Conversation between teller and audience

From René’s interview:

Oh,

well, I

regularly meet a

friend of mine

here, and

well, there’s actually several of us from

our church

that come here.

And it was funny one time we were sitting up front

when we were in the other room

regularly.

We were sitting up front,

and somebody jokingly called us the “Church Ladies”

which just cracked us up because

we’re all older women

and we do go to church,

so it was very funny

that we got called that.

What a beautiful interaction between the storyteller and audience. The storyteller made an assumption that they were church ladies, and this happened to be correct, and it delighted René’s group. The storyteller made this observation, her group laughed. They all enjoyed being there that night together, and perhaps felt a little more connected than if they hadn’t been called out.

I realize I’m making an assumption that the person who called them the Church Ladies was a storyteller and not another audience member. It is kind of an assumption, because I think I was there that night and actually remember this happening. And I think it was a storyteller. If not, there is still a kind of connection made in that a bit of conversation happened that may not have otherwise.