MAGIC OF ONE for 2009-10
KIVIUQ The Inuit Epic
Featuring Kira Van Deusen, Vancouver storyteller and cellist
February 26th, 7:30 PM
Admission $15 at the door. VENUE: AQUA BOOKS, at 274 Garry St. Aqua Books can seat 115, so come early, and browse or visit Eat Bistro while you wait for the show to start.
MAGIC OF ONE IS RE-GROUPING THIS YEAR Only One Magic of One Concert this season! We are also pleased to announce that Kira Van Deusen, from Vancouver, will return for a one woman concert in February, 26th, 2010, when she will be telling the Inuit Epic tale of Kiviuq. An accomplished musician as well as storyteller, Kira will be accompanying herself on cello.
As you might know, a group of us in the local storytelling community are working hard at bringing to life the Manitoba Storytelling Guild. Eventually this will become the “umbrella” for Stone Soup Storytellers, Magic of One, and other storytelling ventures. At our most recent meeting, it became clear that Magic of One has to take a year’s rest from organized concerts because we are spread too thin right now. Our efforts must go into organizing the Guild, and we hope to have everything in order within this 2009/10 season. It’s our hope that the Storytelling Guild will eventually take responsibility for a renewed Magic of One Concert series down the road. So, for this season we will be offering one excellent Magic of One Concert in February 2010 — Kira Van Deusen from Vancouver. We hope to have an official Guild opening by this time. If you want to add your name as a person interested in hearing more about the Guild and its activities, please do write to Kay Stone, who is keeping the list of names: kayfstone@gmail.com
More News
July 2010 - Winnipeg Fringe Fest Show
Magic of One will be in the Fringe again this summer. We will updtae this information as soon as we know our venue.
July 2009 - Winnipeg Fringe Fest Show
Come to “SKIN DEEP” at the July 2009 - Winnipeg Fringe Fest Show
SKIN DEEP
Last year’s 4 & 1/2 star storytellers are back with more tales and music about the erotic surface and fearful depth of our human nature. It’s skinny and its deep. We will hold you in the palm of our hands and give you no quarter!
“This is the place to come and see master story-weavers at work.” 2008 Free Press
Our show runs from July 15-18, & July 22-25, at 7:00 PM, Aqua Books. The Show is 75 minutes long, and features the same great cast from last year’s 4 & 1/2 star show: stories from Tom Roche, Mary Louise Chown, Kay Stone, and music from Michael Cobus, & Kevin Scott. Come early for supper of stay for an after show snack at Eat Bistro.
Next Year at a glance
There will be ONE concert during our upcoming season. We hope to be back in full swing in the fall of 2010. February 26: ” Kiviuq” with visiting storyteller Kira Van Deusen
Last Year at a Glance
NOVEMBER
GRANDMOTHER’S KNEE: SINGING & TELLING THE OLD STORIES
- Friday, Nov. 7 at The Opera House in Manitou MB
- Saturday, Nov. 8 at Aqua Books at 274 Garry Street
Special Guest Artist, Anita Best, from Newfoundland Anita Best is a traditional ballad singer and storyteller from Newfoundland, formerly with the group Figgy Duff. At both concerts, Anita will be joined by Al Thorleifson, a storyteller living in Manitou, and Celtic musicians Susan and Paul Hammer. Anita will also be available for a lecture at the University of Winnipeg, and for a teaching session sponsored by the Manitoba Storytelling Guild Conversations With Anita: An Afternoon with Storyteller and Ballad singer Anita Best Sunday November 9, 2008 1:30 pm, Fred Douglas Place, 333 Vaughan St. $5.00 Limit of 30 Anita will be talking about her work of gathering and performing traditional material from Newfoundland communities, and will be open to questions and conversation. You will learn about her creative process in dealing with traditional material. Some of you may have heard Anita when she sang with the group Figgy Duff. After coming to our Saturday magic of One concert, enjoy this chance to get up close and personal with one of Canada’s storytelling treasures. To register for this session, email Kay at: kayfstone@gmail.com
Anita Best in concert
JANUARY
LOVE LIKE SALT January 23, 2009, at Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street, 7:30 PM. Winnipeg’s favourite raconteur Ron Robinson, joins local storyteller Rebecca Hiebert, and singer/songwriter exttraordinaire, Dan Frechette, for some spicy stories and songs. 
FEBRUARY
TALES FROM THE RAMAYANA February 28, 2009 Indo-Canadian Cultural Centre, 479 St. Mary’s Road A repeat of a popular previous concert with Laura Cowie, Jamie Oliviero, Tom Roche, accompanied with drum, chanting, and harmonium by George Berman and Nigel Basely, and a chance to hear some of the verses of the Ramayana in its original language. Note that this special concert will be presented at the Indo Canadian Arts and Cultural Centre, 479 St.Mary’s Rd, and will include an Indian buffet at 6:00 before the concert begins. This buffet is included in the cost of your ticket. Email Manitoba.Storytelling@gmail.com to reserve a ticket, because we expect that a large number of people from the Indo-Canadian community will be coming. Seasons ticket holder seats are already confirmed. The Centre’s a bit tricky to find, even though it’s on St. Mary’s Road (479 St. Mary’s Rd). The entrance to the Centre is between Bain Appliance and Midland Appliance, in Old St. Vital (a little north of the St. Anne’s Road junction). Go in between the buildings, and you’ll see a large parking lot…the Centre is at the back of the parking lot.
APRIL
THE WINE-DARK SEA: TALES FROM HOMER’S ODYSSEY April 17, 2009, 7:30 PM, and April 18th, 2009 at 2:00PM, at Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street With Classics scholar Jane Cahill, storytellers Kay Stone and Mary Louise Chown. Music by Chad Cornell.
Please Note that we are offering 2 concerts in April.
Our January concert was sold out, and we expect there will be a great interest in hearing stories from the Odyssey. Chad Cornell, of Hollow Reed Holistic, here in Winnipeg has graciously agreed to play music on his flute to accompany our stories.
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July 2008 - Winnipeg Fringe Fest Show
Magic of One’s show at the Fringe Festival received 4 & 1/2 Stars from the Free Press! The Seven Deadly Sins: Stories Told After The Fall
Tom Roche, Kay Stone, Mary Louise Chown Music by Michael Cobus & Kevin Scott