program artists 2007-2010 • Fundable through the New England Foundation for the Arts. • Awards: American Library Association “Notable Children’s Recording,” Parents’ Choice. 1997 2007 2010 ageless • appealing • traditional • contemporary A Classic Library Program for children and adults Wonderful. All the evaluations came back saying “more, more!” You transported us all to faraway places, and I know many of us were reluctant to come back. New England Library Association annual conference Both soulful and fun, bringing warmth to the hearts of all listeners. Rich, delightful, inspiring. Nantucket Atheneum I was just thrilled. I have never seen parents quite so enthusiastic about any performer. Your marvelous talent and your instincts for connecting with your audience make you, in my opinion, the most outstanding artists we have had in the 12 years I’ve been affiliated with the library. Bedford NH Public Library More Ask to hear our live CD Read Reviews Vermont’s legendary storytelling duo http://folktale.net/ KingAndThrush/King. and.Thrush.reviews.html View Contents http://folktale.net/ KingAndThrush/index. html king & the thrush the world tales of goodness and greed American Library Association / ALSC 2010 Notable Children’s Recording CONTACT Tim or Leanne 802 223 9103 [email protected] POB 522 Montpelier VT 05601 more on our website www.folktale.net