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Guard's Finger, The
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| Sound recording, game; The Guard's Finger, led by Ben Haggarty, in a school session, in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 31st January 1985 | |
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| Introduction to the game by Ben Haggarty followed by game played by members of the audience. A game used to concentrate on listening skills. One child is elected as a guard, is blindfolded and given a set of bells of keys to guard. Others have to try to take the keys without being pointed at by the guard. | |
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| audience:- | child; school group |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds |
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| The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education. | |
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| storytelling game:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| images of Ben Haggarty performing for children during the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| festival flyer front cover | |
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| festival flyer showing introduction | |
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| festival flyer showing festival timetable | |
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| festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies | |
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| festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments | |
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| additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling game:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
31 Jan 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
email to The LCIS