Traditional Family Storytelling with Pauline Cordiner at Banff Castle

Traditional Family Story Telling with Pauline Cordiner – THIS SUNDAY!

Banff Castle is delighted to host a special afternoon of traditional family storytelling on Sunday 1 st September 2024, featuring the popular storyteller Pauline Cordiner.

This magical event will offer two sessions at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm, promising to delight audiences of all ages with a rich array of Scottish tales.

Pauline Cordiner shared her excitement about the event, saying, “I’m going to be telling tales of frustrating Fairies, Lucky Loons and Contermacious Coos!”

Known for bringing a wide variety of stories to life, Pauline’s storytelling repertoire includes traditional Scottish folklore, fairy tales, creation myths and her own original works. Her performances are further enriched by her passion for science, history and the environment, making them not only entertaining but also educational.

A celebrated storyteller with deep roots in the fishing and farming traditions of the North East of Scotland, Pauline is known for her engaging and interactive style. She often incorporates

traditional Scots songs and bothy ballads into her performances, using music, puppets and costumes to create a dynamic storytelling experience that encourages audience participation and leaves a lasting impression. A spokesperson for Banff Castle remarked, It’s going to be a wonderful interactive experience and we positively encourage our audience to come along dressed as their favourite fairy, wizard, or witch.”

Event Details:

Date: Sunday, 1st September 2024

Time: Sessions at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm

Location: Banff Castle, Banff, Scotland

Tickets for this family-friendly event are on sale now and can be purchased here:

https://tinyurl.com/2ud98z7e or at the door.

Don’t miss the chance to immerse yourself in the magic of traditional Scottish storytelling at Banff Castle. For media inquiries, please contact: info@banffcastle.com

About Banff Castle: Banff Castle is a historic venue located in the heart of Banff, Scotland. It hosts a variety of cultural and community events throughout the year, offering a unique setting that blends history with contemporary activities.

About Pauline Cordiner: Pauline Cordiner is a storyteller with over two decades of experience, known for her engaging and interactive performances that draw from the rich storytelling traditions

of the North East of Scotland. She is passionate about sharing tales that entertain, educate, and connect with audiences of all ages.

Forvie NNR Fun Day! Friday 12 July

Another upcoming event! 🙂 Come hear some Nature Tales and local folklore at Forvie National Nature Reserve this coming Friday. I’ll be telling stories from 12.30 to 1.30pm and 2 to 3pm but there are so many other things going on! (Wee Imp is looking forward to the opening of the moth traps as always!)

Aden Fantasy Festival

What a wonderful day it has been at Aden Fantasy Festival!
The weather may have been dreich, but the crowds were in high spirits anyway – dressed in all manner of amazing costumes!

I had some lovely audiences for my Viking tales and the grown ups that came back at the end of the festival to tell me how much they (and their younger ones!) enjoyed the stories fair warmed my hairt! (Although it took a wee while for my tootsies to warm up!)

Here’s a photo of my venue for the day – heroically pumped out first thing by one of Fantasy Scotland’s best along with my Wee Imp who took on the task!

Wild About Aden!

I had a wonderful day yesterday telling tales at Aden Fantasy Festival! And now I have couple of days to prepare for upcoming events and !!!

On Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th, it’s back to Aden Country Park for Wild About Aden!

The locations for all the events can be found in their latest post below. (Can you just imagine how excited I am about being in with Alpacas!? Need to go find an alpaca story!)

Do come in for a tale if you’re at Wild About Aden – more information in their original post below

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List of activities at Wild About Aden on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Please note: there will be a parking charge of £5 per car. Cash will be required. The parking charge enables Buchan Development Partnership to hold events in the park.

Activities will include:

Activities marked with (£) will have a small charge to take part all other activities are free.

Book of Deer- Information about the Book of Deer

MACBI Community Hub– Community Engagement

Face painting with Eventsize

Highland Alpacas– petting and walks

Nature crafts with Eventsize

Child Smile- Information, songs and stories

Storytelling with Pauline Cordiner, A Scottish Storyteller

Northern Frights– Dragons and wishing well

Storegga- Science Workshops- Tuesday only

CLD- team building/ family activities

Techfest- STEM activities

Longside Scouts

Police Scotland- From 12.30pm

Grampian Fire and Rescue- From 1.30pm

Child Poverty Team

Aberdeenshire Council Early Years

Foyer

Bubbles

Outdoor Games

Music from North East Radio

RSPB

Aberdeenshire Ranger Service- Pollinator activities

NESBIP

OWLS- outdoor learning

Bouncy Mania- Bouncy Castles (£)

Bungee Trampolines (£)

Rotary- car raffle (£)

Wheelie Fun– Wednesday only (£)

Food vendors

Haydn’s Woodfired Pizza

Sandwich Larder

Edelwurst Catering

6TEN Catering

A&Z Doughnuts

Storytelling at Tillydrone Library

Fizzy and I had Fizzy and I had a lovely time today at Tillydrone Library- we met lots of girls and boys who are about to go up to Primary 1 after the summer holidays – so I told them a story about making new friends

Fizzy the Fairy had to get in on the act and got lots of high fives from the bairns! She was chuffed!

An impromptu school visit!

Wee Imp is having her P7 trip to Cromdale so I have used the 3 nights peace to stravaig!
Last night i had a lang overdue catch up with friends which resulted in an impromptu visit to Burntisland Primary 😃
Now I’m off to the Scottish Fisheries Museum for some research!

Portsoy Haal 2024 with Sheena Blackhall

Weel fit a grand trip we hid tae Portsoy fur the Haal this wikend!

Sheena and I had a great weekend at the Portsoy Haal this weekend – heading off on Friday afternoon (with Wee Imp and the caravan in tow!)

After the concert our first session was the late night storytelling at the Town Hall – a grand 2 hours with folk sharing their tales from 11pm to 1am. Wee Imp enjoyed the late night walk back to the camp site!

Our storytelling workshop on Saturday morning went down a treat too – we had 16 enthusiastic attendees who heard stories and learned about how some famous authors got into a bit of trouble by putting their neighbours in their novels! Abdy then had a go at creating life stories from photographs and came scarily close to the truth in some cases!

Wee Imp and I went off with oor pal Tattie to hear some of the ballads sung at the Greig Duncan Collection competition – after which I was brave enough to have a swim in the North Sea (but there’s nae photies o that!)

A few sangs, many midgie bites and a fire on the beach on Saturday evening made sure I had a good nights sleep ready for our last storytelling session at the Town Hall bar at Sunday lunchtime. Then it was already time to go home – wi a few songs and ballads sung all the way home in the car. (Wee Imp had her headphones on by this point, preferring Eurovision over ballads!)

Thanks to Portsoy Haal for having us both along, fit a gran time wi hid! And thanks to everyone who came along to share their stories, songs, poems. And thanks to Sheena for having me laughing so much!

Bookbug Says Hello!

Come along to Airyhall Library tomorrow for some Froggy Fun as part of #bookbugweek 2024! Meet a puddock that likes to sing hello to his friends and enjoy some other songs, rhymes and stories!

Airyhall Library, 18 May 2024 – 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM – book using the link below or just come along on the day

“As part of Bookbug Week 2024, Bookbug says “Hello!” to local storyteller Pauline Cordiner for a special storytime at Airyhall Library.

Suitable for children aged 3-7. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.”


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