Another wonderful concert! Stepping Up and Stepping Out, featuring some of fantastic shortlisted artists from The Stepping Up Commission, a collaborative project between GAWIE and House of the West Wind College of Storytelling.
From our Stepping Up Commission, we presented Hannah Moore, Lindsey Gibb & Katrina Pike (collaboration), and Adam Miller. Of course, we have our regular Cath’s Cupboard of Customs, by Cath Edwards! Our host was Amy Douglas.
Two hours of beautiful word-smithery… here is our host, Amy Douglas Storyteller‘s summing up of the night:
Walking home with the moonlight for company
Horses gleaming, bridles jewelled and feathered
A crown of ivy and silver
The rowan, the wren and the setting sun
The lure of painting people
Goosey Gander heading for the gallows
Breaking silence brings bad luck
If on the stairs, do not stop, but continue to the top
But then I stumbled and met a weasel
Come up the stairs, up the stairs,
Bring something to warm me old bones
A single red flower
To bring luck and love
A bright falcon
Words into wishes
Sharp shards of betrayal
Eyes like balls of fire
Spinning golden eggs
You have come a long way, you can go further
Tears welled up unstoppable
Each step resounding like a bell
My hair won’t hold me back
The wind plucks the rigging
The gall of this woman!
A black cast iron cannon
I run, fuelled by beauty
I lean into the cold and the roar
The waves will keep coming
But soo will the calm in between
There’s magic in this moment of being and letting go
A fiddle fling
Aardvarks and snakes, elephants and a cat
A forest full of Mooovers
Freestyle is my thing
Explore and extend
The water and sky do the listening
I’m a force to be reckoned with
I’m fire and water, I am smelly
I dance with old friends, new friends, sister friends
Until we jumped back into our souls
One pirate, Two Queens, Three witches
Ticket holders – watch out for the link in your inbox in the next couple of days so that you can rewatch at your leisure!
Our next online concert will be ‘The Spectrum of Gender’ featuring Aaron Oliver, Cindylou Turner Taylor, Jon Mason stories and Polis Loizou on Thursday 13th July