6th Annual
Garner Targets the Arts -- Storytelling Festival
& Teacher Workshop

The sixth annual Garner Targets the Arts--Storytelling Festival and Teacher Workshop will be Saturday, March 7, 2009, at North Garner Middle School (720 Powell Drive).  The educator workshop in the morning (8:15-11:30am) and the storytelling festival (1-3:30pm) in the afternoon for the entire family are being presented by the eleven GEF schools in collaboration with the Garner Educational Foundation and the Wake County Public Library—SE Regional Branch.  The primary sponsor for the event is Target Stores, with additional sponsorship by the Wake County School System, the Town of Garner, McDonalds, Chick-fil-A, and Wake County. 

Festival

The festival will begin at 1pm in the North Garner Middle School auditorium.  Prior to the 1pm Welcome, several local school groups will provide music and art presentations.  The featured storyteller for the 2009 Festival will be Dianne de Las Casas.  Storyteller Wright Clarkson and local poet Phillip Shabazz will join her as well as approximately 50 students in grades 3-12 in telling stories and sharing poems.

Workshop

The free morning workshop with WCPSS renewal credit (reading) will be taught by Dianne de Las Casas and is open to Wake County educators, media specialists of the Wake Public Libraries, and invited guests.  The workshop will be in the auditorium of the North Garner Middle School from 8:15am (sign-in) to 11:30am.  The WCPSS SRN# for the morning workshop only is 281071402 and is for 0.5 units.  Participants who attend the morning workshop AND the afternoon festival will receive one unit of credit and should sign up for WCPSS SRN# 281071401. Non-WCPSS attendees will receive a certificate documenting the number of hours attended.  Workshop participants are asked to not only sign up on the WCPPS system but also call the SE Regional Library (919-662-2263) to register.   Details will be available at the SE Regional Library and the GEF schools after January 15, 2009.

2008 Festival and Workshop with Donna Washington and Kim Arrington

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