Robbie+Storytelling

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=== Sonam - I always thought that stars were formed by themselves, I never knew someone invented them. The story that he told us was really good! It was really intresting that a man can pull his boat by druming, and that he always survived in the dark, while others didn't. I wonder what he sang to the pebbles/shells because if we sang to them, would there be more stars ? It would be intresting if it actually does happen. The drum he showed us was cool, I liked the design on the drum. The designs reminded me of the shapes and patterns on a cows body. The drum made a really nice beat. I cant belive that deers have that big birthmarks on them. The story he told about his cousin getting bad luck for killing a female deer, was funny because what they belived actually did come true. They said that it's bad to kill a female deer and when you kill the deer, you got bad luck, and he did. But he had done it for his family to have food. Robbie sings really good, I think he's going to become a famous aboriginal singer one day. I hope he will come again someday. ===

Saffy - Even though i wasn't there that long, everybody looked really interested and fascinated in what Robbie had to say, he must of told some amazing stories!
==I liked how he respects animals while hes hunting, he does so much stuff to show his respect to them, such as, he never kills females, he cleans them really well and using every bit of the animal that he can.==

His drum was really cool (it can last up to 10 years) it plays really well too, I've always thought they used there hands to play but instead they use drumsticks.
==It's nice how he always respects/listens to his elders, because most people don't. He never argues back or walks away when there telling him what not to do. Instead he thanks them and takes there advice.== Tasha: What can I say about Robbie's storytelling. It was... Awesome! Incredible! Fantastic! Wonderful! It was one of the best stories I have ever heard. It was so fascinating and interesting. He told us a story about an old, wise, man. He first heard this story when he was 5 or 6 years old. Anyway, this story was about an old man who sailed off to another shore/island to do something out of this world. Before he had left, he had said that hopefully, when he came back to his home, he would have made a difference. When he got to the shore/island, he had found some shells that were different colours and he put them into his bag. One night, he went to the direction of East, West, South and North. He sang a song on top of a mountain that he had to climb inorder to get to the shore/island. After he had done that, he talked to his shells for a while and then started walking. Then he talked to them a bit more and he did the same thing over and over again. After a while, he threw a bunch of shells up to the sky. Then he threw some more up into the sky. Once he threw the shells up into the sky, they turned into stars. Finally, after all the hard work, the night was full of brightness. There was no darkness anymore. He sailed back to his home, but one thing I forgot to mention was, he had a drum and he played that drum and when he did, the boat moved by itself. That's amazing! This man must have been so clever. He thought of something that changed everybody's lives. Because it was a struggle every night for the people to gather around, go hunting, etc. Before Robbie left, he had brought in his own drum so, he sang a song for us. His favourite songs are songs that are about thank-you. He sang one for us and he was so good. He was awesome. Overall, Robbie's storytelling was really good. I loved it!

Vaneet: Robbie's presentation was really really really really cool. ​Today it was about traditional stories. It was sooo interesting! His story was about this old, wise, well liked man. He wouuld set out one day and would come back a few days later. Other people who left the village would never come back. One day he set off with some food, water and his drum. The whole village followed him to the beach to watch him leave. He sat into a canoe and started drumming his drum. He didn't take any paddlers with him, but the canoe started to move on its own like magic! i found that really facinating! So he set off to find a place where there was another source of life. He sat in his canoe and he did that for a couple of nights. when he found land, he parked his canoe and started roaming around the beach. He started looking at the rocks and shells and eventually he started to pick some up. He was very choosy of which one he picked up and he kept doing that until his bag was full. On his way back he saw this really really really tall mountain. He started climbing the mountain and when he reached the top he started beating his drum and he started singing to the directions of North South East and West. Later he started talking to the rocks and shells that were in his bag. He kept doing that and when it started to get dark the threw the rocks and shells into the air and the rocks and shells became stars. there was no more darkness in the world. I found his story really interesting. in between the story he started to sing and i found that really really interesting. Robbie even described how he made the drums and all the stories he tells about his family are really cool as well. Before he left he sang one of his fav song. I love it when ever Robbie comes and talks to us about his culture and what life for his parents was like. I wish he could come back before the school year ends.

