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Storytime is an amazing thing that happens at the public library where a group of Williams students read and act out a storybook or two in front of an audience of adorable and adoring children, complete with fantastic costumes, usually assembled from the closets of the participants, and incredible props, such as giant stuffed dogs as noble steedsIt occurs at least once a month on a Saturday morning or afternoon, and is wonderful.  If you are interested, contact [mailto:08aeh@williams.edu Ariel Heyman], '08.
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''This is an article about the tradition of reading tales to friends and children begun circa spring 2002. For information on the tale-telling in the [[Paresky Center]] informally known by the same name, see [[Let Me Tell You A Story]].
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Storytime is a tradition of gathering together to tell and listen to stories.  The stories are usually fairy, folk, or modern bedtime tales, though this is usually of the host's choosing.  The setting has evolved over the years, but always attempts to capture a milieu of innocence, usually in a cozy environment.
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Presently, Storytime is an event for local children at the [[Williamstown Public Library]] organized and performed by Williams students. To join or attend, contact [[Ariel Heyman]], '08, at <email>08aeh@williams.edu</email>.
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==History==
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Storytime began as the brainchild of Chris Holmes '03.  There were some readings during the spring of 2002, but the tradition really got going during his senior year in fall of 2002, when he switched rooms with a friend in [[Currier Hall|Currier]] so that he could have the second floor room whose window opened out to the balconyFrom that ledge, he read stories regularly to members of a group of [[Odd Quad]]ders and friends who would eventually become the [[Deviants]].  Chris or his close friend Jesse Dill '04 would usually choose the stories and listeners would spread sleeping bags and blankets and gather on the quad grass to listen, usually at night.
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[[Image:Storytime_Hopkins_2004.jpg|thumb|right|Three '05s ready to share stories in a gathering in [[Mark Hopkins Hall]] [[common room]], 12 Jan 2004]]
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An event by the same name and in similar character was carried on by a group of friends, most from the [[http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Category:Class_of_2005|'05]], based in [[Mark Hopkins House]] in the [[Greylock Quad]]. Meetings were in the building's first floor [[common room]] and usually featured things baked by Jocelyn Gardner '05 and her helpers.
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[[Image:Storytime_at_WPL_spring05.jpg|thumb|right|Cast of the telling of "Rapunzel" to children at the [[Williamstown Public Library]], May 14, 2005.]]
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In fall 2004 and after, Storytime changed into a reading and performance for children at the [[Williamstown Public Library]], led then by Lucy Thiboutot '05, who recruited her friends to read and play characters from children's tales.  Quite many of the players and costumes were from the [[Elizabethans]].  Weekend mornings or afternoons were typical times.  Rehearsal minimal.  Props might include a giant stuffed dog serving as a noble steed.
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==Contacts==
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*<email>08aeh@williams.edu</email>

Latest revision as of 00:50, March 31, 2008

This is an article about the tradition of reading tales to friends and children begun circa spring 2002. For information on the tale-telling in the Paresky Center informally known by the same name, see Let Me Tell You A Story.

Storytime is a tradition of gathering together to tell and listen to stories. The stories are usually fairy, folk, or modern bedtime tales, though this is usually of the host's choosing. The setting has evolved over the years, but always attempts to capture a milieu of innocence, usually in a cozy environment.

Presently, Storytime is an event for local children at the Williamstown Public Library organized and performed by Williams students. To join or attend, contact Ariel Heyman, '08, at <email>08aeh@williams.edu</email>.

History

Storytime began as the brainchild of Chris Holmes '03. There were some readings during the spring of 2002, but the tradition really got going during his senior year in fall of 2002, when he switched rooms with a friend in Currier so that he could have the second floor room whose window opened out to the balcony. From that ledge, he read stories regularly to members of a group of Odd Quadders and friends who would eventually become the Deviants. Chris or his close friend Jesse Dill '04 would usually choose the stories and listeners would spread sleeping bags and blankets and gather on the quad grass to listen, usually at night.

Three '05s ready to share stories in a gathering in Mark Hopkins Hall common room, 12 Jan 2004

An event by the same name and in similar character was carried on by a group of friends, most from the [[1]], based in Mark Hopkins House in the Greylock Quad. Meetings were in the building's first floor common room and usually featured things baked by Jocelyn Gardner '05 and her helpers.

Cast of the telling of "Rapunzel" to children at the Williamstown Public Library, May 14, 2005.

In fall 2004 and after, Storytime changed into a reading and performance for children at the Williamstown Public Library, led then by Lucy Thiboutot '05, who recruited her friends to read and play characters from children's tales. Quite many of the players and costumes were from the Elizabethans. Weekend mornings or afternoons were typical times. Rehearsal minimal. Props might include a giant stuffed dog serving as a noble steed.

Contacts

  • <email>08aeh@williams.edu</email>