Coalmines, Council Houses, & Corsets: The Life & Times of a Scottish Granny

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Friday, January 22nd, 2016
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Coalmines, Council Houses, and Corsets
presented by International Storyteller, Norma Cameron

This collection of stories is based on Norma's Granny Jamieson (the most amazing storyteller Norma has ever heard) and were written in honour of her Granny.

Everyone deserves a Granny Jamieson. Everyone deserves to learn how to create a world full of laughter, mystery, romance and adventure simply by tapping into the power of story and imagination.

Audience members will be invited to walk down memory lane to a time when religious segregation, clan wars and class structure were alive and well in the small coal-mining town of Cambusnethan in the lowlands of Scotland.

They will discover how Helen Jamieson, born in 1900 into poverty, manages to carve out a life full of love, laughter and adventure. With one foot firmly planted in Cambusnethan as the wife of a coalminer and the other in the land of wonderment, she shares this world with her granddaughter through her incredible gift as a storyteller.

Engage your own imagination and, through stories, visit Granny Jamieson’s council house and mining community; taste the fish and chips from the chippie on the corner and a shandy from the local miners’ pub. Travel with Granny to Rio de Janeiro, Africa and other far-flung places. Visit Buckingham Palace and learn about Granny’s role in helping the Queen Mum…and so much more.

When her Granny Jamieson died in 1994, Norma decided to honour her legacy and she, too, became a storyteller. Born just outside Glasgow, Norma has been a writer, actor and lover of stories for as long as she can remember. She has performed across Canada, the USA, England, Scotland and Ireland. She has served as the President of the Storytellers of Canada, and teaches storytelling to individuals and organizations through her business, The Narrative Company.

If you want to see Norma in action, you can watch her TedxTalk on YouTube: Cultivating Narrative Intelligence. She has lived on Vancouver Island for over 11 years and continues to write and tell stories whenever she can.

The lilt of her voice and warmth of her stories will warm your heart and leave you smiling.

Storytelling evenings at the McMillan are very popular and people are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance at the McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan Street. The Arts Centre is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 4:00. Tickets are $12.00 or $10.00 for Arts Centre members. Remaining tickets will be available at the door.

You may purchase also purchase tickets to this performance on-line from Eventbrite.ca. 

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Remaining tickets will be sold at the door on the night of the performance.

For more information about the Tales for the Telling, Storytelling for Adults, series, go to our website, talesforthetelling.org