Bill Schilling's Slides, Songs, &
Stories
Updated
Bill
Schilling is a born traveller who has driven across the country 10 times.
Although he has spent over half his life in Northeastern Ohio, he has also
lived on Cape Cod, in the Pacific Northwest, and in the desert Southwest. He
has backpacked, hiked, and camped in 30 of our national parks and many other
natural areas in all four seasons. He enjoys sharing his remarkable photography
of these regions and of other subjects with his audiences, drawing on his
collection of over 25,000 slides in the unique combination of pictures and
folk-style music which is Bill Schilling's Slides, Songs, & Stories.
The
actual program utilizes a cassette tape which controls a dissolve unit with two
or more slide projectors for flowing, interesting changes between slides, not
the harsh changes associated with single projector shows. The tape also
includes recorded performances of Bill on various instruments and vocals,
sometimes joined by other musicians including Carol
Gaj. Bill's live performances add to the tapes by highlighting instruments,
giving extra information about his photography, and allowing him to add
elements of his concert performances.
The
spectacular programs of Schilling's Slides, Songs, & Stories are available
when lighting, time, space, and other conditions permit. While designed to run
about an hour, times can be adjusted to meet your needs. Complete performances
of the slide programs use a member of your group following simple directions to
operate the equipment. Present slide programs include The Land Knows You're
There, National Parks, What a Wonderful World, and Christmas
Carols and More. If and Scenes & Views of Home are the
next ones in line to be developed. Check to see if they are far enough along
for your program if they sound most interesting to you,
If is a journey into the world of
creativity using songs from the real world and fantasy worlds. Most of the
songs in the program have an important "if . . ." clause. When
compared with the other programs, the songs here are generally slower and more
thought-provoking. Thus, this program may be more appropriate for older or family
audiences than for young audiences. However, since the program was also
developed to provide inspiration for students in schools involved in creative
writing units, it may be appropriate for all ages of students in those schools.
The slide shows include
The
Land Knows You're There
concentrates on the idea that one person can make a difference in the world.
Environmental issues and endangered species are included in slide shows that
range from the sky-blue waters and waterfalls in the land of the Havasupai (a
side canyon of the
National
Parks helps
the audience to discover the beauty, wonder, and importance of up to 30 of our
national parks that Bill has been lucky enough to travel through (in many ways)
and to photograph. The songs that accompany the slides are ones that Bill has
associated with particular parks. The journey includes some fun times and
emphasizes geography as maps are used to show where the parks are located, and
the viewers find out what the areas are like.
Scenes
& Views of Home
is Bill's attempt to share some of the interesting perspectives of the area of
What
a Wonderful World
journeys to several parts of the
Christmas
Carols & More
features Bill leading a sing-along of many favorite Christmas carols (with his
live and taped accompaniment) with photography of Christmas scenes of
decorations in churches, malls, and elsewhere including many creche scenes with
the scenes fitting the mood of each song. Bill also uses some other songs and
selected slide shows from his other programs relating them all to the Christmas
theme (and still allowing the audience to get to know some of the natural world
photography that makes Bill's programs special).
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330-332-4420