And let the storytelling begin
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- May
- 21
Hush, hush, I think I hear some stories almost beginning.
A two-day festival of back-to-back storytelling events at many Mt. Kisco locations begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. These are presented by Sunflower Story Arts, a group based in Mahopac, that boasts that this is a first annual.
To fundraise, the group is selling auction items. Top on the list in my mind is lunch with famed author Toni Morrison. Now, where would the best place be to take Morrison for lunch locally I wonder?
On the festival’s slate is storytelling of The Frog Prince, stories in song, Italian folktales and stories of hope and inspiration, according to Sunflower’s lengthy schedule. Also, there will be workshop to engage story lovers to share and create their own tales.
The storytellers are professional dramatic readers whose voices and interpretations have been featured on recordings and heard on radio and theatrical stages.
Ticket prices range from a family package to $20 or $10 for adults and $5 for children and seniors.
“Our vision for the festival is to present the finest professionals in the whole range of story arts, as well as bring together people of all ages and backgrounds to explore these wonderful traditions,” reads a statement on Sunflower’s home page.
Sunflower Story Arts Festival, co-directed by Alyssa Reit and Johanna Maria Rose, is a project of Singing Harp, a non-profit story theatre company that is 10 years old.
The project was made possible in part by the Arts Alive program of the Westchester Arts Council, with funding from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, the Friends of the Mount Kisco Library, and thanks to The Field , a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501© (3) organization serving the New York community.
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on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 6:04 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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