“A Way with Words – How to Write a Recitation”  – A Youth Workshop w/ Dave Paddon

Join your host Dave Paddon and learn how to get started in one of our oldest forms of expression.

Ages 12 to 18.

A FREE partnered event with the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society (NLFAS), as part of the 2024 St. John’s Storytelling Festival.

Location: Gower St. United Church Lecture Hall (enter around the back at the top of Church Hill)

Time: 2-3pm

To register, email: storytellingstjohns@gmail.com

About Dave:

Dave Paddon is a retired airline pilot originally from Northwest River, Labrador. He grew up listening to the songs and stories of the trappers and attending many a late night “session” around many a kitchen table.

In 1986 he married a Gander girl and subsequently became immersed in island culture. As a result, he accumulated a store of material which suddenly bubbled to the surface when he and Kim returned to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2005 after 20 years upalong.

He wrote his first recitation in 2007 and has now written 30. Five of these have been published in handmade chapbooks and his work is available on two CDs or through electronic download.

His recitation “Ralph: Flying Hound” was recently released as an illustrated children’s book and was quickly followed by “Half the lies you tell are not true!”, a collection of 13 of his funniest recitations. Dave lives in St.John’s and is a regular at festivals and fundraisers throughout the province.