STORY GLORY
Story Glory…What is it? A vision, an offering, a noncommercial audio archive project, and a Rainbow recording studio all in one. Consider it the Rainbow version of StoryCorps. When you happen upon it, you'll know it by the red yurt-like tent (a Gome) and its ever evolving wish list.
While Story Glory's official story begins in 2016 at the Vermont annual gathering near Mt. Tabor, its unofficial story has earlier origins, dating back to the 2010 annual in Pennsylvania in the Allegheny National Forest.
Picture this: It's July 5th, 2010, Dark 30, and the growing crowd is gearing up for Diamond Dave's Open Mic event near PopCorner. Tenali, who is wearing a suit, is getting his gear ready to record the songs, poems, and rambles that are about to happen for his audio archive of over more than a decade of Rainbow field recordings when Diamond Dave introduces him to Kristen (FYI -only Kristen remembers this introduction), a then graduate student researching Rainbow. In this moment, an unknown and unanticipated future collaboration is born.
Fast forward: Story Glory opens its doors in Vermont, situating Tenali's long-term archiving project in a fixed space on the trail near Granola Funk. After multiple recording days, Tenali leaves the gathering with around 200 recordings, representing a wide variety of genres on the Story Glory wish list. Story Glory made its second showing in Oregon in 2017, located near Rough N' Ready Kitchen. Fun fact: Kristen and Tenali are now married, which is something neither of them would have ever predicted in 2010...2011...2012....
If you have not had a chance to check Story Glory out at Rainbow, look for us in future years (you'll know the red yurt when you see it). Drop by and share something for the archive.
Have a listen...
What about Rainbow?
It is often said that Rainbow is easier to experience than describe, and we find this to be quite true. Even so, each year thousands of people gather in a U.S. National Forest around July 1-7, to collaboratively create a temporary, sustainable village. These people, sometimes referred to as the Rainbow Family of Living Light, Rainbow Family, Rainbow Tribe, or Rainbow Warriors, "the largest non-organization of non-members," gather and build water systems, kitchens, villages, performance spaces, and other offerings as a noncommercial event put on for the people by the people. While it costs money to create a Rainbow Gathering, unlike festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, or Burning Man, there is no entry fee nor cost for any goods or services for attendees at a gathering. Instead, Rainbow operates on a donation and barter system, prioritizing work and service, in addition to entertainment and the arts.
WHO IS TENALI?
Tenali Hrenak, radio producer and sound designer, Muddy Boots Radio.
https://soundsfromtherainbow.org/about/