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Annual festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic and humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies.
http://www.upliftingstories.org/
Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.
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story Spring our entire school is involved in our annual STORYTELLING FESTIVAl. Every single one of our 800 students are involved in the festival. All have the opportunity to come to our two storytelling locations and listen to one of the...Tampa, Florida, USA. April, 2005. 21st Annual Festival features student and national storytellers.
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Tampa Hillsborough Storytelling Festival Home Page This event is produced by the Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival Committee, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System, and City of Tampa Recreation Department and Creative Arts Theater with the support of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County...Presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling every March in the Boston area. Over fifty conferences, story swaps, and keynotes.
http://www.lanes.org/stf.html
Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.
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Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival A magical weekend of wonder, imagination and entertainment for all ages with international and New Zealand tellers 23-25 June 2006 For further queries please contact Festival Convenor, PO Box 645, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Email 103 119 064 119 097...One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
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Home Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Imagine sitting under a shady canopy in a beautiful spot at the foot of Mt. Timpanogos, listening to stories of adventure and excitement 8212; a peaceful place where memories and magic are captured and spun into tales that make you...Since 1988, the festival has brought native and non-native storytellers from around the world to Canada's Yukon. Festival dates May 30-June 3, 2001.
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Yukon International Storytelling Festival Festival has moved to a new home page! http www.storytelling.yk.net CONTACT US Yukon International Storytelling Festival PO Box 31722 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A-6L3 ph:(867) 633-7550 fax:(867) 633-3883 email:yukonstory@yknet.yk.ca...Family oriented, free festival featuring storytelling, cowboy poetry, music, history reenactments, and craft demonstrations. Weekend of the first Saturday in November. George West, Texas.
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Home Everything from folklore to fable, history to tall tales, ghost stories to cowboy poetry and even sacred stories are told. With live oak trees for canopies and hay bales for seats, thousands gather each year to celebrate this time-honored tradition....Annual autumn festival at Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, Florida. October 7-8, 2005.
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Home We look forward to seeing you at this year's 17th Storytelling Festival October 14 15 2005 Welcome to the Home Page of the Cracker Storytelling Festival. This annual festival is held during the autumn of the year at the Homeland...Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon. Sept 17-19, 2004.
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Stories By The Sea 2002 Sea festival presented by the Children's Services Division of the Oregon Library Association, and co-sponsored by the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. Join librarians, storytellers, and fans of story for this extraordinary event. We offer exciting and entertaining Continuing...An international night of storytelling held each November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving(in USA)! Check listings for an event near you.
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Welcome to the Official Tellabration! Website Be a part of a worldwide storytelling event! as a listener as a teller as a producer TELLABRATION! all over the world each November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving 11/19/05) A trademarked program of National Storytelling Network For comments or...Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.
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Festival at the Edge Storytelling ...Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.
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Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival McCook, Nebraska Festival is organized each year by the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Committee which falls within the umbrella of the McCook Arts Council. The Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival is usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year. This year 2005,...Celebration of story, ballad, and folksong held each August. Palmer Lake, Colorado.
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Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival Homepage ...Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October 21-30, 2005.
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Festival interculturel du conte du Québec La programmation complte de la 8 e dition du Festival Horaire au quotidien Ils viennent du Portugal, de Cuba, ou de Belgique, d'Irlande, ou de France. Ils arrivent d'Europe de l'Est, du Burkina Faso ou du Maroc.Ils viennent du Qubec...San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.
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Bay Area Storytelling Festival Outstanding storytellers from around the country and around the state visit the Bay Area each Spring to spin yarns and share stories. Settle in and listen as they bring to life tales old and new: folk tales, family stories, fables,...The Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival takes place annually each September, on the southernmost of Ireland's islands. Stories in Irish and English for children and adults, discussions, swaps, workshops for aspiring seanachies, puppets, and music.
http://indigo.ie/~stories/index.htm
Whitehouse, Texas. March 4-6, 2005
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Squatty He has performed at festivals in England Ireland as well as the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee and over 100 others 160; He tells traditional folktales, original stories, personal tales 160; He sings folk songs accompanying himself on guitar,...Storytelling art and craft by Robert and Kelly Vilhelm. Festivals, seminars, tours (Wales, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii, New Mexico), apprenticeship in sacred storytelling.
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Welcome to the World of Storyfest Welcome to the World of Storyfest Inn of the Storytellers Robert Bela Wilhelm Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm Storytellers Cafe Lectionary Storybook Captain Joe Kelly Icelandic Storyfest Storyfest Ministry Celtic Storyfest Orkney Storyfest Assisi Storyfest Potomac Storyfest Hawaiian Storyfest Storytelling School...Held in April each year. Downs, KS
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Kansas Storytelling Festival Foundation set up to receive contributions to restore Sod and Stubble house, school Click here to Buy a Personalized Depot Brick Here is a chance to have a Railroader in the family! Kansas Storytelling Festival The Festival will be held...Arts Council of Oklahoma presents its annual celebration of storytelling. Oklahoma City February
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Welcome to Winter Tales ...St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Keepers of the Dream" May 4-7, 2005.
