Performances March 3 and 4 in Fresno

Second Hand Rose
A Storytelling Program
featuring Maryland storyteller,
Ellouise Schoettler

Saturday March 3 6 and 8 pm
Sunday March 4 1 and 3 pm

$7

LaTienda Thrift Shop
708 East Olive
Fresno, CA 93728

Part of the Fresno Rogue Festival



March 3 and 4, 2007 Maryland storyteller Ellouise Schoettler will perform a new program, Second Hand Rose, as part of the fifth annual Rogue Festival in Fresno, CA.

Schoettler loves thrift shops where the surprise is the real FIND. In this program of original stories she tells funny and heart-warming personal stories which stem from her personal forays into second-hand shops from Kensington, MD to Fresno, CA.
She will be telling her stories in her favorite shop, the La Tienda Thrift Shop

Ellouise Schoettler calls herself an “old-time southern storyteller,” just like those she grew up listening to in her native North Carolina. Her programs are a heart-warming and entertaining blend of memory, social history, family sleuthing , traditional stories, folklore, and myth.

Ellouise Schoettler has been called a "stealth" teller. Her stories surprise you and tug at your heart strings at the same time she has you laughing. Her smooth North Carolina accent is "pure velvet" and "a joy to listen to".

Ellouise Schoettler performs original stories, folklore and traditional stories for adult and young audiences. Recent performances include,The Speak Easy, sponsored by The Washington Storytellers Theater, Washington, DC, The California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, The Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC. Schoettler is currently storyteller-in-residence for the Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, MD and performs regularly in schools in the Greater Washington area.

INTERVIEW WITH ELLOUISE SCHOETTLER

Why did you decide to participate in the Rogue Festival? I have heard about the Rogue Festival and seen it grow over the past few years. It sounded like a place of real energy and excitement and I want to be part of it. On a personal note: my husband grew up in Fresno, graduated from Fresno State College and we have strong family ties here. I thought it would be fun to bring my stories to them and to meet more people in the wider community.

Isn't a thrift shop an unusual place for telling stories?
Well, I guess that is right. However it was the idea of telling in the LaTienda that was a strong push for me to come to the Rogue. You see, I love thrift shops. I look for them where ever I go. They are fun and there is always the chance of a terrific "find". One of my favorite stories is about the LaTienda Thrift Shop. The chance to tell the stories of Second Hand Rose in the La Tienda was a strong lure for me to come.

I have strong ties to the LaTienda and I think of this place every time I walk into a school to tell a program of stories because I wear a brightly colored and unusual jacket I bought right here on Olive Street.

Will you tell Second Hand Rose other places?
Oh, absolutely. In fact, April 25 I will perform the program in the Washington DC area at Strathmore Hall Arts Center. Bethesda, MD.