The second annual Riverway Storytelling Festival was an even bigger success than the first! The Festival brought people from throughout New York’s Capital Region together to share and enjoy the artistic tradition of storytelling. This year’s Festival added performances at the NYS Museum, Hudson Valley Community College, and expanded its offerings at Albany Public Library. The popularity of the Festival offerings, the increased number of performances and the much-improved weather over the 2003 Festival resulted in a 60% increase in attendance this year for total attendance of 950! Click here for a slide show of pictures from the 2004 Festival events. We have now seen, during our two festivals, the benefits of gathering friends and strangers, seniors and kids, together to hear and tell stories. We have heard the stories of the 13 year-old who never spoke in class and now vies for class presentation assignments, of a home school group which has decided to start their own storytelling club after seeing a library performance during the Festival, and many more stories. If you would like to find out more about this festival, please contact Kate Dudding: (518) 383-4620 or riverway@katedudding.com Riverway Storytelling Festival is a charter member of the Hudson Valley Storytelling Alliance. | ||||||
