Saturday, December 17, 2011

a "rolling greek temple" of brilliant raconteurs


This project was launched by a group of literary folks - readers, writers, teachers, publishers - right here in Savannah, Georgia. Woohoo! I know of them, even though I have not been to one of their presentations.
They want to bring storytelling back to the front porches of the Southeast.
But no one really sits on front porches and does that anymore. Many folks don't even have front porches on their residences, these days. Oh, sure, nearly everyone in a house or street-level dwelling has some porch-like structure adjacent to the front door, to keep the rain off while they are trying to get the door opened.
But that is not a real porch.
Oh, no.
A genuine porch has room for a few chairs, or a porch swing, and is a place where people can gather and share vignettes of their lives.
Nowadays, the coffeehouses take the place of porches as gathering sites.
To bring more people out of their homes and into the small coffeehouses, Unchained travels around to the smaller towns, bringing stories from life to life.
But their 1975 bus, their rolling Greek temple, called it quits last summer, curtailing their spreading of the joy of tales and tunes. Now, a new motor is needed, as well as a few other odds and ends, to make the Bluebird soar once more.
That's where kickstarter comes in.
Me, too.
I heard about this through a dear friend and immediately sought it out.
I'm really looking forward to seeing a future show - and wearing my new T-shirt, too.
Hope to see you there!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Update #5
Dec 21, 2011
WE DID IT!

Greetings from San Francisco! (Visiting my Granny) We've met our goal and more is still trickling in! It's a Christmas miracle! ;) Thank you guys so much for all your help! I can't wait to call J.R., our mechanic, and tell him he can finally stop looking at that bus! Next stop--my yard. (My neighbors are going to love that!) Happy holidays, folks! And THANK YOU very, very much!

Samita tcb Wolfe

Anonymous said...

Update #6
Jan 9, 2012
Picking up the Bird!

OH, SNAP!

http://vimeo.com/34788473

Meet JR the Mechanic and the amazing (& very patient) Jose Ray, our bus driver!
Thank you guys, again! We'll be shipping out those incentives soon!

<3,

The Unchained Gang!
p.s. You can see the tour dates and get your tickets at http://theunchainedtour.org/events-calendar/