About Moose

ABOUT MOOSE

Ok what about the Maine Organization Of Storytelling Enthusiasts?

Who are they?

Some of our members are full time professional Storytellers; we also have listeners who are enthusiastic about storytelling yet have never told a tale them selves, and of course we have everyone in between.

Were did they come from?

Storytellers Rachael Quenk and Deborah Freedman met at a Sharing the Fire a conference sponsored by LANES.

(The League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling www.lanes.org )

Not long after that encounter they invited Antonio Rocha, Michael Parent, Jean Armstrong, and Michael Howard to meet at Rachael’s home. Their purpose was to support each other by telling and listening to the power of their stories.

Over the years the meeting locations moved from place to place, events were added such as Tellabration Portland, and a MOOSE Herd to be HEARD yet the original mission to support the storytelling community of Maine has remained true!

Where are they Going?

Members of MOOSE now support on going Programs throughout Maine in addition to Tellabration and the monthly meetings which are now held at the North Star Café in Portland.

Other ongoing programs include Stories for adults, Families, and preschoolers which may be Monthly or annual Events supported by our members. 

This web site was added by volunteer web mangers to connect Listeners, Storytellers and presenting venues in September 2008 so the storytelling community and the general public could be informed of the many events available through out the year.

Exploration in Radio, Cable TV, and a festival have been bantered about, who knows where the future for Maine storytelling may lead us but one thing will always be our constant northern star and that is our enthusiasm for the power of Story and our commitment to support each other always leading us home.