Kat Anna Fiddle

Story telling using fiddle, mandolin, guitar, puppets, percussion and pure magic.

Kaitrin and Anna have combined their considerable talents to create several delightful shows featuring stories, songs, puppets and poems. In 2005 they toured a “Healthy Eating” programme for the New Zealand National Heart Foundation, and have written and performed several shows for the Otago Early Settlers Museum for both adults and children. They present a highly polished performance, sparkling with energy and a relaxed good-natured humour. Here's what people are saying:-

“Excellent performance, child-centred, attention-grabbing, natural NZ props and use of te reo, great puppets and costumes, reinforces what we do already in terms of nutrition, exercise (& te reo), great for children to see other instruments played e.g. mandolin” (Early Childhood Teacher, Storypie Show, 2005)

“Appealed to all ages- from pre-schoolers through to Grandparents – I liked your variety : songs, poems, stories (read and told) games, making things, photos….all packed into 50 minutes, well done! Your enthusiasm is contagious” (Grandmother at Once Upon a Child show, 2006)

“It was so excellently done – setting, accent, stories, mood, music and ending in a song… absolutely brilliant, well done!” (Across the Waves show for adults, 2005)

Kaitrin McMullan, as well as being a trained Early Childhood teacher, is a professional storyteller with over 25 years experience who has been telling stories to a range of audiences in a variety of settings: schools, festivals, conferences, museums, art galleries, libraries and pubs. She has been a featured teller at the 2004 Glistening Waters Storytelling festival, guest performer at National Australia Storytellers’ Festival 2005, touring schools for the Department of Conservation and REAP in Central Otago and the West Coast plus many other popular self-generated projects and tours. In collaboration with Christchurch storyteller Liz Weir, she has a CD of mostly original stories called Worms in the Pot.

Anna Bowen is a teacher (primary and secondary) in addition to being a skilled & versatile musician, currently linked to 4 Dunedin bands. Fiddle, mandolin, whistle, accordion, guitar, all mastered and melodic in her hands as well as a honey-rich singing voice. She has produced a CD and is a well known figure busking around Dunedin, with her distinctive fiddle style and her fiddling companion Coco the Cat. Check out her CD recording here.

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