POWELLSWOODSTORYTELLING FESTIVAL

POWELLSWOODSTORYTELLING FESTIVAL

The First AnnualPOWELLSWOOD

STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

www.powellswood.org / festivalSpace is limited!

FRIDAY, JULY 13Workshops and Day Camp Programs | Pre-Registration Required

SATURDAY, JULY 1410:00am–4:30pm | Telling all day long!

Tickets may be purchased online or at the door.

POWELLSWOOD | 430 SOUTH DASH POINT ROAD | FEDERAL WAY, WA

PAT PETERSONPat is loved for her well-honed personal stories, and her quirky emcee abilities. Pat has been emcee for the Forest Storytelling Festival for 10 years, and will emcee our concerts as well as telling. www.seattlestorytelling.org/ patpeterson.html

DEBRA HARRIS-BRANHAMOne of Seattle’s most exciting storytellers, Debra’s lively African-American folktales will rock the audience. Debra is a school librarian at Campbell Hill Elementary in Renton. Don’t miss her fun audience-participation tales.

Come Hear Our Tellers!

ETH-NOH-TEC The exciting duo, Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, share Asian folktales in a dynamic blend of poetic storytelling and graceful physical theater. www.ethnohtec.org

DONALD DAVISAppalachian master teller, Donald, brings his audiences to laughter and tears…often at the same time. He tells of growing up in North Carolina, and of coping with the world in his travels. He will share stories from his books and CDs including his latest Tales from a Free-Range Childhood. www.ddavisstoryteller.com

ALTON CHUNG This Japanese/Korean teller from Hawaii creates affecting story performances based on oral histories of Hawaii’s peoples. www.storynet.org www.altonchung.com

JOE HAYESSanta Fe teller, Joe shares folktales from the Southwest.

Joe’s slow, drawling telling style pulls audiences right in. Some of his sets will be bi-lingual…Spanish and English…and you will swear you understood both… even if you don’t. www.cincopuntos.com/ authors_detail.sstg?id=19

NORM BRECKE Norm combines music and story to engage listeners of all ages. Norm teaches at Kennydale Elementary where he directs a student

storytelling group. Sit a spell and let Norm engage your young ones. www.seattlestorytelling.org/ storytellers/norm_brecke.htm

THE WHITMAN STORY SAMPLERJen and Nat Whitman delight young audiences with their lively audience-participation folktales. They teach abroad, but return every summer to perform for King County Library reading programs.www.whitmantellers.comFriday, July 13

FREE PROGRAMS FOR DAYCAMPS & DAYCARES

Debra Harris-Branham, Joe Hayes, Alton Chung and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo will be telling to daycamp and daycare groups in 50 minute programs on Fridays.

Please contact Margaret Read MacDonald to book a spot for your group. Space is limited.

mrm@MargaretReadMacdonald.com

STORYTELLER WORKSHOPSRegister at www.powellswood.org/festival

Donald Davis9:00am-12:00pm | Garden Room | $60

Life Story Workshop. Designed to tap memory and help you begin to shape personal and family stories.

Eth-Noh-Tec1:00-3:00pm | Woodland Tent | $50

Tell it! Move it! Incorporate physicality into your telling. Learn from the masters: “We create illusions using our words, imagery and gestures.”

Tea with the Tellers3:30-4:30pm | Garden Room Courtyard | Hosted by Diane Powell | $10

Full festival discount: $99 if purchased before June 1.

Saturday Schedule, July 14Perennial

Garden TentLIVELY WORLD FOLK-TALES FOR ALL AGES

10:00 –11:00amDebra Harris-Branham

&The Whitman Story Sampler

11:15am –12:15pmJoe Hayes

&Debra Harris-Branham

12:45 –1:45pmThe Whitman Story Sampler

&Eth-Noh-Tec

2:00 – 3:00pmDebra Harris-Branham

&Donald Davis

WoodlandGarden Tent

TELLING FOR ADULT LISTENERS

10:00 –11:00amPat Peterson, MC

Donald DavisAlton Chung

Joe HayesEth-Noh-Tec

11:15am –12:15pmDonald Davis

Tales from a Free-Range Childhood

12:45 –1:45pmJoe Hayes

&Debra Harris-Branham

Tales from Our Folk Traditions

2:00 – 3:00pmEth-Noh-Tec

The Silver River of Tales

3:15 – 4:30pmFestival Closing Program

(For All Ages)Pat Peterson MC

Norm BreckeDonald DavisAlton Chung

Joe HayesDebra Harris-Branham

Whitman Story SamplerEth-Noh-Tec

Garden Room

SPECIAL ADULT PROGRAMS

11:15am –12:15pmAlton Chung

Okinawan Memories of WWII

12:45 –1:45pmPat Peterson

&Donald Davis

Oh, Those Wonderful Memories

2:00 – 3:00pmAlton Chung

The Japanese-American Experience of WWII

SpringGarden TentSTORIES FOR OUR

YOUNGEST LISTENERS

10:00 –11:00amNorm Brecke

Songs &

Tales forYounger Listeners

11:15am –12:15pmRobert Kikuchi-Yngojo

&The Whitman Story Sampler

12:15 –12:45pmNorm Brecke Sing Along

12:45 –1:45pmNorm BreckeSongs & Tales

2:00 – 3:00pmThe Whitman Story Sampler

&Joe Hayes

Meet the POWELLSWOOD GARDENERS

in the Woodland Garden

9:30–10:00am12:15–12:45pm

4:30–5:00pm

www.powellswood.org / festival

Directions and ParkingTickets

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Direction

sThe Festival is easily accessible from

Interstate 5 in Federal W

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Traveling Northbound or

Southbound on I 5, take exit 147 and proceed w

est on South 272nd Street. A

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ay South, turn left and proceed south to D

ash Point R

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Dash Point R

oad approximately

1/4 mile. Sacajaw

ea Middle School

will be on your left. Look for the

The PowellsW

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Moines resident D

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Read M

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is co-sponsored by the Seattle Storytellers G

uild. Additional

volunteer support comes from

the M

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Guild and the Fireside Story

League.

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Festival parking will be accom

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Federal Way. Please catch the

Festival Shuttles at Sacajawea

Middle School for transport to

PowellsW

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the garden itself will be reserved for

presenters, key staff, and vendors.