Calendar of Events

 

  • Aug. 30 : SC State Council International Reading Association deadline for call for proposals for 2011 SCIRA Conference. For information: http://www.scira.org/.

 

  • September 2, 9, 16 : Bluffton, SC: Bluffton Farmers Market : Kids ‘n Stories Tent with Yostie. Info: 843-341-2338

 

  • September 7 : Spartanburg, SC: Sonny’s Brick Oven Pizza in downtown Spartanburg, 7:00 pm: FIRST ever Spartan Story Slam will be held. Check us out on Facebook (under Spartan Story Slam) or go to our blog/website http://spartanslam.wordpress.com for more information. If you have questions, email spartanslam@gmail.com Come on out and join us for Story Slam fun!

 

  • September 10-12 : Johnson City, TN: Special Fall ETSU Storytelling Institute (STOR5830-001) Innovative Biblical Storytelling, guest Instructor: Steven James. Presbyterian Student Center, 1412 College Heights. BIBLICAL STORYTELLING CONCERT: Fri. September 10, 7-8:30pm, Earnest C. Ball Hall Auditorium. http://www.etsu.edu/stories/Fall2010Sched.htm. Registration is open now.

 

  • September 17 : Yemassee, SC: Shrimp Festival. Storytelling with Yostie’s Puppets, 6:30 pm. 843-341-2338

 

  • September 18 : Hilton Head Island, SC: Brew Festival at Shelter cove Park. Storytelling with Yostie’s Fishy Friends, 2-4 pm. Info: 843-341-2338

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  • September 22 : Beaufort, SC: Wren Restaurant Event with Lowcountry Storytellers, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Call Cora Newcomb: 843-597-2434

 

  • September 23 : Columbia, SC: SC Arts in Education Booking Conference, held in conjunction with the SCAAE conference at the Marriott hotel in Columbia.

 

 

  • September 24 : Spartanburg, SC: Morgan Square in downtown. As a part of Spartanburg Creative Taste, Stone Soup Storytelling Institute will sponsor storytelling by Lane Hudson and Judy Seeley, 5:30-6:00 pm, 6:30–7:00 pm, and 7:30–8:00 pm.

 

  • September 25 : Boiling Springs, S.C. at the Community Part. Heritage Day Festival: featuring tellers Evelyn Parks, Rema Keen and John Fowler from 9:00-11:30 Info at 864-578-9447

 

  • September 25 : Hilton Head Island, SC: Itallian Festival at Shelter cove Park. Italian Style marioneete demonstrations/participation with Yostie. Info: 843-341-2338

 

  • September 27 : Spartanburg, SC: Spartan Story Slam, 7:00pm at Sonny’s Brick Oven Pizza in downtown Spartanburg. Check us out on Facebook (under Spartan Story Slam) or go to our blog/website http://spartanslam.wordpress.com, for more information. If you have questions, email spartanslam@gmail.com Come on out and join us for Story Slam fun!

 

  • September 30 : Camden, SC: Camden Fine Arts Center: Story,Song and Image exhibit. Narrative works featuring Glen Miller and John Fowler’s collections of native S.C. roots musicians. For more info 864-57-9447 or Camden Fine Arts at: 803-425-7676

 

  • September 30 : Jonesborough, TN: National Story Night; Connie Regan-Blake joins Doug Elliot, Dovie Thamason, Motoko and other national tellers in a benefit performance for the National Storytelling Network – Tickets available online: $15& $10 with all proceeds going towards member grants. http://www.storynet.org/events/storynight.html

 

 

  • October 16 : Pickens, SC: Hagood Mill Story Telling Festival. Rema Keen, Michelle Ross, John Fowler , Hawk Hurst, and CAST (Clemson Area Storytellers).

 

  • October 17-21 : Anderson, SC: Sixth Annual Starburst Storytellers’ Festival with tellers Connie Regan-Blake, Sharon Murray, Nancy Basket, John Fowler, Saundra Kelley and Members of the Clemson Area Story Tellers (CAST) Anderson County Library, 300 N. McDuffie St. , Anderson , SC 29621. Contact: Marybeth Evans, Community Services Coordinator, 864-260-4500, ext. 107; mevans@andersonlibrary.org

 

  • October 20 : Hilton Head Island, SC: Arts Center of Caostal Carolina, Create a fun Halloween inpired puppet. Peek-A-Boo Pop-Up Puppets with Yostie. $10. Ages 5-12. 4:30 – 6 p.m. 843-686-3945, www.artshhi.com

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  • October 20-22 : Myrtle Beach, SC: SC Library Association Annual Conference 2010, at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel. Theme: South Carolina Libraries: Advocacy from the Ground Up.

 

  • October 20-23 : Johnson city, TN: ETSU Special Topics class (STOR/THEA 4957/5957-001): “The Magical Dramatic Imagination,” with Guest Instructor/Performance Artist Heather Woodbury. Bud Frank Theatre, ETSU Campus. Information: http://www.etsu.edu/stories/Fall2010Sched.htm

 

 

  • October 22-23 : Walterboro, SC: Salkehatchie Stew Colleton Collection. A storytelling event with a Mystery Stroll on Friday night (fee charged) and storytelling along Washington Street during the day on Saturday. Tellers include The Tuskeegee Airmen presentation and display, Hawk Hurst, Bob Lisenmayer, Millie Chaplin, Travis Godley, Angee Connelly, David Baxley, Larry Groves, Tony Rhone, with Miss Shelia and Yostie Ashley providing stories in several schools on Friday.

 

  • October 23 : Bluffton, SC: Oyster/Seafood Festival, 11-4:30 Kids Arena includes Yostie’s Puppet Factory. Info: 843-341-2338

 

  • November 6 : Daufuskie Island, SC: Island Festival with Gullah History all day, Yostie’s Puppet Factory. Info: 843-341-2338

 

  • November 12-13 : Brevard, NC: NCSG Fall Festival at Brevard County Library

 

 

 

2011

  • Fort Caswell, NC : NCSG Winter Workshop with Antonio Rocha (pronounced Haw-sha) (International Performer and storyteller) Antonio’s Website: http://www.storyinmotion.com/index2.htm  Workshop Location: The North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell on the eastern tip of Oak Island, NC.

 

  • April 1-3 : Laurinburg, NC: Storytelling Festival of the Carolinas featuring Bil Lepp, Barbara McBride Smith, The Healing Force and Michael Reno Harrell http://www.sfoc.info

 

  • April 29-30 : Woodruff, SC: 25th Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, Suggestions, Emcees, Performers, Volunteers – Contact stonesoupkp@aol.com