7th ANNUAL ST. MARYS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

Schedule of Events

Friday, June 4th

Local Schools at the Festival

Three daytime sessions with visits from schools, grades K-8

9.30-10.30:                   Leslie Robbins-Conway & Paul Conway of Voyageur Storytelling (K-3)

                                   Mike Ford (4-8)

12:00-1:00                  Leslie Robbins-Conway (K-3)

                                   Paul Conway (4-8)

1:30-2:30                     Leslie Robbins-Conway & Paul Conway of Voyageur Storytelling (K-3)

                                   Mike Ford (4-8)

Luncheon with Jim May

12:00-1:30pm at St. Marys United Church Hall

Sponsored by St. Marys Community Living

Suggested admission $10 and is open to general public

                         

 

Evening Family Storytelling Concert at the Flats      

(by donation)

 

7.30- 9:30pm             Hosted by Jim May

                                  Mike Ford  

                                  Jan Andrews

                                  Brad Woods

                                  Leslie Robbins-Conway

                                  Jack Sebben - juggler extraordinaire and Grade 6 Student at South Perth

                                  Ethan Elliott - 8 yr old award winning Storyteller from Stratford

                         

 

Saturday, June 5th

 

Saturday Morning Events

Library,      11:00 to noon          Storyteller/Author Jan Andrews (free admission)

Workshops,  9.00-11.30            “Speaking Story”  with Dan Yashinsky & "Personal Narrative, Culture  and Myth" with Jim May (Click here For more information)

Farmers’ Market, 9 to 11am      Voyageur Storytelling with Leslie Robbins-Conway Paul Conway

Festival Tent, 9:00-12:00        Pocketology Excavation with Rachel Ellison & Coleen MacPherson

Horticultural Plant Sale  8:30-11:00         Paper Trails Storytelling with Brad Woods & Family

 

Saturday Afternoon at the Flats

(By donation)

Storytelling in 2 tents

Family Tent

1:00-1:45pm   La'Ron Williams

2:00-2:45pm   Dan Yashinsky "Village of Storytellers"

3:00-3:45pm   Mike Ford "Canada Needs You!"

4:00-4:45pm   Leslie Robbins-Conway & Paul Conway "Pioneers! Oh Pioneers!

Adult Tent

1:00-1:45pm    Jennifer Cayley "Homer's Odyssey: The Ultimate Homeward Journey"

2:00-2:45pm   evalyn parry "Cyclists, sailors, lovers and thieves"

3:00-3:45pm   Jim May "Selections from The Farm on Nippersink Creek"

4:00-5:00   Jan Andrews "The Stone Book"

 

2-4pm Pocketology On-Site Excavation

Paper Trails Storytelling (on-going at Sales Area in Family Tent)

 

Saturday Evening Adult Concert of Music and Stories at the Flats

(By donation)

8 to 10pm      Hosted by Dan Yashinsky

                      evalyn parry

                      Jim May

                      Jennifer Cayley

                      La'Ron Williams

                      Paul Conway