Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…………………………..

Had to use the well-known  Christmas song as my title if you know how football fans adapt it when playing away. At the end of today’s blog is my comments about my wonderful  Saturday at the footie but first a few words about last week’s Story Telling adventures.

I visited my village primary school last Monday. I am well-known  at the school and over the last year I have been in to do stories on the First World War, Shakespeare and World Book Day themes. I told my Angel story to K.S.2 and the Angry Snowman to K.S.1. Both are stories I know well and the children participated fully in the stories. Last Wednesday saw my Book Club present an entertainment extravaganza in the Three Horseshoes pub. It was a super evening with a fantastic mix of stories, poems and songs. The performers did really well and I think it was our best night ever and it has set a high bench mark for future evenings. I told a new story that I managed to learn in 10 days! I followed that up with two performances on Thursday in two different venues that were certainly different (stories and audiences).

To round off  a busy Thursday I went back to my old school for a retirement do. I had to speak at that as well! It was great seeing so many old friends. I was really lucky to have worked there for so long.

Finally the football. Clare and I went to Liverpool for the weekend. We were staying right by the Albert Dock. We went to an exhibition called The Danger Tree which has been going round the country commemorating  the Battle of the Somme. It involved using modern technology when you looked at the paintings which were on huge canvasses. It is difficult to find words to describe the whole exhibition but it was unbelievable and certainly brought the futility to the fore. Poems were read by famous actors that were played via an i-pad in a flurry of images through headphones as you viewed the paintings. It included how the painting’s layers were built up.

I shot off to Blackpool on Saturday to watch the mighty Hatters. It was a superb performance and a comprehensive win. The last two games have seen us playing us much more fluent football. I am hoping that we will be playing in a higher division next season, certainly confidence is growing. I won’t mention the cricket! Oh dear we are certainly coming second.

More about the weekend in my next blog!

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Bill Church is the story traveller, a former Headteacher who has a passion for sharing stories with people from 3 years up to 103 years of age. Bill loves stories; finding them (and the story’s story!), telling them and writing them! He is passionate in believing that everybody can tell stories and is keen to help people whatever their age do this. His blog ranges from his Story telling experiences to his obsessions sport, bird watching and cycling!

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