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and Cash Creek Charlie




Susie and Charlie at hockey game

Gramma Susie and Charlie at
Yukon Native Hockey Tournament

Photo credit: © 2013 Rick Massie

Susie and Thomas King

Gramma Susie with Thomas King in
Dawson City

Susie and Tita

Gramma Susie with Tita in Hawaii
Photo credit: © 2011 Linda Yemoto

Gramma Susie 
Gramma Susie in her
home territory

Sharon YFN 2010 Olympics in costume

Sharon at the 2010 Olympics in costume for What the Land Remembers

Sharon at Banff Centre with Ed Bamiling
Sharon at Banff Centre with Ed Bamiling
Photo credit: © 2007 Andre Dubois

 
Sharon Shorty with the Giant Owl
Sharon Shorty with the Giant Owl.  See the Giant Owl story

Sharon Shorty and Duane Aucoin
Gramma Susie performing with Duane Ghastant' Aucoin playing Cash Creek Charlie.

 

Appearances

For appearances in 2014 onward please see Sharon's Facebook page or Susie and Charlie's Facebook page

Susie and Charlie Comedy night
Adaka Cultural Festival

June 24, 2013 - 6pm
Whitehorse

Sharon presenting
First Nations Australia Writers Workshop - State Library of Queensland

May 9, 2013
Brisbane, Australia

Gramma Susie with Cash Creek Charlie
Yukon Native Hockey Tournament

March 24, 2013 
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie with Cash Creek Charlie
Sourdough Rendezvous 2013 - Performance Tent
February 23, 2013 - 6:20pm (time approximate)
Whitehorse

Sharon Shorty MC
Sourdough Rendezvous 2013 Fiddle Show - Yukon Arts Centre
February 22, 2013
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie with the Teslin Dance Group
Celebration 2012
June 8, 3pm @ ANB Hall and June 9, 7pm @ Centennial Hall
Juneau, Alaska

Sharon - Author appearances
2012 Yukon Young Author's Conference
April 18 - 7-9pm Writers' Festival at Old Firehall
April 19 - 9am reading at FH Collins
April 20 - 12:45am reading at FH Collins
April 21 - 7pm Writers' Festival at Haines Junction Convention Centre
Whitehorse and Haines Junction

Gramma Susie with Cash Creek Charlie
Sourdough Rendezvous 2012 - Performance Tent
February 26, 2012 - 2:30-3:00pm (times approximate)
Whitehorse 

Sharon - Storytelling
Sourdough Rendezvous 2012 - Performance Tent
February 24, 2012 - 5:20-5:30pm (times approximate)
Whitehorse

Sharon - Storytelling
Myth and Medium - Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
February 21-23, 2012
Dawson City, Yukon

Sharon presenting
Available Light Film Festival - Smokin' Fish
February 11, 2012
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Sharon and Duane hosting / MCs
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre 2012 Folklore Show
February 4, 2012
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
AlterNative Theater Festival
January 15, 2012
Anchorage, Alaska

Gramma Susie and Charlie
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Atlantic National Event Halifax 2011
October 26-29, 2011 
Halifax, NS

Sharon / Gramma Susie with Thomas King in Dawson City
A Wasted Evening with Thomas King
October 17, 2011
Dawson City

Sharon & Gramma Susie Storytelling
Talk Story Camp
July 15-17, 2011 
Honolulu, Hawaii

Sharon Onstage MC and Storytelling
Atlin Arts & Music Festival
July 8-10, 2011
Atlin, BC

Sharon Onstage MC and Gramma Susie
Adaka Festival
July 4, 2011 @ 6pm
Old Firehall, Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Charlie
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
National Event Inuvik 2011
June 30, 2011 @ 2pm
Inuvik, NWT

Sharon Onstage MC                            
National Aboriginal Day 2011
June 21, 2011 -- 11am-5pm
Shipyards Park, Whitehorse

Storytelling
StoryNorth - 19th Annual Conference of Storytellers Canada
May 27-29, 2011
Yellowknife, NWT

