FLORENCE-The Storytelling Festival is being held at UNA on Friday and Saturday, May 16th and 17th. In conjunction with the festivies at the university the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library is hosting several events with storytelling as the theme.
Dolores Hydock
Footprint on the Sky: Memories of a Chandler Mountain Spring
with storyteller Dolores Hydock
Thursday, May 15, 11:30 am Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
Dolores Hycock, special guest of the UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival, will be sharing stories at the library in this event, which is free and open to the public.
Bonnets, bow-tie quilts, poke salad, tomato stakes, the recipe for Scripture Cake, and an old-timey cure for hiccups – they’re all part of this funny and touching portrait of an Alabama mountain community in the 1970’s. Actress and storyteller Dolores Hydock brings the spirit and voices of special mountain friends to life in this story of strong women, Southern hospitality, and the generous spirit of a close-knit community.
Dolores Hydock is an award-winning actress and storyteller, whose work has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and other concerts, festivals, and special events throughout the United States. Her ten CDs of original stories have all received awards from Storytelling World Magazine for excellence in storytelling. Visit her website at www.storypower.org.
For more information, call 256-764-6564, ext. 28.
Olio (UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival)
Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, 7:30-9:00 pm
Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
Storytellers from the UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival will perform in these FREE and open to the public events on the front lawn of the library. For more information, call 256-765-4208.
Storytellers include:
Walt Aldridge (music and stories)
Donald Davis
Diane Ferlatte
Bil Lepp
Barbara McBride-Smith
Words from the River: A Shoals Author Fair
Saturday, May 17, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
While you’re enjoying the Arts Alive Festival and the UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival, join us on the front lawn of the library for our local authors fair! Dozens of local authors will be selling and signing books and chatting with fans. If you are a local author and would like to participate in the author fair, just email events@flpl.org or call 256-764-6564, ext.or 12.
2014 participants (so far):
Stephanie Armiger
James Bulman
Annie Cole
David Curott
J. Patrick Daugherty
Jerry Danley
John William Davis
Marilyn Granville Davis
Hector A. Franck
Sabrina Hayes
Joseph J. Landers
Susan Larson
Rebecca Linam
Ken Johnson
B.J. Keeton
Austin King
Sharon McGee
Doris Metcalf
Jean Gay Mussleman
Bob Osborn
Dianne W. Pace
Alexis Rhae
Carol Shaw
Don Stewart
Jeanne Crews Taylor
Rosalie T. Turner
Russ White
