Welcome!

Thank you for visiting my storytelling site. People often ask, "What is storytelling?" For me, storytelling combines the intensity of a one person play with the intimacy of a one-on-one conversation. As an award-winning storyteller and author, I enjoy telling many kinds of stories to all ages. A particular interest of mine is bringing history to life -- giving a voice to people from the past. I've told stories at many venues in the Northeastern USA, including The New-York Historical Society (New York City, NY), The Clearwater Festival (Croton-on-Hudson, NY), First Night Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, NY), and The Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, MA). My first CD, Lighting the Way Home: Stories of Lighthouses and Their Keepers, is a Parents' Choice Approved Award Winner of 2007, one of six storytelling CDs to get an award this year. Click hear to read the Parents' Choice review. My second CD, People Who Made a Difference: Volume 1, was released in November 2008. If you would like to receive my quarterly e-newsletter, Voices From the Past, please click here. Click here to visit my web design site. Click here to visit my knitting design site.

Photo courtesy of Ellouise Schoettler

I hope you find what you're looking for. If not, please be sure to contact me:

Kate Dudding	8 Sandalwood Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065-2700 USA
kate@katedudding.com	(518) 383-4620

Some Upcoming Performances

Note: Performances with times listed are open to the public.

• Thu. December 3, 6:30 p.m.
  Sweaters and Mittens and Hats, Oh My! Stories about Knitting To celebrate Trumpet Hill’s third anniversary, KnitLit author Kate Dudding will share folktales, personal stories and an historical story on how Aran Island sweaters came to be -- all great 'yarns' not to be missed! FREE BONUS: Kate will hand out directions for a knitted Christmas ornament, a four-pointed star, as well as the story behind the ornament.
  Trumpet Hill....Fine Yarns & Accents , Rosewood Plaza, 501 New Karner Road, Albany, NY. Free.

• Sun. December 6, 5:00 p.m.
  Kindred Spirits Sometimes our lives are blessed by caring and sharing people who touch our hearts and change our lives. Join Barbara Chepaitis and Kate Dudding as they share stories of kindred spirits.
  Story Sunday at the Glen Sanders Mansion, 1 Glen Avenue, Scotia, NY. $30 per person, includes entertainment, three course dinner, tax and tip. Reservations: (518) 384-1700

• Tue. December 8
  Schuyler Ridge Nursing Home, Clifton Park, NY

• Tue. December 8
  Beacon Pointe Memory Care Community, Clifton Park, NY

• Wed. December 16, 1:00 p.m.
  Hanukkah Stories Sponsored by Upper NYS/Hadassah Capital District Chapter, Kate Dudding will share stories as part of the annual Latke party.
  Shenendehowa Adult Center, off of Vishcher Ferry Road, Clifton Park, NY. Free.

• Wed. January 6, noon
  Laugh Yourself Silly Children laugh 40 times more per day than adults -- that's just not right! Come help improve your laughing average as Kate Dudding shares personal stories, folk tales and maybe even a tall tale or two. Part of the Second Annual Academy for Lifelong Learning STORYTELLERS SERIES, Wednesdays: Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3.
  Room 126, Empire State College, Two Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY. Free.

• Sun. January 10, 2:30 p.m.
  Our Stories Storytellers Kate Dudding and Mary Murphy share musical stories with us. Listen and sing along as Kate shares stories and songs of the Gershwin Brothers, George and Ira. Enjoy Mary's personal stories of musical recitals and other memorable mayhem. Part of the Winter Concert Series, most Sundays January-March at 2:30 pm in the McChesney Room.
  Central Branch, Schenectady Public Library, Schenectady, NY. Free.

• Tue. January 12
  Schuyler Ridge Nursing Home, Clifton Park, NY

• Tue. January 12
  Beacon Pointe Memory Care Community, Clifton Park, NY
  

Hear and Read about Kate

• An article in the Times Union describes an award I received from the National Storytelling Network.

• An article in Capital District Home Style describes my work as a storyteller.

• A recent article in The Saratogian describes a program sponsored by the Academy for Learning in Retirement, including my story 'A Witness to the Truth.'

• A story of mine, My Mother's Hands, was published in the book KnitLit the Third : We Spin More Yarns. A newspaper article from the St. Petersburg Times, Knitters Spin a New Volume of Yarns, reviews the stories in this book, including mine.

• I told the story "Sean Kiley and the White Stag" on the Wednesday edition of Schenectady Today with Ann Parillo, on Public Access Television, Channel 16, in Schenectady, NY, in November, 2005. You can watch (52.3 MB download) or listen (2.1 MB download) to this story online.

WWW http://www.katedudding.com

A silly joke: Do you know why they let the turkey play in the band?

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                     He had his own drumsticks...

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I last updated this web site on November 22, 2009.