See State Champion Guilford County Youth Tellers
@ 6th Annual NC Storyfest May 21-22, 2010
The Piedmont’s Largest Storytelling Festival
Five youths from workshops conducted by NC Storyfest Inc.’s Youth Storytelling Collaborative, a youth development program funded by the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, are winners at the state level. They are Imani Nelson, Katie Wilson, and Olivia Lawson from Millis Road Elementary School; Eva Raquel Jones from Ragsdale High School; and Aziza Ward from Guilford Early College. Approximately 200 youth participated in the workshops last fall. Thirteen youths from Guilford County were selected to compete in the state storytelling competition coordinated through the Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast in Laurinburg, NC. Storyfest is a FREE event for all ages Thanks to our sponsors: Proctor & Gamble Foundation, United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, Downtown Greensboro Inc., City Arts of Greensboro, NC Storytelling Guild, Yes! Weekly, NC Humanities Council, High Point Arts Council, the Guilford County Schools and the Greensboro Public Library.
(see www.ncstoryfest.org )
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