The website has been quiet, but our Guild Fridays sessions have been anything but! We’ve been very busy this year putting together another excellent presentation weekend, and we’re excited to share it with you!
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A Guild Friday like No Other
Last week we gathered for our first Guild Friday with all the new cast members for the 2021/22 season. What a fun, fulfilling afternoon! It was so wonderful to see returning faces excited to see each other and welcoming new ones into the group. The icing on the cake was definitely seeing all our actors in their Halloween costumes!
After snack (when kids were equally excited to catch up and get to know each other), we enjoyed three stories about the cosmos from our Storyteller In Residence (Melanie), with a guest Graphic Storyteller, Anika Bauman. Click to watch a time-lapse of Anika’s work.
The actors then had the opportunity to reflect on the stories through collage.
Have a look at some of the images from the afternoon!
Bobafet plays a warm-up game
The actors love using the stairs as benches to lay on
Catching up over snack
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Our story teller has everyone’s attention
The audience was focused on the excellent storytelling
Graphic story telling
Proud of what they’re making
Collage was new to some actors. Everyone seemed to enjoy it
Beautiful masterpieces
Beautiful masterpieces
It wasn’t all sitting and listening! There were some high energy games too!
Wait list info for 2021/22 Season
Eastside Story Guild is a ministry of Grandview Church and a sacred storytelling & performing arts community open to children and teens in grades 2 through 12 in the Grandview-Woodlands neighbourhood. Together we immerse ourselves in biblical stories, explore theatre, music, movement, and dance, and create an annual dramatic presentation where we invite the community to discover where our stories and God’s Story meet.
If your child or teen (grades 2-12) would like to be part of the Story Guild for this coming season or if you know of a child or teen in the neighbourhood who might be interested, please email us so that their name can be added to the waitlist.
Please also contact us if you have questions or are interested in volunteering at the Friday afternoon Guild sessions. There are all kinds of opportunities to connect and be part of the magic of ESG.
Covid-19 Update
Hello families and friends of ESG,
We want to update you on where we’re at with ESG.
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Eastside will not be meeting again for guild Fridays or rehearsals this season. We’re going to put the Magnificat presentation on hold indefinitely. There is too much up in the air right now with the covid-19 situation and while we’d love for the show to go on, we’re most concerned with everyone’s health and safety.
We hope to update in a few weeks with some news about how we’re working to support the kids to stay connected in a social-distancing-appropriate fashion.
We hope you are all keeping safe and healthy.
Thanks for reading!
Call for TAD Volunteers!
Are you passionate about theatre and art and enjoy hanging out with teens???
TAD (Teen Arts Drop-In) is now recruiting volunteers for our Fall and Spring program! Please message here or email Jeqn!
Announcing T.A.D.!
Thanks Sarah Kesler for the awesome video!
Welcome
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Have a look around, find out what we’re about, who we are, what we’re up to this year, and how you can support us.
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