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Sharing stories in Brockville
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(09/20/11) Some of Canada's best storytellers will gather at the Brockville Museum on Friday and Saturday for the 13th Annual Festival of Storytelling. Among the guests this weekend will be Newfoundland fiddler and storyteller Kelly Russell and Sally Jaeger, telling stories for the whole family. Artistic Director Deborah Dunleavy, a member of the Thousand Islands Yarnspinners, says the event will include stories, spooky costumes and fiddle music. Todd Moe spoke with her about the art of telling tales.

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The Crystal: love and pickpocketing
Storyteller Bill LaLonde. Photo: Storytellers of Canada
Storyteller Bill LaLonde. Photo: Storytellers of Canada
(05/17/11) Our storytelling series, The Crystal, continues with Brockville storyteller Bill LaLonde. He shares a tale about love and pickpocketing in Victorian London.

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The Crystal: a Scottish tale of royal riddles
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(03/18/11) Our occasional storytelling series, The Crystal, continues. Brockville storyteller Deborah Dunleavy shares a story from Scotland about a king who tries to trick a man with a series of riddles, but in the end the joke is on him.
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The Crystal: A Valentine's Day party to remember
Storyteller Deborah Dunleavy
Storyteller Deborah Dunleavy
(02/14/11) This month, the Crystal storyteller Deborah Dunleavy tells a story of a Valentine's Day from her childhood where she threw a big party for her friends and her father, a firefighter, saved the day.
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A Scottish story of love and good luck
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(01/28/11) Brockville storyteller Deborah Dunleavy shares a story of love and good luck from Scotland on the January edition of "The Crystal."
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Brockville concert to promote local music and palliative care
(01/18/11) Brockville singer-songwriters Robert Graham and Ashley Armstrong will join blues guitarist Pat Johnson this Sunday afternoon in a concert billed as a Songwriter Showcase. The concert is also a fundraiser for palliative care at the Brockville General Hospital. The concert, at Bud's on the Bay, starts at 2 o'clock. Robert Graham told Todd Moe that the concert will feature the three musicians playing their own tunes, improvising together and talking about how their music.

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The Crystal: A New Year's tale from northern Quebec
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(12/31/10) Brockville storyteller Deborah Dunleavy shares a midwinter tale about a young logger and a flying canoe at a lumber camp in northern Quebec.
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The Crystal: A sweet Christmas story
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(12/22/10) Brockville storyteller Deborah Dunleavy shares a childhood Christmas story about her grandfather's homemade candy canes.
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The Crystal: A story of love with a ghostly twist
Storyteller Deborah Dunleavy
Storyteller Deborah Dunleavy
(11/26/10) Deborah Dunleavy, a storyteller based in Brockville, Ontario, is telling us a story a month as a part of our series, "The Crystal". Today, a story of true love with a ghostly twist.
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A spooky story for the season
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(10/27/10) What would Halloween be without a spooky story? Brockville professional storyteller Deborah Dunleavy visited NCPR recently to share a favorite tale about Aaron Kelly's return from the grave for one more dance.
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