Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller
www.myspace.com/ballardsbytes"The first law of story-telling. Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it." ~ Mrs. Humphrey Mood: Ghostly
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Joanna Ballard
- SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, US
- Last Login: 11/27/2009
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GREETINGS I hope your Winter season is full of FUN and WARMTH!....
Winter reminds us Spring is coming soon! Plus there is the true deep joy of the meaning of Christmas! Hope your season is blessed and full of beauty in all its forms! The pics on this page are my work Thank YOU for not using without permission. ENJOY!
Sadly not everyone's Winter is filled with joy and warmth. Please visit the sites below to help make a difference in
HARMONY and PEACE!Weekly abuse contest blog forums for release and healing:
http://blogs.myspace.com/beautifulwonderwithinMonthly story and poem contest for a yearly anthology and a GREAT cause:
http://pensforpeace.netAnother site to make a difference:
http://www.myspace.com/art4thehomeless
A healing thru writing site
http://blogs.myspace.com/bleedhonorheal
A "BYTE" of my "VISUAL STORIES" in LIVING COLORTo see photos above in more detail and comment on them check out my pics, of course photos and poetic art by Joanna Ballard available for purchase in high resolution, archival ink prints autographed by Joanna Ballard.
Ms. Ballard helps YOU tell YOUR story through taking commissions and being available to photograph your events from family reunions to parties (excluding weddings) band, model, actor and actress portfolio, press kit, and head shot, photos.
My interests are a few too many to list here at the moment! Visit my web site for more detailsMusic
Down home blues, old school jazz, classical, instrumentals, new age, and the Louisiana reggae/funk of Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor http://www.henryturnerjr.com or http://flavor.ballardsbytes.com or http://www.myspace.com/henryturnerjrandflavor or to mention a "few" *impish grin*. Also do a YOU tube search for their videosMovies
Sci-Fi, fantasy, musicals, documentaries, independent films to mention "some" I have VERY eclectic tastes in just about everything.Television
Hmmmmmm nothing current I do not own or watch a TV In fact have not in over ten years!Books
My taste here is as varied as the rest of my interests: Sci Fi, Fantasy, history, mysteries, poetry, avante garde and Classics the list grows daily!Heroes
My grandmothers and stepgrandmother, as well Helen Keller and Harriet Tubman
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Details
- Status: Single
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Hometown: Minden, Louisiana
- Height: 5' 6"
- Zodiac Sign: Pisces
- Education: College graduate
- Occupation: Storyteller
Networking
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digtal art photography "poetic art" looking for places to display, promote, and market my work.
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Storytelling, Storyteller looking for and open to venues where I can share my tales.
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Looking for legit on and off line places to get my poetry and "Poetic Art" published or displayed. Always looking to learn and grow in all of the above! Harmony and Peace, Joanna
Schools
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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
- Magnolia,Arkansas
- Graduated: 1986
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: English
- Minor: Theater
- Clubs: Band
1980 to 1986 -
Minden High School
- Minden,Louisiana
- Graduated: 1980
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: High School Diploma
- Clubs: Band
1977 to 1980
Calendar
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- Dec 5, 2009 6:00 PM
- Christmas Festival (selling and featured storyteller)
- @ Red River Parish Fairgrounds
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- Dec 12, 2009 3:00 AM
- Poet’s Nite Out (The ONLY one in Dec. due to Christmas Eve)
- @ The Naked Bean Cafe’
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About me:
To treat yourself and someone
special to Joanna Ballard's CD and
chapbooks
@ the great rates below please
CLICK HERE
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To take advantage of
these great prices go to Joanna's home page
Ballard's Bytes
http://www.ballardsbytes.com
Festivals, Events, Parties, Family & Friends get-togethers and Holidays.Photographic memories, storytelling, spoken word or art and folk art jewelry vending as well as workshops
email ~ jb@ballardsbytes.com
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Joanna Ballard's Bio Joanna Ballard’s blend of original stories, poetry, folk tales and fairy tales from around the world along with her unique performance delights both young and old. Ms. Ballard engages the audience in dialog and often gets them to participate with her in the art of storytelling.Joanna is a Northwest Louisiana native and current member of the Trapped Truth Society, the Shreveport Writers’ Registry, the Red River Storytellers, the Northwest Louisiana Art Gallery, and founding member of the West Edge Artists Co-op. Ms. Ballard began her storytelling and writing career before she could even read or write by creating her own songs and stories. She was first published at the age of 16 and has been widely published and won numerous contests. Joanna earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a Theater Minor from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia AR in 1986. Her lifelong love of words and stories carries over in her enthusiastic storytelling adding flair and flavor to her shows. Joanna Ballard also shares her stories in other formats as an artist intertwining her love for words and color digitally in her own self styled “poetic art”. This art has grown out of her talent and enjoyment in sharing her stories through web design and photography. For more details visit Ms. Ballard's website http://www.ballardsbytes.com or email her at jb@ballardsbytes.com Artist Statement Words and their origins, textures, sounds, and symbols have always fascinated me. I was making up songs and stories, even before I could read and write, as well as questioning where words came from and why and how people, places, and things got their names. I have always been fascinated by color, especially the vibrant colors around me in Northwest Louisiana. Until the internet came along, I was never satisfied with what came out of my hands onto the page with drawing and traditional art the “stories” never came out quite right. The internet combined with my photography has given me free range with blending my words with sight and sound (spoken word and music) in an exciting way to share my visual ‘stories”. I had never considered taking them away from the web and blending them for display till a few years ago. I am constantly exploring and experimenting. I often combine different photos taken with different cameras and at times add my poetry to the mix in an attempt to get my visual “stories” just right. There is no telling where my imagination and creativity will take me and my visual “stories”!As far as oral storytelling goes, people and their stories have always intrigued me. I agree with Mark Twain who said "There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy and a tragedy." I love listening and learning from others of life and in particular their own stories which often find their way dressed up and rearranged in my oral storytelling art. Words, sounds and color, to me, are exciting mysterious and challenging in any medium! I enjoy exploring and sharing my “stories” in many avenues to a wide and varied audience Harmony and Peace, Joanna Ballard |
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Joanna
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING at PLYMOUTH
The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Brownscombe
"Our harvest being gotten in , our governor sent four men on fowling,
that so we might after a special manner rejoice together."
Edward Winslow
In early autumn of 1621, the 53 surviving Pilgrims celebrated their successful harvest, as was the English custom. During this time, "many of the Indians coming... amongst the rest their great king
Massasoit, with some ninety men."
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