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On May 2, 3 and 4, 2008 we will be holding our twenty-second Annual Spring Conference in Mount Vernon, Ohio. It promises to be better than ever - entertaining, enlightening, loaded with creativity and how-tos and, most of all, FUN!

Entertainment will include stories presented by many of the finest storytellers in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, California and Michigan. Enlightenment will be rampant in six different workshops. Creativity and how-tos will be shared by all. Note that all the buildings and spaces being used are handicapped accessible!

Socializing will include lots of food, entertainment, interactive games for getting to know each other, a get acquainted reception, story swaps and much, much more.

Our Featured Teller for 2008 Will Be Mary Hamilton

When Mary Hamilton takes the stage, the show unfolds in the hearts and minds of the audience. In her straightforward "just talking" style, Mary uses her voice and her body to tell stories. Her audiences watch, listen, imagine, and create worlds.

John Allen stated in the Grand Rapids Magazine, "When Hamilton tells a story, she transports her audience across time and space."

Mary, who hails from Frankfort, Kentucky, entertains audiences of adults, families, or children with Kentucky tales, world folk & fairy tales, plus a few myths, legends, true stories, and original fiction.

Her work has been featured at storytelling festivals including the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee; the Hoosier Storytelling Festival, Indianapolis, IN; the Storytelling Festival of Nebraska, and many more. She has performed for university students, entertained families and children in libraries, told tales to accompany museum exhibits, and presented hundreds of school assembly programs.

Mary's storytelling is also listed in the Kentucky Performing Arts Directory, a juried directory of Kentucky's finest performers.

Both a 2006 Parents’ Choice Gold Award and a 2006 iParenting Media Award were presented to Mary Hamilton for her newest CD. On Sisters All…and One Troll Mary tells traditional tales of active heroines.

The Kentucky School Media Association presented Mary with the 1999-2000 Jesse Stuart Media Award. This award recognizes creative development in any medium of service to Kentucky schools. Mary received the award, not for a specific story or story recording, but for her body of work in the medium of storytelling.

To find out more about Mary Hamilton, visit her website at www.maryhamilton.info

To access a PDF copy of the upcoming Conference Brochure, click HERE.

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You will not only find the registration forms, you will read about the activities and the inspiring workshops which include:

Evolution of Tale Retellings by Mary Hamilton

Community Coaching Workshop by Kevin Cordi

What’s So Funny? by Pat Nease

Once Upon a Time: Timeless Tales from the Mountains by JoAnn Dadisman and June Riffle (Mountain Echoes)

Telling Stories, Sending Invoices, and Paying Taxes: The Business End of Storytelling by David Austin Sky

Double Your Fun! Telling in Tandem by Jonatha and Harold Wright

Saturday Evening Concert:
Jim Flanagan, Emcee
Veronica Fenney-Okafol and Eric Wolf, Ohio Tellers
Mary Hamilton, Featured Teller

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