ASANTE SANA * OURSTORIANS * THANK YOU's

...TELLABRATION! has been a globally sanctioned storytelling event for almost two decades...

The Reno - Tahoe events this past week served many purposes for me...In the spirit of those who honor and respect the sanctity of the spoken word...I am proud to have been...and will continue to be an active participant in the preservation & perpetuation of the oral tradtions...

I can never ignore the surge of power felt...we knew we all connected with other people all over the globe this past weekend similarly...Sharing OURstory via Spoken Word...Song & Seminar!

We gathered together on a welcoming peice of healing ground as the sun reached it's highest in the midday sky...

And 'round midnight our unifying circle could not be broken...as we watched the bonfire embers climb so high up in that ethereal blue black velvety starry moonlit riverside sky...

We touched and agreed...we will PROCEED...

WE ALL ANSWERED YES TO THE QUESTION OF CONTINUANCE...WE AGREED TO COMMIT 365 DAYS...ALL WAYS...CELBRATING THE 19 NOVEMBER GLOBAL EVENT...ANNUALLY!

NEW WAYS CAUSING THE LOVE TO STAY!

...still resonating from the magical time spent last week...I have sincere gratitude for...I render unequivocal praise to...

THE GODDESSENCE.......THE UNIVERSE
SHERON' JACKSON.......ULTRA YOUth!
KATIE & KATIE.......DRUM CIRCLE / THE BOTTLE TREE
TOM STILLE.......INTERPRETIVE GARDENS / ELDER FIRE DANCER
MONIQUE MONTEVERDE.......THE RIVER SCHOOL
FARMER TODD RISSONE.......SAGEWIND COMMUNITY GARDEN
LAURA FILLMORE.......WESTERN PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER
STEVE PALMER.......PEACESONG.......UJIMA!
PAUL & BRYAN.......VISUAL ART
CHRIS GOODE.......PEACE, POETRY & SONG
WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARIES
FAITH......IMANIJEWELCRAFT
KIM ELISE.......PEACE, POETRY & SONG
DREAMER'S
LEE DAZEY.......PEACE, POETRY & SONG
JAVA JUNGLE
LAUREL ROBBINS.......BIG MAMA DRUMS
LAWRENCE V. YARBROUGH.......BLACK BOX THEATRE / VISUAL ART
RENO NEWS & REVIEW
DR. VONSTER.......SPOKEN WORD / POETRY
LAURICE C. JOHNSON.......HEALING / CREATIVE MOVEMENT / SONG
WAYLAND FRYE.......ULTRA YOUth!
ANOCHA GHOSHACHANDRA......."ANYAHAM" JEWELRY
MAX ROGERS.......VISUAL ART
EILEEN LUTTRELL.......CALLIGRAPHER
HAJII ACKLIN.......ULTRA YOUth! / PRINTING
BOB COLAIZZI.......CAVEMAN on WHEELS / DRUM CIRCLES
HASANI TABARI.......ULTRA YOUth! / PR
DIANE BLACK.......DRUM CIRCLE / UJIMA!
MISS WANETTA RENAY.......SPOKEN WORD / PEACESONG
CANYON WHITE.......PEACESONG
DAVE MANNING.......STORY SONGS
THE PURPLE LADY.......POETRY
PENELOPE K. POWELL.......ULTRA YOUth! / VISUAL ART
SIR ANTHONY ALAG.......ULTRA YOUth! / UJIMA!
MARGRET TURNER.......STORYTELLER / WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
CAROL PURROY.......FACILITATOR / AUTHOR / STORYTELLER
DENNIS GROVER......W/ LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL1

SO...WHETHER FAXING OR PHONING...PLANNING OR PRAYING...COOKING OR DRIVING...HOSTING OR PERFORMING...CHANTING OR JOINING...IT IS ALL SO MUCH LIKE REAL LOVE TO ME!

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TELLABRATION! '05...
* umoja * kujichagulia * ujima * ujamma * nia * kuumba * imani *
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asante sana.......thank YOU!

KOGLOMERANT * KINARAS

...an intergenerational, culturally diverse, multi-media / disciplinary arts initiative in specific keeping with THE NGUZO SABA (7 Principles of KWANZAA) as a tested & tried true community empowerment model for PEACE...

...for workshop, exhibition, interview & performance opportunity...

PLEASE CONTACT US:

ultrayouth.ag.arts@gmail.com

ASANTE SANA...THANK YOU!

THE BOTTLE TREE

In 1878, Memphis, Tennessee was devastated by a Yellow Fever Epidemic...affected families hung blue medicine bottles on tree limbs near their homes...they were of the mindset that this practice would ward off the evil spirits associated with the plague...

Some hung then...and still hang bottles from family fruit trees...believing, should anyone eat from the tree without the owner's permission, that the protective spirits residing within the bottles would cause the perpetrator's bowels to literally explode!

This practice has it's roots in belief systems yet alive, brought over with captive Africans and perpetuated by many centuries of Amer*Afrikan offspring...generational victims of the horrific Trans Atlantic Slave Trade (beginning in 1502)...

Some thought then and many still say now...the hung bottles recieve voice from the wind...and when water is poured into the bottles, "jes' so" the ancestor's voices are given to speak within the rythm of the wind...seemingly, guiding and protecting all of heART and mind who would but listen and hear...enabling many to remember and too, recall...

Cross cultural interminglings have made the preservation & perpetuation of the spiritual and asthetic appeal of bottle trees so significant that latter day versions of them are recognized as cultural purveyors and visual symbols of ECO*ENVIRO*ARTS
movements...

...heART tree of hoME...
...that tree of magic...
...that tree of music...
...that tree of light & lore...
...THAT BOTTLE TREE...
...that tree of memory...
...of life...
...of love...
...of heART...
...THE BOTTLE TREE IS THE TREE OF AMER*AFRIKAN...
...OURSTORY...
...COMMUNITY Sharing / Caring / Protection...
...&...
HISTORICAL * GENEALOGY!

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PLEASE SCHEDULE TO VISIT OUR R.E.A.L.
 (* Responsibility * Earth * Art * Learning *)
RENO "INTERGENERATIONAL BOTTLE TREES"
@
PARADISE PARK
 &
 THE BOY'S & GIRL'S CLUB!

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heARTfelt appreciation to:

*CARROLLTON FARMS
*Davene Kaplan
CITY of RENO / PARKS
* Tom Stille
INTERPRETIVE GARDENS
*Amber Sallaberry
GREAT BASIN FOOD CO-OP
*ULTRA CULTURE AG*ARTS CoOp

Asante Sana.......Thank YOU Very Much!

TELLABRATION! / RIVERSCHOOL SCHEDULE / 19 NOV 05

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* 9:30a-11:45a.......(VENDOR / PRESENTOR) SET-UP
* NOON...............WELCOME!
* 12:30-1:45p........Workshops / Site Tours / QUILTING, STORY, SONG CIRCLES
* 2:00-3:15p........." " " " "
* 3:30-4:45p........." " " " "
* 5:00p-12:00a.......POTLUCK / FEAST / DRUM CIRCLE / FIRESPINNERS / STORYCIRCLES
* 6:30-7:45p.........WORKSHOPS / TOURS
* 8:00-9:15p........." " " " " "
* 9:30-10:45p........" " " " " "
* MIDNIGHT...........CLOSING

************************************************************************************* PLEASE CONTACT US:

www.mayberrybend.com
ultrayouth.ag.arts@gmail.com

ASANTE SANA...THANK YOU!