Cathryn Tells All

"Sing in me, Muse, and through me lift the great tale again. Begin it, goddess, at whatever point you will." - Homer

Epic Day Epic Day

Pilgrim Tellers

To help reintroduce the long tale cycle, saga, myth and epic into our repertoires, I sponsor Epic Days in my home. Twice a year various Pilgrim Tellers gather in my home to retell an epic of our choosing. Tales are distributed on a first come first served basis and tellers tell in their own style and receive great feedback from the dedicated listeners. The pieces chosen are new to the teller, as it is meant to be a learning experience, not a polished performance. The conversation generated by the tales is wonderful, as is the potluck food! Eight hours of epic telling sponsors an intense listening experience rare in today's sound bite world. I feel this workshop is best kept in a small venue but would love to help others organize an epic day in their areas. It is a most fulfilling event.

Epics are nearly invisible today, but so much a part of us all. They are sophisticated sagas of good versus evil, courage, passion, destiny and were known to the literate and illiterate alike. They are best heard and shared, not merely read silently. Epics contain the values and pride of a time when to listen was to learn. Epics are the literature of the soul.

With from nine to fifteen tellers we have recreated -

2005 Canterbury Tales

2006 Welsh Mabinogion

2007 Arabian Nights

2008 Odyssey

2009 Ramayana

2010 Parsivale

And the beat goes on ...

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Cathryn Fairlee
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