Williams Lake is more than rodeo,
It's history and landscape and stories and friends.
It the kind of place people relocate to when they get sick of big city trends.
It's hiking and biking and touring and sites,
It's staying at guest ranches where you can still see the stars come out at night.
It's the kind of place to build big tree forts when you are little
Where you can lay in the fragrant tall grass and hear echoes of a fiddle
Of days gone past but have been treasured for today
When you talk to the locals you'll likely hear some say
Williams Lake is more than rodeo
Everything you need is here, you don't have far to go.
2011 Art Walk and Sale from Sam Numsen on Vimeo.
Friday August 5th marked the start of the 2011 Art Walk and Sale in Williams Lake. Pick up a passport at any of the 35 participating merchants and enjoy some great local talent. The event runs through to September 9th.
WORKSHOPS
INSPIRATION FOR INTERPRETATION
Using demonstration, group work and mentoring participants will be engaged using skills gained over 8 years of interpretive internship in Canada’s National Parks and National Historic Sites.
Practical skills will include; research tricks, identifying the message, public speaking skills, how and when to use images and props, storytelling, and working with group dynamics.
Each participant will gain insight into their own strengths as community teachers and will have the tools to create enduring educational experiences.
STORYTELLING WITH A PURPOSE, WRITING FORBIDDEN!
Using the participant’s own stories, as a group we willinvestigate how to best share a story using time honoured tricks of the trade. Participants will be able to identify the elements that make a story have meaning and longevity.
This is an active workshop that will build on verbal stories and the skills needed to engage large or small audiences.
Successful participants will be invited to participate in a community story telling festival or event.
FYI- I LOVE WILLIAMS LAKE
Find the connections available to everyone in Williams Lake to find your special place and personal purpose with passion. By sharing stories from historic events, nature viewing opportunities and little known secrets participants will appreciate why Williams Lake is poised upon the brink of cultural fabulous-ness!
This workshop is a great way to network with like minded people and add to your personal local knowedge.
Dialogue will be encouraged to brainstorm what participants feel are Williams Lake's most significant attributes and how their personal abilities will be an asset to the community and future.
CREATE A TOPIC
YOU identify skills Dandelion offers and would like to see strengthened in your home team. Be creative! Workshop ideas do not need to be limited to what is offered.
By asking for more from your local businesses, your community and yourself you will be surprised by what we can acheive together!
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