The 2012 Storytelling Festival is Almost Here!

Hear ye, hear ye!  School-aged youngsters with a story to tell are invited to participate in the 32nd Annual Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival on April 21, 2012.  This free event, which will once again be held at historic Hillsborough High School, is believed to be the largest and oldest of its kind at which children are the predominant storytellers. 

Workshops for all children who wish to learn to tell a story or brush up on their skills are available at libraries throughout the county.  Topics include choosing a suitable story to tell, learning a story, and how to breathe life into your story.  There is no charge for these workshops.  Those children who wish to tell their story in front of an audience are then evaluated and recommended as a Festival storyteller.

Can’t make it to a workshop?  Interactive storytelling lessons are now available on the library’s website for use by parents and children who wish to work at home, or teachers who wish to teach storytelling in their classrooms.  Additionally, storytelling kits for select titles and genres are available to check out.

For more information about this and other FREE programs @ your library®, call (813) 273-3652 or visit http://www.hcplc.org/.

The 30th Annual Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival is Coming!

Hillsborough County is gearing up for its Thirtieth Annual Storytelling Festival!  

The culminating festival will be held April 24, 2010, from 9 am – 4 pm. The festival will be at its traditional Tampa home, Hillsborough High School, located at 5000 N Central Ave. in Tampa. The festival is FREE and open to the public.   

In addition to this year’s Featured Storyteller, Eth-noh-Tec, the festival also presents hundreds of school-aged Festival Quality Storytellers, regional storytellers of all ages, balladeers, puppets, storybook characters, and much, much more!  

This event is produced by the Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Committee, the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System, the City of Tampa Recreation Department, and the Creative Arts Theater with the support of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.  

Visit the Storytelling Festival 2010 website for more information and don’t forget to check out these related books and websites! 

29th Annual Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival

The Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival is a fun time for you and your family to watch kids like you and professionals tell stories. It is an all-day event on April 18, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm at Hillsborough High School. Everyone is welcome and it is a free event.

Visit the Storytelling Festival 2009 website for more information and don’t forget to check out these related books and websites!