Drums, Songs & Stories of the Peoples of the Far North
This program is lighter on the songs and heavier on the spoken stories although several of the stories have songs sung within them. It was originally commissioned by Columbus Elementary School (Thornewood, NY) in 1999 as part of their third grade Social Studies Curriculum. I returned in January of 2000 to do a two week residency focusing on adapting Inuit tales.
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Songs: The Silkie (Ireland) Similar tales also show up in the Inuit tradition…
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Stories: This program can Focus solely on Inuit Tales or take a story from each culture or focus on one or two related cultures (ie. Inuit and Siberian or Russian and Scandinavian).
Inuit Tales:
- Skeleton Woman,
- Little Bear
- Land of the Birds
- Spider Woman
- The Dancing Fox,
- Worms & Lice
- (with the exception of Skeleton Woman, these tales were developed with 3rd graders during a residency at Columbus Ave. Elementary School.)
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Irish Tales:
- The Silkie
Scandinavian Tales:
- The “foolish” Farmer
- A taste of Scandinavian Humor
- Pathfinder.
Russian Tales:
- Baba Yaga
Siberian and Alaskan Tales:
- Raven Stops the Rain
- Raven Releases the Sun
- Why Shaman’s Drums Only Have One Head
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Instruments Used:
- African Djembe
- African Djun-Djun
- Irish Bodhran
- Siberian Shaman Drum
- Guitar
- Wooden Irish Low Whistle
Sound Effects:
- Wind Tubes
- Thunder Tubes
- Tunder Drum (the Dgiant Djun-Djun)
- Shakers
- Ocean Drum
- & more…
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