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m en 14 saturday jan 19 2002 economist sun stouffville tribune j c w staff photorob alary catherine kentridge left and janice turner are promoting the newmarket storytelling festival feb 9 from 10 am to 8 pm at theatre on main experts say ancient art experiencing revival by roy green staff writer gather round and ill tell you a story a tale of what was considered a lost art lost in the abundance of ty film radio print and the internet even with- the multiplicity of media distraction thereis a recent rebirth of a ritual as old as the earth the simple art of story- telling i like to say that storytelling is the secondoldest profession bruce carmody said if we assume huntergatherers as the first then as soon as they killed the first animal for food they made a story about it and it has been told around the campfire ever since mr carmody who spent 35 years as a teacher and principal is a storyteller and member of the storytellers school of toronto and the newmarket stqrytree both organizations are holding storytelling festivals in february there has been a real revival in storytelling theres a quest for spirituality and for getting back to our roots that is taking people back into storytelling mr carmody said every world religion has sto- ries as its basis and you cant be a part of that faith unless you under stand the stories judy mccallum has witnessed this revival at her job in the chil drens department of the markham community library theres a quest for spirituality and for gettingback to our roots that is taking people back into storytelling the canadian childrens book centre now includes a storyteller on its roster and at our own library we had a storyteller kick off our summer reading program with kids storytellers are now considered in the same light as authors andillustrators another sign of growing inter est in storytelling is the toronto festival has been expanded from a weekend- event to a full week of activities feb 16 to 24 at a variety of venues canada according to ms mccallum is in an excellent posi tion to enjoy this rebirth in story telling because were such a multicul tural society we now have an incredible richness of cultures african caribbean asian to add to the mix catherine kentridge one of the organizers of the newmarket sto rytelling festival feels the oral tra- scc parents page 15 joe sherrens book corporate headaches prevents the seven cs by roy green staff writer joe sherren is never surprised to- find his bopk vitamin cfor a healthy workplace in the wrong section in bookstores i pop into stores quite often and find it in the health section said mr sherren a whitchurch stouffville management consultant and lecturer and coauthor of the book it has nothing to do with direct health but lots to do with the health of businesses the c in the title refers- to his sevenc prescription ibr longiterm corporate health with my book you take vitamin c so you dont get a cold its a book on management and organizational behaviour to prevent problems thats why the title the book covers seven areas change career competency coach ing conflict communication and connection andtheir impact oh the workplace change he said is critical to corporate success every organization is facing change in every aspect of their being management has to change and employees have to change how they look at work he said many companies contin ue to operate under ingrained meth ods andare subliminally resistant to change when it comes to change they resist by saying thats just the way its always been done theyre not even aware why theyre doing it v i dont palf that traffic ticicjetil aeetot traffic ticket experts is staffed by expdlice officers who wjllact as your agent in court defending all traffic tickets speeding accidents careless impaired etc call for free consultation guaranteed service tfc f 905 9403000 4418 hwy 7 east unionyille hs frit v mi m- ftm