Kambi: Robbie's presentation on Storytelling ws very insightful. I never knew that there was ofton 3 or 4 story tellers there to make sure nothing got added to the story or even to make sure they didn't leave anything out. I really liked tyhe creation story he told about how the stars were created and that the stars were made by an elder that left his home and found an island, collected the smoothest rocks and the nicest shells and climbed a mountain. And when it got dark he picked up his drum and began to sing. After that he started walkig around the summit of the mountian, with the bag of rocks and shells, and began to talk to them. When he was done talk ing to them, he took a handfull and threw it to the West,then the East, then North and finally South. And the rocks and shells didn't fall. They satyed up in the skey and became stars. //as well enjoyed how Robbie talked about making the tradional drums. He also told us about how he made around 100 drums and never kept one. The one drum he got was from a man that let him use his drum to sing a song for a group of people and he let him keep it. I really do hope that Robbie comes again and again this school year !//

Josh: Today Robbie came in to talk about drums, songs and a story. Robbie's presentation was awesome and very interesting. He told a story about a wise old man, he was the Siem of a village. A Siem is the wisest and oldest person in a village. Back then there were no stars or moons at night there were only darkness. One day he decided to go traveling, he was on his way to the beach when he noticed his whole village was following him. The Siem's village was following him because they were curious, curious about where he was going to go. When he finished putting all his food and water in is canoe a young wise man asked how many pullers are you going to bring? The Siem answered none. ( Pullers are the rowers of the canoe) So the Siem got his drum, went on the canoe and started playing the drum. He played the drum and the speed of heart beats. The village started to sing him away. Then after a while the canoe started moving!! Slowly he moves further and further away from his home. Soon he can only sees water. When the sun came down the elder went to sleep. When to sun came back up he played his drum again at the same speed as before. Then again it got dark which meant it was night time. Finally the sun setted the Siem saw a island with a huge, gigantic mountain. The mountain was the biggest mountain he ever saw. When he was there the first thing he did was look for any sing of human life, but he couldn't see any human. So he said"Maybe I'm the first one here". Then he saw beautiful pebbles and shells. He decided to pick them all up one by one and put them in his bag. Then once he was done he fell asleep. When he woke up he wanted to climb the mountain. Finally when he got up to the top he fell asleep. When he woke up he started talking to the pebbles and seashells, he talked to them for such a long time by the time he was finished it was almost night time. Before he went to sleep he sang a song facing the west then to the east then to the north then to the south. After he finished it was night time, he couldn't see anything so he reached into the bag and grabbed a handful of pebbles and sea shells and threw them in all directions north, east, south and west. When he look up he saw stars, then he laid down and marveled the stars and tried to count them but he couldn't so he laughed. Then he fell asleep. The next day he climbed down to mountain and sailed away playing his drum and the same rate as before. The following nights he could still see the stars. The next day he knew he was getting close to home, so he played his drum. Everyone in the village heard the beat of the drum so they all went down to the beach. Once they got down to the beach they sang until the Siem got back. When the Siem finally got back home he was greeted by the young wise man and the village. The first thing the Siem said was "did you see them?" The young answered "yes a few nights ago". Then the young man asked lots of questions about them. THE END! Then Robbie told us about drums and how his cousin killed a female deer, in his culter you aren't supposed to kill female deer. That all I have to say!!! Oh and I hope Robbie comes back AGAIN!

__Harsh__- Robbies storytelling presentation was very interesting and really fun to listen to. My favourite part was when Robbie played the drums because he played it was really really interesting and fun to listen to it. the most interesting thing that Robbie told us was that his cousin killed a female deer because he didn`t find a male deer.At first i thought that it was going to be boring but when he began storytelling it became really interesting. i hope Robbie comes again.