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Women at the Spring
Saturday, April 19 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. *Update: This workshop has been canceled. Local musical trio Baby Needs Shoes (vocalists Terri Jo Dodson, Nancy Marshall, and Melodee Landis) will facilitate the workshop’s morning session, “Finding Your Own Voice.” This presentation applies to women gathered around the spring, singing in their own individual voices, then joining their voices together in a harmony that becomes part of the spring and the natural surroundings, along with the sound of water, wind, and wildlife. Solo performer Pippa White will present the afternoon session, “Prairie Stories.” She will share a number of prairie stories by and about women, focusing on women who have gone before us, our collective “grandmothers.” She will also lead an exploration of personal ancestral stories and how to successfully craft them. The relaxed and informal presentations will focus on process, not product. Fee: $40/person. All materials will be provided, including lunch. Participants should dress for outdoor activities. Session 2: "I am Horizon" Saturday, November 1 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Writers Marjorie Saiser, Lucy Adkins, and Amy Plettner will facilitate the morning session, “The Bowl of the Prairie: Writing from the Land.” This session will provide an opportunity for women to re-connect with the land, encourage the expression of love and yearning for the land through writing, and enable women to express their voices with confidence in the value of each individual voice. Humorist T. Marni Vos will lead the afternoon session, “Creativity and Living Well: Expanding Our Horizons.” The word “horizon” is defined as 1: the apparent junction of earth and sky; and 2: range of outlook and experience. Ms. Vos will use her humor and vast experience to help women understand that the best romance is with life itself. Women’s roles, no matter what they are, do not define them. Women bring the definition of who they are to their role...and to their families, friends, and communities. Fee: $40/person. All materials will be provided, including lunch. Opportunities will be provided for reflection and journaling. Participants should dress for outdoor activities. Registration: Fill out registration form or call (402) 797-2301. Women may sign up for one or both workshops. Payment must accompany completed form. On-line registration is not available. Workshops limited to 25 participants each. Coffee and conversation at 8:30 a.m. preceding each workshop. Presenters' Biographies
Baby Needs Shoes — Baby Needs Shoes is a female vocal trio specializing in a cappella harmonies and instrumental delights. This group
has appeared at venues across the state, including Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha and the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln. Baby
Needs Shoes has two CD releases, Happy Holidays from Baby Needs Shoes! and Shoo Shoo Baby, which showcases a variety of musical
styles. In addition to entertainment programs, this trio also offers workshops in vocal harmony and a cappella singing as well as beginner
classes in the many instruments they play, which include guitar, piano, and violin.
Pippa White — Pippa White is in her 14th year as a solo performer. She has toured 27 states performing at colleges,
conferences, museums, libraries, festivals, and performing arts centers. She offers workshops and residencies, and has been a teaching artist with
the Arts Are Basic program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska Arts Council for 17 years. In March 2007 she received the Artist
of the Year Award from the Lincoln-Lancaster Women’s Commission.
Marjorie Saiser — Marjorie Saiser is a poet who writes of family and of the land. She received her B.S. in education and M.A. in creative
writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, winning the Vreelands Award and the Academy of American Poets competition. Her first book,
Bones of a Very Fine Hand (The Backwaters Press, 1999) won the Nebraska Book Award. Her other books are Lost in Seward County
(The Backwaters Press, 2001) and Moving On (Lone Willow Press, 2003). She has co-edited a book of prose and poetry by women of the Great
Plains, Times of Sorrow/Times of Grace, and a book showcasing other Nebraska writers, Road Trip: Conversations With Writers. Her
poems have been published in Prairie Schooner, Georgia Review, Laurel Review, and other literary journals. She is the
recipient of the Nebraska Heritage Award, a merit fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council, and recently the Leo Love Merit Award from the
Taos Summer Writers Conference. She has facilitated writing groups in the Lincoln area for ten years and has presented workshops in poetry as
a speaker for the Humanities Council.
Lucy Adkins — Lucy Adkins’ poetry has been published in Owen Wister Review, Nebraska Territory, South Dakota
Review, and anthologies including Times of Sorrow/Times of Grace, Crazy Woman Creek, and Poets Against the War. Her
chapbook, One Life Shining: Addie Finch, Farmwife, was published in 2007 by Pudding House Press. She has been active in leading writing
groups in the Lincoln area.
Amy Plettner — Amy Plettner is a fourth generation Nebraskan and lives on the prairie. Her poetry appears in the anthology Times of
Sorrow/Times of Grace, in Plains Song Review, and in Nebraska Life, as well as the forthcoming anthology Nebraska
Presence. In addition, she has been active in leading local writing groups for several years.
T. Marni Vos — T. Marni Vos became one of only seven women in 20 years to be a finalist in the prestigious San Francisco International
Stand-up Comedy Competition, where over 400 comics compete each year. She has performed on Lifetime's "Girls Night Out" and opened for Jay Leno
at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. A former high school instructor in a stressful environment, T. Marni Vos used humor and creativity
to inspire and motivate students to go beyond their potential. Her humor is fresh, refreshing, honest, and clean. Her presentation is original
in style, extremely funny, and uplifting in content.
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