On Tuesday morning Feb. 1st Rhonda Donais who has been a performer and storyteller for over 20 years, visited Stoughton Library and entertained an audiance of school age children from grades 4, 5 and 6.
At the age of twelve Rhonda told the children she realized she wanted to an entertainer like Fred Penner or Mr. Dessup. She went on to tell some First Nation's stories about how the rabbit came to have small shoulders and how the moose came to be "dressed" as he is. Donais then put on her "tulip" the clown costume and told more stories, some silly some scarey, sharing legends of how and why things came to be. To accompany the stories she performed magic tricks and played drums keeping everyone entertained. She concluded the morning with teaching everyone an Algonquin song.
Rhonda lives in Regina and is a member of Oceanman First Nation north of Stoughton.
This storyteller 's presentation came to our local library thru the courtesy of our library, the Southeast Regional Library and the Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples.
