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The Brother Blue and Ruth Hill Award Call for Nominations This award is named in honor of its two original recipients Brother Blue (a.k.a. Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill) and Ruth Hill. Both have long been recognized and honored as tireless in their promotion of storytelling and storytellers throughout the New England region. Each year the LANES Board of Directors presents the award to one recipient in recognition of his or her extraordinary commitment and efforts to promote a broader understanding of the art of storytelling and the support of storytellers in the development of their art. It serves, as Brother Blue, has said, “To honor those who give their lives to storytelling to change the world.” For a candidate to be considered for this award they must have demonstrated their dedication in creating and nurturing a strong storytelling community, be it by individual mentoring, guild or event venues or by fostering a greater public awareness of storytelling and its applications in all areas of society.
Brother Blue and Ruth Hill taken in 2007 Any LANES member(s) is eligible for nomination, but as this is a regional award, their work must primarily be of benefit to the Northeast area or completed during a time when they were a resident of any of the New England states or New York State Any person may submit a nominee for consideration by sending a letter of application and essay detailing support for their nomination. Additional letters of support are encouraged but not required. Nominations for the 2012 award must be submitted to the Board of Directors of LANES via email ONLY and be received by January 31, 2012. Late submissions will not be considered. A recipient will be selected by the LANES Board of Directors based only on the nominating application, essay and other relevant materials submitted. Current members of the LANES Board are not eligible for nomination. Presentation of the award will be made on the Saturday evening of the Sharing the Fire Conference on March 17, 2012 at the Sovereign Hotel, Albany, New York. Nominations and supporting materials for the 2012 Brother Blue and Ruth Hill Award can be submitted electronically to: Please identify your submission by marking the subject in the email Nomination.
To Visit past recipients of the Brother Blue and Ruth Hill please click here. Here is a list of all the Honorees of the Brother Blue Ruth Hill Award: 2011 Robert Smyth 2010 Founders of MASSMOUTH – Andrea Lovett, Doria Hughes, Norah Dooley, and Stu Mendelson 2009 Karen Chace 2008 Ann Shapiro 2007 Onawumi Jean Moss 2006 Glenn Morrow 2005 Peg O’Sullivan 2004 Barbara Lipke 2003 George Radcliffe 2002 Brother Blue and Ruth Hill
On behalf of the LANES,
Yvonne Yvonne Zinicola Executive Director, LANES League for Advancement of New England Storytelling, Inc. Serving New England and New York Website: www.lanes.org Phone: 857-205-2637 Email: lanesdirector@gmail.com or director@lanes.org A Living Tribute to Brother BlueThe passing of Brother Blue leaves a hole in our lives. That hole, though painful, also creates a space to be filled with good work. The recipients of this award and the tellers in the streets, prisons, schools, churches and around the table are a A Living Tribute to Brother Blue. The Story Space 20th Anniversary Celebration
Admission: $15 in advance / $20 at the door
www.StorySpace.org and click on EVENTS for Ticket Info
On February 7, 2012, storytellers from Boston and beyond will celebrate a milestone:
the 20-year anniversary of Tuesday night storytelling in Cambridge, Mass. The series begun in 1992 by world renowned master storyteller Brother Blue and his wife, Ruth Edmonds Hill will mark the occasion with a blowout evening of top shelf storytelling and a few surprises.
Brother Blue has since passed on and Ruth Edmonds Hill is no longer involved in running the series, but a team of committed regulars carries the torch to this day with the same Tuesday evenings of eclectic open mic plus features from as far away as northern N.E., New York, other parts of the U.S. and even Great Britain.
The celebration will be held in the beautiful wainscoted vestry in Harvard-Epworth Church featuring Jay O'Callahan , www.ocallahan.com a headliner at storytelling festivals all over the country including the National Storytelling Festival. He has performed at Lincoln Center in New York City and was commissioned by NASA to create a story celebrating the space agency’s 50th anniversary. Local storytellers including Michael Anderson, Kevin Brooks, Mike Cohen, Laura Packer and Diana Valentine will round out the program. There will be special segments highlighting the 20-year odyssey interspersed throughout the program .The evening will be an opportunity for those involved in the series to look back and forward and for those unfamiliar with the venerable gathering to tune in and enjoy some of the best Boston area storytelling. Join the Story Space on Facebook click here.
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More details to come – follow the updates on this Website for SHARING THE FIRE The Northeast Storytelling Conference 2012 We want to provide you with all the information you would like to make choices about Sharing the Fire 2012. So check out the updates on www.lanes.org at our STF 2012 Overview with links frequently and we will also put updates out in the Museletters leading up to the event and now and then through emails to you.
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