leigh graf | Vienna Choral Society

If you’ve come to one of our family-friendly concerts, you know we go all out to engage the kids. Or at least get them to leave their seats, come to the front, and let the parents of the really young ones have a good five to ten minutes sans squirmy child in lap. This concert we’re delighted to introduce a storyteller, Leigh Graf.

We did have the advantage in getting Ms. Graf to join us – her husband, Greg, is our accompanist. And they have two children under the age of five. That’s right, they’re in the thick of the “one more please/but I’m thirsty/I’m not sleepy yet…!” world of bedtime rituals. We asked Ms. Graf how much of this informs her storytelling.

Leigh Graf, our storyteller for the Lullabies concert on March 15, 2014

VCS: What do you love about storytelling?
LG: I’ve always loved inviting an audience into the story. Children and adults alike enjoy getting “lost” in the adventures of a character, suspending one’s present reality in order to experience something new. Imagination is wonderful! [Read more…]

Because when eating the book helps with going to bed on time, parents do not argue. (via Roger Deetz)

So, in addition to 50 of the Mosby Woods Mustang Singers and our usual numerous selves, we will also have a storyteller at Lullabies. Because one of the many things that needs must happen before kids go to sleep/are coaxed to sleep/flat out threatened into sleep (hey, it happens, ask a frazzled parent or seven….) is a story. Bedtime stories, silly stories, funny stories, scary stories, soothing “once upon a time stories.”

Naturally, we thought we’d have a storyteller for part of the concert. We don’t know exactly what Leigh Graf will tell us – although if it was Goodnight Moon, we’re pretty sure that at least half the room will ~~have the words tattooed on their brain~~ know the words by heart. All together now, “In the great green room…..” [Read more…]

The Storyteller, Leigh Graf

Goodnight, Sleep Tight…

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