Walking the Trail is a favorite among university students and they celebrate the stories about the author’s life on the road that ultimately lead him to walk the Trail of Tears: By the age of twenty-six he had thumbed enough miles to circle the globe five times. He once thumbed 1,500 miles round trip—in a single weekend—from the University of Alabama to Oklahoma City to spend one night with the woman he loved. When the Hell’s Angels gave Ellis a lift, the bikers ate from garbage cans. Mr. Universe and Mr. Teenage America, on the other hand, befriended Ellis on the road and invited him to lunch at the Olympic headquarters. Motivational, educational and entertaining, Walking the Trail honors diverse ETHNICITY and dispels Native American stereotypes. Riding the Pony Express to Lasso the Internet:
Based on the author’s book, On the Trail of the Pony Express, this rip-snorting 2,000 mile adventure from Missouri to California by horseback, wagon train, canoe and foot, gallops through audiences minds and hearts to help them better understand the history and current application of communication in America as well as around the globe. When is the last time you operated a telegraph? Oh, your Morse code is just a bit rusty? Don’t worry, after hearing this presentation—which examines the invention of the telephone and radio as well as the Internet and their influences on modern culture—you’ll start dotting and dashing love songs or commanding memos to those around you. Audiences hear a reenactment of the dots and dashes that announced the assassination of President Lincoln and the sinking of the Titanic. The first recorded radio and telephone conversations, from the Library of Congress, are presented. So saddle up, partners, and let’s hit the trail! Guitars are welcomed, but I-Pods will be nailed to the nearest cactus. Ideal for all companies involved with communications.
The Devil Went Down to Georgia:
When is the last time you called a hog, entered a watermelon seed spitting contest, sipped a mint julep or watched the Beverly Hillbillies or Dukes of Hazard? Well, dump those clichés into a box of instant grits and get the real scoop on Southern culture and traditions in this soulful and humorous presentation—based on the author’s book, Marching Through Georgia, in which he walked the Civil War route of Sherman’s March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah. Ideal for any corporate meeting based or doing business in the South.
Where Have all the Miracles Gone?
Based on the writer’s book, Walking to Canterbury, A Modern Journey Through Chaucer’s Medieval England, the author empowers his audiences to grasp why miracles, so honored and sought after in the Middle Ages, have fallen through the cracks of the modern world. Ellis fills those cracks and inspires listeners to perceive that miracles are all around them.
Footprints is an all day multimedia and multicultural seminar for teachers. It adds even more fun, inventiveness and thought provoking ideas to already vibrant classrooms, while centering upon lessons learned from the Native American’s author 900-mile walk along the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Primarily integrating History, Creative Writing and Language, its threads are interwoven with Art, Music, Theater and Geography.
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