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St. Louis Storytelling Festival Clark explored deeper into the lands west of the Mississippi River, stories of their expeditions made their way back east by word-of-mouth. This year's Festival commemorates the ones who kept the stories alivethe Keepers of the Dream. _____________________________________ Each year,...Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. April 29, 30 and May 1, 2005.
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Connecticut Storytelling Center Festival Alston and a galaxy of tellers to celebrate this special anniversary. Further details will appear on this site beginning in February, 2006. If you are interested in telling at a future Festival, or leading a workshop, please download our Artist...Montana's only annual storytelling festival, held each April. Cut Bank, Montana, USA.
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12th Annual Montana Storytelling Roundup Do you want to be frightened? titillated? entertained? amused? diverted? pleasured? distracted? Come to the 12th Annual Montana Storytelling Roundup at Cut Bank, Montana Montana's only storytelling festival. Let us entertain you with cowboy poetry, ghost stories, folk music, Indian...Great entertainment by the nation's best storytellers, every October, in San Juan Capistrano, California.
http://home.socal.rr.com/raydavis/
Two days of storytelling by recognized national and regional tellers. Stories from the Native American and Hispanic traditions,ghost tales as well as stories for children and families.
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S.O.M.O.S Society of the Muse of the Southwest Blessed with a unique mixture of natural beauty and cultural diversity, Taos, New Mexico has long been a haven for the creative soul. Since the arrival of literary notables Willa Cather and D.H. Lawrence in the early twentieth century, literature...Annual festival held on the shore of Cave Run Lake in the Daniel Boone National Forest located eight miles west of Morehead, Kentucky. 2004 festival is Sept 24-25.
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Cave Run Storytelling Festival Just some of the tellers coming in 2005 Welcome to the Cave Run Storytelling Festival Web Site! Join us for the seventh annual Cave Run Stroytelling Festival, Sept 23, 24, 2005. Enjoy America's best loved storytellers in a beautiful mountain...The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington. October 15 - 17, 2004
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The Forest Storytelling Festival 2005 The Eleventh Annual International Forest Storytelling Festival October 14 16th 2005 Held at the Port Angeles Senior Center 7th Peabody For information call Cherie Trebon (360) 417-5031 Pat Peterson (206) 935-5308 Email: Pat Featured Storytellers: Kathy Currie Actress and Storyteller,...Annual Festival in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic & humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies. May 28-29,2004
http://www.upliftingstories.org
French Storytelling Festival held each spring in Montréal, Québec. Tellers from Québec and other provinces of Canada. Babel Fish (altavista.com) translates the title as "Festival of tale Of Mouth with Ear".
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Festival de conte Montréal Québec Il fait place des conteurs reconnus et de la relève, avec une participation de conteurs établis. Cette manifestation annuelle a su doter Montréal d’un nouvel événement professionnel d’expression pour la parole conteuse. Concours de la meilleure menterie MC O trouver...Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March 11-13,2005.
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MCACI Storytelling Festival Brochures will be available in December 2005.Call the Arts Council at (209) 966-3155 or 800-903-9936, or write us toadd your name and address to our mailing list. Nineteenth Mariposa Storytelling Festival will be: March 10-12, 2006 Evening performances were completely...Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.
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Indian Canyon Village: 7th Indian Canyon Storytelling Festival Thumbnails to get a larger version! Story Telling Festival Program Front page of programSchedule of EventsAcknowledgementsDirections to Indian Canyon Front page of program The 7th annual story telling session was a great success, with the weather co-operating, and attended by...Storytelling and Folk Music Festival in Mokena, Illinois.
http://my.enom.com/7099
Despite the name, this is an international gathering of storytellers and listeners held annually on the first weekend in October in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Over two dozen tellers entertain thousands of festival-goers in multiple circus style tents scattered through out this historic community.
http://www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.htm
Loudoun's Annual Unforgettable Gigantic Hilarious Storyfest. Theraputic laughter from Sterling, Virginia.
http://www.laughsfestival.org/
Official site of an annual weekend-long storytelling festival in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted by Northland Public Library.
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Three Rivers Storytelling Festival 2006 Festival began with one storyteller, some grass, a few trees and an enchanted audience. It's grown into a site with two storytelling stages going concurrently, workshops, a storytelling store, and world class talent. We invite you to come, sit back,...National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
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Big South Fork National River Recreation Area Special Events SPECIAL EVENTS Twelfth Annual Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival Date September 25, 2004 Times 10:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m. Location Bandy Creek Fields Contact Steven Seven, 423.569.9778 Event Guide Book Return to list Search Search this park Search nps.gov...National and regional storytellers perform outdoors in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 12-15, 2005.
