(Green font shows continuing education contact hours approved by KDLA for public librarians. Up to 9 total hours available.)

 

(About Open Mics -all are welcome to tell a story -maximum length 7 minutes, so if your story is longer, tell an excerpt and folks can ask you about the rest later!)

 

Friday evening, November 4

5:00 - 7:00 Registration

7:15 - 8:45  Evening Concert Featuring Kentucky Youth Storytelling

Torchbearer, Sky Byrd, plus open mic (1.5)

 

Saturday, November 5

8:00 - 9:00 Registration 

9:00 Greetings and Announcements

9:15 - 10:20 Folktales, Fairytales, and Social Justice -a Workshop led

by our Conference Featured Teller, Sheila Arnold. (1)

10:20 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:40 Workshop Session One (1.25)

Workshop 1 - Stretch It! Developing Tall Tales and Outright Lies: Taking an idea & stretching it to the limit! Presenter: Judy Baker.

 

Workshop 2 - A Bicycle Built for Two: Balancing Tandem Telling.

Presenters: Jennifer Pahl Otto and Eileen DeLorenzo.

 

Workshop 3 - Turn Your Memories into Treasured Tales. Presenter: Judy Sima.

11:40 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 12:55 Workshop Session 2 (1.25)

Workshop 1 - FEE FI FO FUM: Compelling Characters and

Dialogue. Presenter: Steve Daut.

 

Workshop 2 - Detailing your Story: Using easy techniques to enhance or simplify your stories. Presenter: Pam Cropper-Vice.

 

Workshop 3 - Capturing the "Story" Behind the Facts. Presenter: Judy Sima.

12:55 - 2:15 Lunch on your own

2:15 - KSA Annual Membership Meeting

3:15 ­- 3:30 Open Mic

3:30 - 4:15 About Folklore -a presentation by Western Kentucky

University folklore faculty. (.75)

4:15 - 4:45 About the KSA Youth Storytelling Program -a

presentation by the KSA Youth Storytelling Committee. (.50)

4:45 - 6:00 Open Mic (1.25)

6:00 - Supper on your own

8:00 - 9:30 Evening Concert Featuring Sheila Arnold & open mic (1.5)