Storytelling with "The Woman of 101 Voices!"

Laurette and students telling a silly tale from "Historical Hysterics!"

Elementary school students help Laurette tell the delightfully silly tale from Scotland “The Wee Mannie and the Great Big Coo.”

“The Woman of 101 Voices” will keep you guessing as she brings stories to life from around the world!

Ventriloquism, too!

Meet “Daksi” the Invisible Talking Turtle!

He lives in a Basket and learns some VALUABLE lessons about manners and telling the truth your students won’t forget.

2008 Summer Reading Program presentation:

“You CAN Bug Me!”

(see below)

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Storytelling Programs Available:

“Historical Hysterics!”

Native American, Scottish, Irish (and Foolish!)

Laurette’s most requested Storytelling program, “Historical Hysterics” is geared to age group (pre-K through adult).

This energetic, interactive storytelling session includes “The Snake Story” with its important “Be Drug Free” message (popular during Red Ribbon Week).

Younger audiences also meet a chatty turtle who lives in a Cherokee basket – and won’t come out! Actually, Laurette’s a master ventriloquist – but I won’t tell if you won’t! And wouldn’t you know ALL the children want to meet the feisty little turtle and give him the cookie he’s been screaming for! He “helps” Laurette tell the old Cherokee tale “Why Turtle’s Shell is Cracked.”

Older students help Laurette re-enact Sequoyah's 1820 Syllabary experiment, where he proved to his people that the Syllabary (Cherokee Alphabet) could help the Cherokees advance by sharing their wisdom via “talking leaves” (books and the written Cherokee language).

Realizing that Sequoyah (George Guess) grew up without his father’s influence, that he suffered a physical handicap and was often ridiculed by his peers, students learn about overcoming obstacles, the high cost of leadership and the importance of following one's dream.

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Note: Often schools will select Great Women of the Frontier for grades 4 and above, and “Historical Hysterics” for the younger students. These 2 programs can be performed back-to-back during the morning or afternoon.

Great Women of the Frontier combined with “Historical Hysterics” geared to older audiences makes for an entertaining, educational program as well.

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2008 Summer Reading Program Show:

You Can Bug Me!

Bug stories and songs - from sensible (Aesop’s “The Grasshopper and the Ants”) to mythical (the Cherokee “First Fire Story”) to delightfully silly (“The Wugabug Tree”) - with the "Woman of 101 Voices!"

Join Laurette and her talking turtle, Daksi, who lives in a basket (he REALLY likes bugs!).

FYI: Laurette is the voice of the "singing child" in the ubiquitous "Don't Bug Me!" TV and radio commercials for the Tulsa Health Department's Flu Prevention campaign.

But for THIS show she says, "You CAN Bug Me!"

Length: 45-60 minutes

Age or Grade Level(s): PK-6^th grade

Fee: $500 one show; $750 two shows (funding from Oklahoma Arts Council available)

Call Laurette for booking information: 918-458-1800

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“Folktales of Scotland”

“Oh, you’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road

And I’ll be in Scotland a’fore ye…”

Join Laurette in full Scottish regalia for Folktales of Scotland. With convincing Highlander’s accent and flair, “The Woman of 101 Voices” takes us “across the pond” to experience some of Scotland’s most treasured folktales.

Meet the beautiful young heroine Jennet MacKenzie who rescues princely Tam Lin from the frighteningly evil Queen of the Faeries in the haunting “Ballad and Tale of Tam Lin.”

Become part of the fun when Laurette invites volunteers from the audience on stage to help her tell the hilarious children’s tale, “The Wee Mannie and the Great Big Coo” (a.k.a. “The Little Boy and the Big Cow).

Try out the Scottish dialect for yourself as Laurette teaches you to speak with the proper Highlander’s “burr” – “It’s a brrroad brrrickt moonlickt nick tonick” (…a broad bright moonlight night tonight!).

“Folktales of Scotland” promises to be an enchanting experience the whole family will enjoy.

We’ll see you – “on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond!”

Looking for SHAKESPEARE in a

STORYTELLING format?

Check out:

Storytelling – Shakespeare!

“The Woman of 101 Voices”

meets “The Bard of Avon!”

Also known as Great Women of Shakespeare, it’s Shakespeare in a clever storytelling format suitable for grades 4 thru adult!

Storytelling allows the broad sweep of the stories to be told, while creating a framework for some of Shakespeare’s most stirring soliloquies to be presented as well.

Laurette presents Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth with a background of Shakespeare’s life.

One-Woman Shows:

Laurette’s original one-woman shows and workshops

are available for matching funds from the Oklahoma Arts Council

or the Heartland Arts Fund (search under Willis)for Public non-profit groups and schools.

• Great Women of the Bible

• Susanna Wesley: LIVE!

• The Nutty ‘40s Radio Show!

• Great Women of the Frontier

• Historical Hysterics

• Storytelling Shakespeare

• Introducing: Miss Emily Dickinson

• Great Women of the Oil Fields

• Folktales of Scotland

• Reflections: Letters from World War II

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Keynote Presentations and Seminars

Including: Fitness for His Witness (featuring PraiseMoves™)

Personality Puzzle, Becoming a Vessel of Honor,

Leadership Skills, Drama and more!

Please see our STORE for Products available:

"Sing Along Songs and Tell-A-Tale Stories" cassette (Cherokee, Osage, Irish and Scottish Tales and Tunes; plus the Cherokee Syllabary song w/sheet you can enlarge to teach others!).

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