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

Cynthia Changaris
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    

Kentucky public librarians-Earn up to 1.05 CRP toward certification for the entire conference. (see CRP credits in schedule below. Sign in required at each session.)

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

Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, November 6, O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building

1:00-4:00 pm	Kentucky Youth Storytelling Showcase State Finals (Free-open to conference attendees and the general public)
4:00–7:30 pm	Hotel check-in & dinner on your own
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 ( 0.15 CRP) Included with Conference Registration. Enjoy performances by featured artist, Cynthia Changaris, plus many of your favorite Kentucky storytellers.
10:00-11:30 pm	Late Night Story Slam ( 0.15 CRP) 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 7, Combs Building

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 (0.05 CRP)
10:00-10:15	Break and Story Store opens
10:15-11:15	Workshops 1, 2, 3 (0.1 CRP)
11:15-11:30	Break and Story Store open
11:30-12:30	Workshops 1 cont., 4, 5 (0.1 CRP)
12:30-1:30	Lunch Break (on your own)
1:00-1:30	Story Store open
1:30-2:00	Open Mic Stories #2 (0.05 CRP)
2:10-3:00	KSA Annual Membership Meeting
3:00-3:15	Break and Story Store open
3:15-4:15	Workshops 6, 7, 8 (0.1 CRP)
4:15-4:30	Break and Story Store Open
4:30-5:30	Workshops 8 cont'd., 9, 10 ( 0.1 CRP)
5:30-5:40	Break
5:40-6:00	Open Mic Stories #3 (0.05 CRP)
6:00-6:30	KYSS information session & Story Store open
6:00-8:00	Supper Break (on your own)

SATURDAY EVENING, November 7, O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building

7:30	Box Office and Story Store open
8:00–10:00	Evening Open Mic Stories (0.2 CRP) 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
Fees are: Postmarked by October 25: $15 KSA Member, $20 Non-Member
Registered after October 25, or at the door: $35

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

Thank You to Our 2009 Conference Partners

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.”

The Kentucky Arts Council

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports the 6th Kentucky Storytelling Conference with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

McCready Manor	Madison County Public Library
Berea Early Childhood Regional Training Center	Richmond Area Arts Council