SCEP Live Online with Storyteller Alton Chung
March 23, 10:00am - 10:45amMānoa Campus, Hosted by Kaunoa Senior Center Online
Local boy聽Alton Takiyama-Chung聽grew up with the stories, superstitions, and the magic of the Hawaiian Islands.聽 He tells聽stories聽of聽the Plantation Days,聽the Japanese-American experience of WWII,聽Asian folktales,聽Hawaiian legends, and of course, ghost stories.聽聽He has been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festivals, and at international storytelling festivals in the Cayman Islands, Singapore, Vietnam, India, and Thailand. 聽He is also聽a聽former Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Storytelling Network, the national organization for US storytellers.
Folktales from Near and Far Tuesday, March 23 at 10:00am
Come journey with us with folktales from around the world without leaving the comforts of home. Travel to Korea, where a boy collects stories and stuffs them into a bag;聽to Africa, where a beautiful necklace becomes the reason for jealousy and deceit;聽and to Ireland, where a poor piper plays a joke on an unfriendly farmer and his wife. These andother destinations await with your passport to story.
Pau Hana: Stories from Plantation Days Wednesday, March 24聽at 10:00am
Travel back to the 1930s聽to the area around Waipahu town and Pearl Harbor, with true stories from the Plantation Days. Years ago, Alton was lucky enough to interview Charles Ishikawa, a retired principal and schoolteacher, who grewup in a plantation camp near Waipahu. Hear his stories from his 鈥渉anabata days,鈥 as a rascal growing up in the yearsjust before WWII.
Legends from Old Hawai鈥榠 Thursday, March 25聽at 10:00am
In Hawai鈥榠, we are lucky to have such a rich tradition of folktales and legends. Take a few legends of Pele, the Goddess of the Volcano, add in a shark tale or two, stir in an escapade of the ultimate trickster and demi-god, Maui, and we have the makings of a fun time.聽Sit back and enjoy these traditional tales and perhaps one or two 鈥渘ew鈥 undiscovered favorites.
Event Sponsor
Outreach College Community Services, Mānoa Campus
More Information
Outreach College, 8089568246, csinfo@hawaii.edu,
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SCEP Live Online with Storyteller Alton Chung Mānoa Campus, Hosted by Kaunoa Senior Center Online
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