DCLA Day One

by Michael Novelli   |  June 26 2009    09:05 AM

Day one of DLCA was a lot of fun.  During the day, in between rehearsals, I got to walk around a bit in downtown LA. The weather was great-high sixties with low humidity. Lots of good restaurants, too!

The first Big Room session focused on the Old Testament stories of Creation through Joshua and Rahab. A variety of communicators, storytellers and media weaver together these stories. All that were a part of this session are excellent communicators, but I especially through Marquis and Mandee brought the story into out imaginations.

At certain points the program drifted from feeling like a story to a sermon. I could sense the group get a little restless during the 2.5 hour presentation. But I think the variety of elements and mediums kept things moving pretty well. We could have made the program much more interactive and visual, but that is a difficult task in a big group!

I am grateful that it some way and my work with storying and input into this event has helped shape it. I will try to post again tonight.