Join us for the final Christmas videoconference for 2010 on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010 !!! Your students will be mesmerized by Estelle Condra, a gifted storyteller.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010 - "Hey You" and "See the Ocean" with Estelle Condra for students in grades K-4.
REGISTER online: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
“Hey You” is a live theatrical performance of a special story: Two thousand years ago in Bethlehem, there lived a boy who could not speak. Although Ezekiel was his name, everyone mocked him and called him "Hey, You". One starlit night as the world received a little boy, Ezekiel would discover his own special gift.
“See the Ocean” –The ocean below the Black Mountains along the South African coast is richly detailed in Estelle Condra's “See The Ocean”, a charming book about a little girl and her family and their annual visits (at Christmas in South Africa) to the beach. Estelle Condra, who is blind, describes how she “sees” the ocean with her mind and her heart. Estelle is from South Africa and describes her Christmas traditions of going to the beach at Christmas!
About Estelle Condra, presenter and gifted storyteller:
Estelle Condra has had a diverse career in theatre arts on three continents, including work in South Africa, England, and the United states. After completing her drama studies in South Africa and England she worked for a variety of acting companies portraying roles such as Antigone, Medea, and Joan of Arc.
She enhanced her acting career with teaching, writing and speaking. She owned and operated speech and drama schools both in South Africa and the United States.
After marrying and moving to the States in 1973 she translated numerous African stories and folklore and adapted them for the stage. In Nashville Tennessee she became a member of actor’s equity and performed professionally for the Nashville Children’s Theatre and Tennessee Repertory Theatre. As her sight deteriorated she moved to solo theatre performances as an artist in residence for organizations such as the Nashville Institute for the Arts in conjunction with the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts and many others throughout the country.
In early 2006 Estelle started her own publishing company, Inclusive Books, LLC, "Stories about extraordinary children doing ordinary things." She purchased the rights to her first book, See the Ocean, which is now available from Inclusive Books in its fifth edition.
Today she is known as a keynote performance artist as she travels from banquet hall to theatre stage. She is a sought-after keynoter with her inspirational and humorous one-woman shows. She has been described as a "powerful pack of creative dynamite ready to explode."
Estelle is blind due to a hereditary disease known as Retinitis Pigmentosa. The threads of losing her sight gradually over many years are woven throughout much of her later work. She brings a unique perspective to creative problem solving and everything else she does, and she does a lot!
TIMES:
We offer two sessions for each Vanderbilt Virtual School videoconference: one session at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME and one session at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME .
COST:
The cost for a videoconference session is $75. This charge covers some of our expenses in preparing your videoconference and testing and delivering your videoconference.
FORMAT:
All videoconferences are approximately 45 minutes in length. The format is about 25-30 minutes for the presentation and 15-20 minutes for an interactive question and answer session with the students and presenter.
Hope to see you for this final Christmas videoconference on December 8th!
Patsy
Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
