On Saturday, March 14, we hosted our fourth All Y’all live storytelling event, “Ladies Night,” at the beautiful and historic Woman’s Department Club in Shreveport. It was a night of firsts for All Y’all: our first event with a title sponsor (thank you, Holiday Lanes), our first event with a cash bar that didn’t suck (thank you Southern Fork Catering)…and our first-ever wild card storyteller, Shannan Hicks.
The idea behind the wild card storyteller is simple: prior to intermission, audience members who’d be interested in telling a story with little to no warning toss their names into a hat. At the end of intermission, a name is drawn. That person tells a 10-minute story on the night’s theme (in this case, womanhood) with all of 30 seconds to prepare. To place this in context: most of our storytellers have three to five weeks to prepare. Shannan had 30 seconds.
The story she told couldn’t have been a more perfect lead-in to our next live storytelling event. Tickets are now on sale for “Brush with Fame,” which will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 6 at Shreveport Little Theatre (purchase tickets here). This evening of stories will focus on regular people who’ve had run-ins with larger-than-life figures, household names and pop culture icons. Shannan’s story – of sharing a continental breakfast with a sex symbol of the 90s – is more than a brush…it’s a bagel with fame.
Have you met a celebrity? If so, All Y’all would love to hear your story! Just call the story hotline at (318) 582-0665 and tell us how it went down.
A message from our sponsors
The 2015 season of All Y’all podcast episodes and live events is presented by our title sponsor, Holiday Lanes. Through their sponsorship, All Y’all has been able to secure event venues, compensate our production team and pay musicians for their work. If you enjoy bowling or just want to say “Thanks” to Holiday Lanes for making this podcast possible, please “Like” them on Facebook.
Additional sponsors for the 2015 season of All Y’all are the good folks at Rhino Coffee and Twisted Root Burger Co., which happen to be two of our favorite local eateries – thank you, Rhino and Twisted Root!
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