​Night of Songs and Stories

Click Below for June Night of Songs and Stories Videos (by Craig Maull)
Stuart Vining and Charlie Schmid "Fly Me to the Moon"
Sarah Barnett
Lisa Kraus

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The third Monday of each month, the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild sponsors a Night of Songs and Stories. The evening features original readings (300 words or fewer) by Guild members and music by local musicians, Stuart Vining & Amy Felker (and sometimes guest musicians!).

Each month a theme is posted (previous examples include “escape,” “blue or blues,” and “play... as in fun or theater” ) and both the writers and musicians write/perform pieces that in some way connect to this theme. A variation of this is when the featured musicians post the titles of five songs that they will perform, with readers signing up to write a short poem, essay, or story that somehow incorporates the song’s title or lyrics into their piece.

Next
​Night of Songs and Stories

Jul 20  (Third Mon)
Lutheran Church of Our Savior
5 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m.)
$10 per person at the door

​​Theme: “ Borrowing/Lending—and not just connected to libraries. Any stories of borrowing and lending—we want a variety of topics!” 

Special Fundraising Night for 
Rehoboth Beach Public Library

The Guild will donate 100% of the proceeds from July's Songs and Stories to the Rehoboth Beach Library.

Twenty-one years ago, when the Guild was just an idea, it was the Rehoboth Beach Library that supported us, hosted our first meeting, and gave us the space for FreeWrites. Those FreeWrites continue today! 

Additional donations to the library can be made on the Guild website in June and July by donating to the Guild with the word LIBRARY in the box that says "Note to Seller." ​

Sign Up to Read 
Readings are stories, poems, memoir excerpts, etc., — 300 words or less—using the above theme. Please no politics, violence or erotica.   ​

1. Email Kim Burnett at [email protected] to let her know you would like to read. Please also let her know the name of your guest. Readers, do not sign yourself up on SignUpGenius.
2. We have one guest seat reserved for each reader. If you would like to bring more than one guest add the extra guests using the Attendee Sign Up link below. When the Attendee Sign-Up is full, please let Kim know and she will put your additional guests on the waitlist.

Sign Up To Attend
RSVP to attend via SignUp Genius

When the sign-up sheet is full...
Please sign up for the waitlist as more often than not spaces do open and if they don't you are guaranteed a spot for the following month. Email Kim Burnett, [email protected], to be added to the waitlist. 

​SignUpGenius How To
Click the link above. 

• You do NOT need to open a SignUpGenius account
• Scroll to Attendees
• Click the white box that says "Sign Up"
• Click the  white box below that says "Save & Continue"
• Enter your email address
• Enter the total number of attendees including yourself under "Quantity"
• Enter your guests' names in the "Comment" section
• Click on the blue box that says "Sign Up Now"
• You will receive confirmation in your email within a few minutes; please keep this email  so you can delete yourself if you are unable to attend.

July Event Sponsor
Anonymous 

“Much of what makes our community what it is, is important to Jane Rice. Jane promotes the Writer’s Guild, the Art League, the Cinema Art Theater, Clear Space, the library, and many other valuable causes. As Jane celebrates her birthday this month, we celebrate her.
Happy Birthday, Jane.”

​Sponsoring
​Night of Songs and Stories

Sponsor a Night of Songs and Stories for $250. This covers most of the costs for the musicians and our sound guy, so it’s enormously helpful and we are very appreciative.
 
In return for the sponsorship, we will put a blurb in our weekly email (sent to more than 900 people), on our website, and on the program the day of the event naming the sponsors as well as what or who they are honoring with the sponsorship. Some have sponsored in honor and support of the Guild, as a way to celebrate a birthday or an anniversary, or promote a business. Others have sponsored as a way to promote a charity or organization that matters. Our only request is that religion and politics not be a part of these events.
 
At the reading, Maribeth will publicly thank the sponsor. Sponsors may place a brochure or flyer or single sheet of information at each place setting.

Sponsors still pay the cover fee at the door for themselves and guests. While we do everything we can to accommodate the sponsor and make them not only feel special but know how grateful we are, we don’t change the reading or the actual show beyond giving the sponsors who are Guild members the opportunity to read at that event and the opportunity to go either first or last in the line-up. Sponsors still need to RSVP for guests and if the event is full, we’ll move those guests to the top of the waitlist, but can’t promise a seat, so it is best to let Maribeth know about your plan to sponsor as far in advance as possible.

Food Volunteers—We are also looking for Volunteers to bring a plate of sweet or savory nibbles.

Contact Maribeth at [email protected] 

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