Annual Conference

2010 Kentucky Storytelling Conference
November 12-13, 2010
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
Gilbertsville, Kentucky

To receive Conference rates, book your park lodge room by October 4, 2010. See Travel and Lodging page for more information.

"Whether you love to hear stories or tell stories,
you need to be there."

Octavia Sexton
Please click on name or photo for more information about our featured artist.

Workshops

Open Mic Stories (when anyone may tell a story)

Story Store (things to buy)

Door Prizes (things to win)

Freebie Table (things to take)

All Facilities Accessible

Interpreters Available for all Sessions

Kentucky Public Librarians - Earn up to 10.5 Contact Hours toward certification for the entire conference. (See Contact Hours in schedule below. Sign in required at each session.)

Pre-school Teachers - Earn 1 CEU for attending Workshop #1: "Pre-school Storytelling". (Sign in required at workshop.)

Teachers - Please check with your district to learn what professional development credit may be earned through your conference participation.

Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, November 12, 2010, Conference Center

7:30 pm	Registration & Box office open for Friday evening storytelling. Both Open Mic and Story Slam, are included in your conference registration. Or, at the door, you can pay $5.00 per person and $10 per family – payment includes both Friday evening events.
8:00-9:30 pm	Evening Open Mic Stories (1.5 Contact Hours) Included with Conference Registration. Enjoy performances by featured artist, Octavia Sexton, plus many of your favorite Kentucky storytellers.
10:00-11:30 pm	Late Night Story Slam (1.5 Contact Hours) Included with Conference Registration. Story Slam - a fun timed-story event, anyone can tell a 5 minute story, judges throw up numbers, totals get added, laughter and applause resound through the hall, ties are broken by ever shorter stories, 3 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute, as short as it takes to break the tie. Prizes will be awarded.

SATURDAY, November 13, 2010, Conference Center

8:00-8:45	Registration
8:30-8:55	Silent Bingo Game
8:55-9:00	Bingo Presentations
9:00-9:10	Welcome
9:10-9:30	Communicating with Everyone Virginia Moore, Knowledge Center on Deafness
9:30-10:00	Open Mic Stories #1 (0.5 Contact Hours)
10:00-10:15	Break and Story Store opens
10:15-11:15	Workshops 1, 2, 3 (1 Contact Hour)
11:15-11:30	Break and Story Store open
11:30-12:30	Workshops 4, 5, 6 (1 Contact Hour)
12:30-1:30	Lunch Break (on your own)
1:00-1:30	Story Store open
1:30-2:00	Open Mic Stories #2 (0.5 Contact Hours)
2:10-3:00	KSA Annual Membership Meeting
3:00-3:15	Break and Story Store open
3:15-4:15	Workshops 6 cont'd., 7, 8 (1 Contact Hour)
4:15-4:30	Break and Story Store Open
4:30-5:30	Workshops 8 cont'd., 9, 10 (1 Contact Hour)
5:30-5:40	Break
5:40-6:00	Open Mic Stories #3 (0.5 Contact Hours)
6:00-6:30	KYSS information session & Story Store open
6:00-8:00	Supper Break (on your own)

SATURDAY EVENING, November 13, 2010, Conference Center

7:30	Box Office and Story Store open
8:00–10:00	Evening Open Mic Stories (2 Contact Hours) Included with Conference registration. Or, Evening Open Mic only, at the door $5.00 per person, $10 per family.

All Events are included with your Conference Registration
Save with Pre-Registration – postmark deadline October 30, 2010

Pre-registration fees for KSA Members:	$30 single, $75 families of three or more.
Non-KSA member:	$40 single, $100 families of three or more.
At the door registration:	$50 single, $120 families of three or more.

To attend only Evening Storytelling Events: Pay at door each night: $5.00 per person, $10 per family

Thank You to Our 2010 Conference Partner

Knowledge Center on Deafness

This is a non-profit organization that strives to support and carry out the educational, cultural, intellectual and charitable goals of deaf and hard of hearing Kentuckians. Through the arts, deaf and hard of hearing people of all ages are given the opportunity to express their talents, to participate in society to their individual potential, and to reduce their isolation regardless of location, socio-economic status, or degree of hearing loss. KCD uses the arts to mobilize the necessary resources to improve the educational, economic and cultural quality of life for all deaf and hard of hearing citizens of the Commonwealth.”