Gramma Susie
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous - "Celebrating Yukon's First People" Rendezvous Revue
February 26, 2011 - 1/2 hr show between 11pm to midnight
Shipyards Park, Whitehorse

Storytelling with Sharon
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous - "Celebrating Yukon's First People"
February 25, 2011 @ 1:45pm
Shipyards Park, Whitehorse

National Aboriginal Network for Arts Administration
Meeting 2010
September 29 - October 2, 2010
Wahta Mohawk Cultural Centre, Ontario

Gramma Susie
Gwitch'in Gathering
July 18-24, 2010
Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
National Event WInnipeg 2010
June 16-19, 2010
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Storytelling 
Northern Stories Tour hosted by Yukon Arts Centre
June 8-12, 2010
Carmacks, Mayo, Dawson, Old Crow, Yukon Territory

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie with the Teslin Dance Group
Celebration 2010
June 3-5, 2010
Juneau, Alaska

Storytelling 
Listen Up! NACC Festival of Stories
May 28-30, 2010
Yellowknife, NWT

Vancouver 2010 Olympics - Yukon First Nations Cultural Contingent
What the Land Remembers - Tales of Raven and Wolf
February 19 - 23, 2010 YFN 2010 link for perfomance times and venues
Sharon's press kit here

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
On the Bus: Storytellers Northland Tour
Toi Maori Aoteoroa and Bay of Island Arts Festival
February 7 - 10, 2010
Rawene and Kawakawa, New Zealand

Whitehorse premier performance of
What the Land Remembers - Tales of Raven and Wolf
January 10, 2010 - 2pm and 6pm
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
UyidYnji Tl'aku Healing Gathering & Celebration Potlatch
November 19, 2009 - 2pm
Yukon College Gym, Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
2009 Women's History Month Poster reception
October 21, 2009
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
Canadian Capital Cities Organization Conference
August 19, 2009
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council Biennial Summit 2009
August 6-8, 2009
Helen's Fish Camp (Lake Laberge)

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Ha Kus Teyea Celebration 2009
July 25, 2009
Teslin

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
CYFN Banquet
July 15, 2009
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
ICCH 14 : 14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
July 11-16, 2009
Yellowknife

Sharon Shorty, MC
Teslin Concert at the Park
July 5, 2009
Teslin

Gramma Susie
National Aboriginal Weekend Celebration
June 19, 2009
Elijah Smith Building
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Northern First Nations Housing Conference
February 17-19, 2009
Yukon Convention Centre
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
Yukon Medical Association Conference
November 15, 2008
High Country Inn
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Central Council Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska
2008 Southeast Alaska Native Summit
November 12, 2008

Juneau, Alaska

Gramma Susie
Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Family Services Society
"Laughter is Medicine" Foster Parents Appreciation Ceremony
October 16, 2008

Vancouver, BC

Gramma Susie and Sharon telling stories
Yukon International Storytelling Festival
October 3-5, 2008
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
Aboriginal Headstart 10 year Anniversary
October 2, 2008
Richmond, BC

Gramma Susie
Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs
CAFC’s 100th Anniversary
September 22, 2008
Yukon Arts Centre
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
National Aboriginal Women's Summit
July 30, 2008
Yellowknife, NWT

Gramma Susie appearances and Sharon Shorty as MC
Atlin Music Festival
July 11-13, 2008
Atlin, BC

MC at Opening Reception First Annual First Nations Arts Festival
Susie and Charlie Monday June 23, 7pm
Jubilee Park, Whitehorse Visitor Reception Centre
Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry (SYANA)
June 20-23, 2008
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie & Sharon Shorty storytelling
Perseverance Theatre
June 1-7, 2008
Juneau, Alaska

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Northern Communications Conference 2008
March 4-5, 2008
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Sharon and Duane hosting
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre 2008 Folklore Show
February 2, 2008
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Western Canadian Summer Games 2007
August 8, 2007
Sherwood Park, Alberta

Gramma Susie
Beyond the Border 2007
The Wales International Storytelling Festival

July 6-8, 2007
St. Donats Castle, South Wales

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Open Sky Festival
June 29-July 2, 2007
Fort Simpson, NWT

