Azalea Storytelling Festival 2016

Event: Azalea Storytelling Festival

Date: March 4th, 5th, and 6th of 2016

Featuring: Donald Davis, Michael Reno Harrell, Barbara McBride Smith, Ed Stivender and Carol Cain

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     Held the first weekend in March each year in LaGrange, Georgia, the Azalea Storytelling Festival (ASF) keeps the art of storytelling alive and vibrant, provides a high quality family event and is an integral part of the community’s goal to make Troup County an arts destination.  The Festival draws approximately 2,500 people each year, with almost 200 patrons attending from 23 states and several foreign countries.

     Founded in 1997, the ASF has become a model of community organization, cooperation, and collaboration, and continues to see some of Georgia’s and the nation’s premier storytellers on its stage.   The organizations, which support this superb event, are the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Development Authority, West Georgia Technical College, the Troup County School System, LaGrange Tourism Bureau, and LaGrange College. 

     In celebration of ASF’s 20th anniversary year, Donald Davis, featured storyteller, in the 2016 ASF event (March 4-6) will also be making additional visits to area schools in the days leading up to start of the festival. Listed below is a tentative schedule of events at the participating schools (this is an additional cost to us) and the ASF main event at LaGrange College:

Tentative Schedule of Events
LaGrange Area Schools and More
February 29-March 4, 2016

Monday, February 29
8:30 a.m.                    Long Cane Elementary
10:30 a.m.                  West Point Elementary
1:30 p.m.                    Rosemont Elementary

Tuesday, March 1                 
11:15 a.m.                  LaGrange College
7:00 p.m.                    Memorial Library

Wednesday, March 2         
10 -11:00 a.m.            Senior Center
12:00-1:00 p.m.          Joint Civic Clubs meeting (Optimist, Lions, Rotary, and Kiwanis Clubs)
5:00 p.m.                    First Presbyterian dinner
6:15 p.m.                    First Presbyterian storytelling session

Thursday, March 3
12 noon                      TLC, Lunch Meeting, FUMC
3:30 p.m.                    Twin Cedars
5:30 p.m.                    Azalea Dinner, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Friday, March 4
8:30 a.m.                    Callaway Elementary
10:30 a.m.                  Hogansville Elementary
11:30 a.m.                  St. Peter's Catholic Church, Ed Stivender
7:30 p.m.                    Azalea Storytelling Festival begins

 

ASF Schedule of Events
LaGrange College
Callaway Auditorium
March 4-6, 2016

Friday, March 4, 2016
7:30 P.M.
Donald Davis
Michael Reno Harrell
Barbara McBride-Smith
Ed Stivender

Saturday, March 5, 2016
9:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Storytelling Concert presented by
Donald Davis
Michael Reno Harrell
Barbara McBride-Smith
Ed Stivender

11:30 A.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Lunch (Shuttle bus to downtown restaurants will be provided.)

2:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Storytelling Concert presented by:
Donald Davis
Michael Reno Harrell
Barbara McBride-Smith
Ed Stivender

4:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
Dinner (Shuttle bus to downtown restaurants will be provided.)

7:30 P.M.
Storytelling Concert presented by
Donald Davis
Michael Reno Harrell
Barbara McBride-Smith
Ed Stivender

Sunday, March 6, 2016
8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. Coffee & donuts
Dulcimer Troupers

9:30 A.M. – 10:40 A.M.
Sacred Storytelling
Donald Davis, Michael Reno Harrell,
Barbara McBride-Smith and Ed Stivender

10:50 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
More Sacred Storytelling
Donald Davis, Michael Reno Harrell,
Barbara McBride-Smith and Ed Stivender

Other Local and Guest Storytellers That Appear Throughout the Year Include:

Whit Perry
Allen Keeble
Sharon McLaughlin

Sponsored By:
LaGrange College
LaGrange Downtown Development Authority
LaGrange Memorial Library
LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce
Friends of LaGrange Memorial Library
Hills & Dales Estate
Troup County School System
West Georgia Technical College
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley

Accommodations for Tellers Provided by:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites

 


LaGrange College article on the Azalea Storytelling Festival

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