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    * Davis Bates & Roger Tincknell

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    * Library Performances: Adults
    * Library Performances: Children & Families
    * Performances for Senior Centers

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DAVIS BATES: SONGS & STORIES FOR EVERYONE


PERFORMANCES

Davis Bates' performances are a mixture of family, Native American,
international and regional songs and stories. They speak of empowerment,
history, spirit and the environment.

Pete Seeger called Davis "thoughtful, creative, human, and a fantastic
storyteller." Davis' traditional and participatory style of telling empowers and
encourages audiences of all ages to join in the fun, and to take the stories
home with them to share with others. He also encourages listeners to find
stories in books, and to remember and tell stories from their own family and
cultural tradition.

Davis Bates has been telling stories for over thirty-eight years, in schools,
libraries, and community settings around New York & New England and across the
country. His recording Family Stories won a prestigious Parents Choice Magazine
Gold Award, and received a starred review by the American Library Association’s
Booklist magazine. Davis lives in a small hilltown village in western
Massachusetts, and when he isn't performing or collecting and learning songs and
stories he spends his time gardening and working on various pollinator
preservation projects.


WORKSHOPS

Workshops on beginning storytelling, storytelling & literacy, and on finding
family stories have been enthusiastically received in schools, colleges, museums
and festivals, including Sturbridge Village Museum, the Connecticut Storytelling
Festival, and at New York State Parents as Reading Partners conferences.

>> Read more about Davis Bates' workshops.


DUO WITH DAVIS BATES AND ROGER TINCKNELL

Davis Bates also collaborates his storytelling and music performances with
musician Roger Tincknell.

>> Read more about their collaboration.


QUOTES ABOUT PERFORMANCES & WORKSHOPS

"Davis is a fantastic storyteller and singer - thoughtful, creative and human" -
Pete & Toshi Seeger

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CHILDREN & INTER-GENERATIONAL

"The teachers and students love it when Davis visits. We'll have him back again
and again!" - Parent, Marion Street School PTA, Lynbrook, NY.

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"Davis is very talented! Children and adults rave about his stories, songs,
spoon playing, and the dancing wooden dog named Bingo." - Librarian, Rockport
Public Library, Rockport, MA.

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"Davis is a true old soul with an empathic nature that enhances all of his
performances. He has an excellent sense of how to best respond to the children
in his audience. The children love his engaging stories and funny stories. The
adults hear the lessons but the kids just hear the fun! We look forward to every
visit!" - Program Coordinator, Hopkinton Parks & Rec, Hopkinton, MA.

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"The very best in truly interactive entertainment." - The Worcester Transcript
Telegram, Worcester, MA.

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"Davis promotes a real sense of community, bringing folks of all ages together
with good old-fashioned fun and entertainment. I would recommend Davis Bates as
a performer for children, seniors, adults and families. He has an unique ability
to work with a wide variety of age groups." - Director, Northbridge Council on
Aging, Whitinsville, MA.

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"Thanks for helping to celebrate our summer reading finale. What a joy! We'll
have you back again!" - Director, Hinsdale Public Library, Hinsdale, MA.

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"It is always a joy to watch a master at work. The pacing of the program was
well groomed to the needs of my second graders. It is no mean feat to manage to
keep this year's very active class attentive on the afternoon right before
spring break. They all walked out singing!" - 2nd Grade Teacher, Vine Hill
School, Scott's Vally, CA.

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"You were engaging, funny and entertaining, while still educating at the same
time. The campers loved Bingo and the Wide Mouthed Frog! - Camp Counselor, Camp
Burgess, Marstons Mills, MA.

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ADULTS, TEENS & TWEENS

"Davis' ability to engage teens around a campfire - with ghost stories, work
songs, and folktales - is amazing." - Coordinator, Old Rochester Junior High
School Survival Week.

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"Adults were just as engaged by your ghost stories and tales of the supernatural
as the teens and tween. Great program!" - Librarain, Berkley Public Library,
Berkley, MA.

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"Davis' unique brand of humor and nostalgia is a delight for any age and of
particular interest to seniors." - Activity Coordinator, Veterans Senior Center,
Woburn, MA.

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"The storytelling tradition is in Davis Bates' bones. He radiates compassion and
warmth, connecting with his audience and helping them, through his own deeply
felt and absorbing tales, to remember their own." - Program Chair, Ashfield
Historical Society, Ashfield, MA.

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"Terrific program - well-paced, with well chosen material. I appreciated the
multi-cultural content and the combination of literary folktales and stories
from your own life. The parrot story was beautifully told - so simple - with
great gestures. And I loved the wedding ring story; it made my eyes well up." -
Librarian, Community Library, South Burlington, VT.

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"Your workshop was great! It gave me many tools that I can realistically use in
my work with children and adults and my library." Participant, MA Librarians
Annual Retreat, Pittsfield, MA.



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Davis Bates, Songs & Stories for Everyone
P.O. Box 210
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

(413) 625-0202

Upcoming Events
Thanksgiving Harvest: A Song & Story Celebration
Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 10:30 am - 11:45 am
Wellspring Village, 1275 Turnpike St, N Andover, MA. If you'd like to preview
this performance please call Davis at (413) 625-0202
Posted to: Performances for Senior Centers
A Thanksgiving Celtic Celebration: Songs & Stories
Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Billerica Senior Center, 25 Concord Rd, Billerica, MA. Funded, in part, by the
Billerica Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the MA Cultural Council.
For more info call (978) 671-0916.
Posted to: Performances for Senior Centers
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News and Journal

Remembering John Prine, and the path to his songs

Posted: Sat, Apr 11, 2020

** Birthday Thoughts, Crocus & Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. **

Posted: Sat, Apr 04, 2020

Spring, Cancelled Performances & New Beginnings

Posted: Sun, Mar 29, 2020
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