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Lynn Torrie
Email: torriestories@gmail.com
Website: https://www.lynntorrie.com
Lynn combines a lifelong love of stories with more than 30 years of work as a children’s occupational therapist. She enjoys traditional tales that not only entertain, but also teach us how to live well with others and with our environment. She tells in schools, churches and community settings, with a particular fondness for child and family audiences. She is a regular teller at Toronto's 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling and hosts Storytelling Toronto's Meridian Storytent. She is a member of the York Storytelling Guild and has performed in Ottawa's "Signature Series", Toronto's "The Word on the Street" and is a regular at the Toronto Storytelling Festival.
Sample Programs:
Preschool: (mix of short stories with rhymes, songs and audience participation)
- Down on the Farm (Stories, Rhymes and Songs about farm animals)
- Halloween (Stories, Rhymes and Songs with a Not Too Scary message)
Primary Grades: (short folktales with audience participation)
- Folktales from Around the World
- Tales for a Kinder World –tales about kindness,caring and respect
- Tales of Adventure - plenty of action and excitement
- Lions,Tigers and Bears
- Warm Tales for Cold Days
Junior Grades: (traditional wisdom and wonder tales)
- SpookyTales- just scary enough to make Halloween fun
- Peace Tales
Intermediate (true stories from Ontario history)
- Settler’s tales- experience life in the late 1800s as a young woman survives a steamship wreck or an injured young man heads home from a winter lumber camp
Teen to Adult:
- Gender Benders and Queer Tales
- Healing tales- traditional tales of women claiming their power
Workshops:
Introduction to Storytelling (Beginner)
Storytelling for Worship (Beginner)
Story Skill Builders (Intermediate)
Hosting Your Zoom Event
Zoom for Instructors
Zoom Coaching- learn at your own pace, with 1:1 instruction
Videos:
The Thief and the Mask (all ages)
The Man Who Had Nothing (all ages)
Into the Storm (ages 10 and up)
The Reindeer Maiden and the Moon (adult)
Audio:
The Wax Child (all ages)
Assipattle and the Stoor Worm (ages 10 and up)
The Devil's Coat (adult)
Upcoming Events:
Storytent
Saturday July 8 1:00-2:00pm Eastern ONLINE FREE- Storytelling Toronto's story swap for the whole family!
Join in to tell a story or just to listen. All ages and abilities are welcome.
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By phone: 647 374 4685 Meeting ID: 917 5582 6557
Storytent
Saturday July 15 1:00-2:00pm Eastern ONLINE FREE- Storytelling Toronto's story swap for the whole family!
Join in to tell a story or just to listen. All ages and abilities are welcome.
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By phone: 647 374 4685 Meeting ID: 917 5582 6557
Tea 'n' Tales
Friday July 28 10:30-11:30am LIVE at the Guelph Enabling Garden Roiverside Park
Bring your lawn chair and a mug to enjoy free coffee or tea, while quantities last.
Arrive early and enjoy music from some of Guelph’s budding musicians.
Admission is FREE, but donations are gratefully accepted.