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Fire Bird, The
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a Jack Tale story; Fire Bird story
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Sound recording, story; The Fire Bird, a
wonder tale and Jack tale, told by Michael Harvey in the Tythe
Barn at the Beyond the Border Festival, St Donats Art Centre,
Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales, 4th July 2004.
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An introduction to the story of Abram Wood's
arrival in Wales, by Michael Harvey. Abram Wood was a colourful
gypsy chieftan believed to be one of the first Romani gypsies to
come to Wales in around 1730, bringing with him a tradition of
music and storytelling. Followed by stockings and boots call and
response, and story told by Michael Harvey accompanied by harp
music.
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Jack sets off to seek his fortune. He gains a
companion in the form of a horse, and on his journey helps the
King of the Herrings and a giant, before finding a beautiful
golden feather. When the King sees the golden feather he demands
that Jack brings him the bird whose feather it is. The horse
takes Jack to the palace of a beautiful Princess where the bird
is kept. Jack takes the bird to the King, who then demands the
Princess. Jack returns to the Princess and with the horse's help
tricks her into being captured on a boat filled with silk. When
she realises she is trapped, the Princess throws a key over the
side of the boat. When the King meets the Princess he falls in
love, but on the request of the Princess Jack is then sent to
fetch her palace. Jack calls on the help of the giant who carries
the palace to the King. The King finds the door of the palace is
locked and demands Jack brings him the key. Jack calls on the
King of the Herrings to help him find the key. The Princess kills
the King and marries Jack.
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audience:-
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family
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recording quality
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condition:-
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fair
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 25 minutes, 8 seconds
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Beyond the Border Festival was founded in 1993 by Ben Haggarty,
Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, and David Ambrose, the
then Director of St Donats Arts Centre, Wales. The Festival was
founded as The Beyond the Border International Festival of
Storytelling and Epic Singing, but became known simply as Beyond
the Border. The festival ran from 1993 to 2006 co-directed by the
two founders: with Ben Haggarty programming storytellers and
David Ambrose programming musicians. Since 2007 the festival has
been directed by David Ambrose. The festival is a weekend event
running on the first weekend of July annually; attracting around
2,500 people from across Britain and from overseas. The festival
is sited at St Donats Arts Centre and in the grounds of St Donats
Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan on the South Coast of Wales.
Beyond the Border was initiated as part of the UK Year of
Literature in 1995. The successful bid submitted by Academi
Wales, prominently featured a storytelling festival. The original
Director of the UK Year of Literature was Maura Dooley, who had
been at the South Bank Centre in London when Ben Haggarty ran the
Third International Storytelling Festival there in 1989. Maura
Dooley supported the proposal brought to her by Ben Haggarty and
David Ambrose to hold an International festival and series of
summer schools at St Donats Castle and to begin Beyond the Border
in 1993 in order to build an audience and a core of Wales-based
artists for the Year of Literature in 1995. However before the
plan could be implemented Maura Dooley resigned from her post
(the position was later taken by Sean Dorran). Despite this, St
Donats Arts Centre was committed to the festival and Beyond the
Border was launched in July 1993. The 1993, 1994 and 1995
festivals were accompanied by summer schools, which produced a
number of storytellers including Megan Lloyd, Francis Maxey,
Richard Berry and Michael Harvey.
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Michael Harvey
male / British
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origin:-
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Wales
Romani; Gypsy
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Festival programme
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Michael Harvey performing during the festival
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Click to enlarge images
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programming:-
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Festival Co-Director: Ben Haggarty
Festival Co-Director: David Ambrose
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administration:-
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administrator: St Donats Arts Centre
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storytelling:-
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St Donats, Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales: St Donats Art
Centre: Tythe Barn
04 Jul 2004
festival: Beyond the Border Festival
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gift from:-
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St Donats Arts Centre
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007