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Indiana Storytellers Signed for deaf and hearing impaired patrons •Wheelchair accessible Check out the 2005 Festival program to be posted here August 1. For more information call 317-576-9848....The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.
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{fray} events The fray organization is devoted to the art of the personal story. We hold events where real people tell true stories in real time. And you're invited. Previously Fray Cafe Austin 4 14 March 2004 Austin, TX Recently Fray Day...An annual festival begun in 1996, OSF brings world class tellers to Cleveland, TN. Joint production of the Cleveland Storytelling Guild and Cleveland State Community College.
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Ocoee Story Fest Cherokee called this place in southeast Tennessee Uwaga'hi. Uwa'ga for the Apricot Vine that proliferates here and hi meaning place. When the first Europeans to arrive tried to pronounce the word it came out ocoee The Ocoee, also known as...Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. Nov 18-20, 2004.
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Tapestry of Tales Family Storytelling Festival Multnomah County Library Welcome to the sixth annual Tapestry of Tales Family Storytelling Festival. Since the festival's first year, the Library Foundation and Multnomah County Library have brought the magic and joy of storytelling to over 25,000 people of all ages. Our goal...The Fourth Annual Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival Saturday January 15, 2005
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Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival 2005 This event will be held at the Seney-Stovall Chapel Our festival begins with a free storytelling concert featuring Dorothy Holt at 10:00 a.m. The festival formally opens in the afternoon and continues on through the evening. Tickets sold at the...Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.
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Festival basics Our tellers share stories at the beautiful Brown-Forman Amphitheater. Between sessions is an opportunity for the not-so-professional to tell a tale! Come early and sign up! Sat Sept 10 7:30pm GHOST TALES on the River. It will be a Story,...Uplifting and provocative -- a week of storytelling for all ages in Albany, New York each April. Includes family storytelling, ghost stories, stories for adults, story swaps and workshops. Featuring national storytellers.
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Riverway Storytelling Festival Festival will take place in and around Albany, NY. Plan now to attend. Audiences of nearly one thousand came together for the third annual Riverway Storytelling Festival to share and enjoy the great tradition of storytelling. This year expanded to...Presenting storytelling workshops and performances since 1983. Serves storytellers and storytelling enthusiasts in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
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Northlands Annual Conference Conference when it returns to The Edgewater Hotel in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin, April 27-30, 2006! In the meantime, here's what was offered in 2005 Hands Across The Northlands2005 Storytelling Conference April 22-24, 2005 The Edgewater Hotel 149; Madison, Wisconsin Conference...March 31 – April 3, 2005. Austin, Texas.
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2005 Texas Storytelling Festival Youth Tellers Auditions Info Click for more details and contact info. about our wide variety of tellers and presenters. Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:30 11:15 a.m. Tiny Tales for Tiny Tots (CVA 2.50) This storytelling concert is designed for the youngest listeners and their...Annual fall featival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
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Welcome to BSA We are a non profit organization dedicated to assisting you in finding out the information that you need about the power of the oral tradition as practiced by African people in the Diaspora. Our mission is to maintain the art...Music, folk tales, and personal stories. First weekend of March. Austin, Minnesota.
http://www.minnesotastorytellingfestival.com
The Detroit Story League began meeting in 1912 and has held an annual festival since 1988. September 16-17, 2005
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Detroit Storytelling ...St. Marys Storytelling Festival, an outdoor festival held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in St. Marys, Ontario. September 9-10, 2005
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Home Marys businesses and organizations and 85 volunteers, this was truly a community event. Grown-ups discovered first-hand that storytelling is not just for children. Typical comments ranged from, Wonderful! Way beyond my expectations!to I came for an hour and stayed all...Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.
http://www.australianstorytelling.org.au/festival/
Contact information for storytelling festivals presented in New England and beyond.
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New England Storytelling Festivals and Beyond Storytelling concerts for adults, teens and families, workshops in the art of storytelling. Presenters include Jon Spelman, Willy Claflin his moose, Opalanga Pugh, and members of the Detroit Story League. www.DetroitStorytelling.com; Stories@YHealy.com. SPINNING STORIES/SPANNING TIME STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, Sept. 16 to...Aug 12th – 14th 2005. Schedule of events, and list of performers.
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Pierpont SD, Storytelling Festical Festival welcomes you join us Inquiries welcome Send us an Email Meet the Performers Orval Van Deest is a native of South Dakota and presents a unique program for all ages. Since 1984 he has traveled across the Mountain Plains...