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Annual Storytelling Festivals in Canada Ottawa Storytelling Festival – www.ottawastorytellers.ca Description: Two-day festival, featuring storytellers from Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, and Kingston. Includes workshops for adults, concert, and children’s story swap. Date: Second weekend in November, first if Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) it’s on weekend Contact: Ruth Stewart-Verger Address: 236 Breezehill Avenue South, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2J3 Tel: 613/722-8402 Email: mailto:ruth@rasputin.ca Information requested: name, biography, description, proposals, audio/visual, contacts. Deadline: April 15 Vancouver Storytelling Festival – www.vancouverstorytelling.org Description: New discoveries, fascinating people and places, and unexpected inspiration come with the territory. The largest festival to date, and revel in the extraordinary tales told by people from across Canada, the U.S., Ireland and the UK-folks with the passion and talent to bring stories to life. Date: June, weekend closest to summer solstice Contact: Vancouver Society of Storytelling Address: 1411 Cartwright St., Vancouver, BC V6H 3R7 Tel: (604) 876-2272 Fax: 6-4-687-4914 Email: storytelling@netrover.com Fort Edmonton Storytelling Festival Description: The purpose of this outdoors, grassroots festival is to create awareness of the art of storytelling to a wider audience. The performances are geared for adult and family audiences. This is not a “children’s festival”, although it does include a couple of sessions for young listeners. The Festival includes morning workshops, a storytelling concert on Sunday evening, and up to five stages with ongoing performances during the afternoons. Each day ends with a story swap. Date: Labour Day Weekend (Sunday and Monday only) Location: Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton, Alberta Contact: Gail De Vos Tel No.: 403-439-7814 Fax No.: 780-492-2430 Address: T.A.L.E.S. Fort Edmonton Park Storytelling Festival, c/o Gail De Vos, 9850-91 Ave., Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 2T6 Email: storyteller.devos@telusplanet.net Information requested: Obtain by mail an official proposal form. Proposals should relate to the theme of the Festival for that year. Deadline: Third week in June TOP |