Sharon telling stories
Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival :
Storytelling on the Path to Peace
May 9-13, 2007
Winnipeg

Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
Treaty 4 Tribal Council Education Conference 2007
April 4, 2007
Queensbury Exhibition Centre, Regina

Aboriginal Arts Residency at the Banff Centre
March - April 2007
Banff, Alberta

Jeux du Canada 2007 Canada Winter Games
February 23 - March 10, 2007
Whitehorse, Yukon

Senior Fellow -- Thematic Residency 'North'
Aboriginal Arts Program
Banff Centre
January - February 2007
Banff, Alberta

"Why Campfire Smoke Follows the Guilty One"
Yukon Campfire Collective dance presentation at
Art Equinox 2006
September 29, 2006 at 7 pm
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse

Dawson City Music Festival
July 21-23, 2006
Dawson City, Yukon

Atlin Arts & Music Festival
July 7-9, 2006
Atlin, British Columbia

Yukon International Film Festival
National Aboriginal Day -- June 21, 2006
Whitehorse

2nd National Aboriginal Arts Administrators and Funders Gathering @ ICEM
June 9-10, 2006
Sept-Iles, Quebec

Gramma Susie with Cash Creek Charlie at Perseverance Theatre at Celebration 2006
June 2, 2006
Juneau, Alaska

Yukon Arts and Culture Summit
March 26, 2006
Whitehorse

Yukon Women's Health Forum - "Leavin' Laughin"
March 17-18, 2006
Whitehorse

Storytelling Residency
The Banff Centre
January 2006 - February 24, 2006
Banff, Alberta

Longest Night 2005
December 20/21, 2005
Whitehorse

Sounds Like Canada
December 15, 2005
Whitehorse

Panel Speaker
Trade Roots Conference
November 24, 2005
Brantford, Ontario

Gramma Susie
Canadian Justice Ministers Meeting
November 7, 2005
Whitehorse

Gramma Susie
Opportunities North
September 22, 2005
Whitehorse

Keynote Speaker from the North
Also Gramma Susie with Cash Creek Charlie
International Indigenous Librarians Forum
September 16, 2005
Regina, Saskatchewan

Storyteller, Yukon presentation, Closing Ceremonies
2005 Jeux du Canada Summer Games
August 20, 2005
Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan

Giant Owl Story
Sharon as Artistic Director, SYANA Performing Arts
Longest Days Street Fair
Friday July 8th, 2005
Teegatha Oh' Zheh Park at the end of Main Street, Whitehorse

Traditional Storytelling with Ida Calmegane

<<die welt erzählt>> The Crow and the Raven
April 10 to April 15, 2005
Theater Stadelhofen, Zurich, Bern Puppet Theatre
Kleintheater Luzern
Switzerland

Honour Your Health Challenge
Aboriginal Tobacco Health Strategy
Healing through humour and closing keynote
March 20 to March 22, 2005
Coast Plaza, Vancouver BC

IPAA Conference
Full Circle 2005
Welcome and performance
by Gramma Susie and Cash Creek Charlie
March 18, 2005
Renaissance Hotel, Vancouver BC

Honouring Words Aotearoa 2005
March 3 to March 13, 2005
New Zealand

Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Circle
Journey to Wellness
February 12, 2005
Kwanlin Dun Na' Kwa Ta Ku

Skookum Jim Friendship Centre 2005 Folklore Show
February 5, 2005
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse

Sunday Holiday Storytelling
December 12, 2004
Whitehorse Public Library

13th Annual Vancouver International Storytelling Festival
November 19-21, 2004
Vancouver Museum

2004 Yukon International Storytelling Festival
Sunday June 27, 2004
Whitehorse

National Aboriginal Day Family Picnic
June 21, 2004
Aldergrove Lake

Baker Lake Hamlet Days
Elders' Day Appearance
May 12, 2004
Qamanittuaq Recreation Centre

Focus 2004 Leaders & Healers Conference
Keynote Appearance
Monday April 26, 2004
Victoria Conference Centre

Aboriginal Storyteller-in-Residence
Fall 2003 to Spring 2004
Regina Public Library

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