https://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com/ to find out more and to book :
Excited to be starting a new project working with pupils and staff at Elgin High School this coming year…
Elgin High receives a ‘storyteller residency’
01 Sep 2021 residence.
https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/elgin-high-receives-a-storyteller-residency-249677/
"Storytellers ought not to be too tame. They ought to be wild creatures who function adequately in society. They are best in disguise. If they lose all their wildness, they cannot give us the truest joys."- Ben Okri
Photos thanks to Earthtime
https://earthtime.co.uk
Throughout autumn 2021 carol will be touring Early Learning Centres throughout Moray with Give Me back My Drum ! an interactive storytelling session taking children on an imaginative journey using action, rhythm and rhyme to tell traditional tales of the oral tradition from Scotland and other cultures. Drawn form a selection of tales featuring animals and beasties, birds and mythical monsters, these stories connect children to the wild world in a playful way.
Carol is a member of the Scottish Storytelling Forum and can be found in the Scottish Storytelling Directory at :
TRACS https://tracscotland.org/storytellers/carol-scorer/
Storytelling performances include:
Adults
World of Children -WOMAD 2018
Interactive storytelling with rhythm and song
Past Events – bringing history to life with oral history and local stories :
Telling Tales of Archiestown – Commissioned to devise and perform two community plays, one with local primary school children and one with a local youth group to commemorate 250 years of the founding of this Speyside town.
Women of Moray – Commission to devise an oral history Inter-generational storytelling performance in Rothes, Speyside, which included primary school children, local volunteers and elderly care homes in the area. In conjunction with Ann Oliver as part of the Women of Moray book. (Women of Moray – Susan Bennett et al Luath press 2012)
Full film of this event can be can be found at: