Central Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


Performer Information
Stage name:	Story Laurie
Performer name:	Story Laurie McIntosh
Phone:	845-676-4727
Mailing address:	547 Grommeck Road Andes, NY 13731
E-mail address:	storylaurie@gmail.com
Website:	http://www.storylaurie.com
Previous appearances at:	WAMC Radio Performance Place, Clearwater Festival, Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, Tellabration - Kingston, NY, Cazenovia Library Contact information for New York State Public Libraries
Information last updated:	09/13/2012

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Program
Category
Description
Fee

Journey to Ellis Island: An Immigration Story Genealogy,
History,
Performing Arts- Storytelling

In this touching and powerful performance, Story Laurie portrays her grandmother as an immigrant girl full of hopes and dreams. Listeners travel with the young Carmela on this emotional (and often humorous) journey as she departs her hometown of Potenza, Italy, crosses the Atlantic and arrives in New York Harbor, ready to begin a new life in a strange and magical land. The performance (25-30 mins.) is followed by a discussion/Q&A session about US immigration. Journey to Ellis Island is also available as a residency program where Laurie helps students develop the skills to research their own family stories. The residency culminates in individual or group art projects (eg. a song written by students and which tells of the collective immigrant experience; class “quilt” that depicts each family’s story).
$201- $350

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Program	Category	Description	Fee
Journey to Ellis Island: An Immigration Story	Genealogy, History, Performing Arts- Storytelling	In this touching and powerful performance, Story Laurie portrays her grandmother as an immigrant girl full of hopes and dreams. Listeners travel with the young Carmela on this emotional (and often humorous) journey as she departs her hometown of Potenza, Italy, crosses the Atlantic and arrives in New York Harbor, ready to begin a new life in a strange and magical land. The performance (25-30 mins.) is followed by a discussion/Q&A session about US immigration. Journey to Ellis Island is also available as a residency program where Laurie helps students develop the skills to research their own family stories. The residency culminates in individual or group art projects (eg. a song written by students and which tells of the collective immigrant experience; class “quilt” that depicts each family’s story).	$201- $350