7th Annual
Garner Targets the Arts -- Storytelling Festival
& Teacher Workshop

The seventh annual Garner Targets the Arts--Storytelling and Workshop will be Saturday,
March 13, 2010, 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, the Wake County Public Library System, McDonalds, and Chick-fil-A. 

Workshop

The free morning workshop with WCPSS renewal credit (reading) will be taught by Tim Lowry 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.   Nationally acclaimed storyteller and historian Tim Lowry will lead attendees of the morning workshop in a two-part session to include:  Work/Play as well as the teaching technique "Telling the American Story."  There will be hands-on and participatory activities, such as story theater, puppetry and creative dramatics, as well as opportunities for questions on adapting Tim's methods to NC classrooms and situations.  Details will be available at the SE Regional Library and the GEF schools after February 2, 2010.   

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 2010 Festival will be Tim Lowry, Charleston's (SC) acclaimed folklorist and historian.  Local storyteller Ron Jones and Wake County librarian/musician Erik Sugg will join Lowry as well as approximately 65 students in grades 3-12 in telling stories and sharing poems.

Renewal Credit

To register for the morning workshop, all attendees are to call the Southeast Regional Library at 662-2263 by March 10.   For WCPSS continuing education credit, attendees must enroll with WCPSS by March 8.   Credit will be awarded based on attendance and completion of an activity sheet provided at the workshop.  The WCPSS SRN# for the morning workshop only is 291071402 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# 291071401.   Non-WCPSS attendees will receive a certificate documenting the number of hours attended. 

2009 Storytelling Festival Presenters
Phillip Shabazz	Dianne de Las Casas and Wright Clarkson
Wright Clarkson	Dianne de Las Casas, Wright Clarkson & Student Storytellers

2008 Festival and Workshop with Donna Washington and Kim Arrington

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