Coming to your teacher's box soon..."More exciting than TV, it requires no batteries and runs on the power of your own imagination. Old as the hills and fresh as the dew, it teaches, entertains and inspires. We call it storytelling." Story Themes for the 12th Annual Storytelling Writing Contest Grand Authors, selected from first place winners in each grade category at each elementary school, will tell their stories at TELLABRATION!-an international storytelling celebration, occurring all over the world (and also in Mariposa!) on: Saturday, November 15, 2008 TELLABRATION! is a free family event featuring Mariposa's Young Storytellers (Grand Authors) telling a variety of original stories. A world-wide event takes place in Mariposa November 15th
Our October Story-writing contest prompts youth in Kindergarten through sixth grade with "story starters" that inspire their imagination and lead them into writing a story that is then judged by a panel of judges. The "Grand Author" winners are invited to "Tell" their stories at this free, fun evening of Tellabration!
This wonderfully youth-inspirational performance is great family fun. Please bring your camera, relatives and friends to join us at 7:00 pm on Saturday, November 15th.
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When master storytellers think about a story they want to tell, they first must imagine the whole story in their head. The story might be a personal story, a re-telling of a folktale, a tall tale, a historical legend, a fantasy, or a ghost story. As they imagine their story, it might take some surprising turns, make some discovery twists, and end up with a revisit of a common path known to everyone. Our storytellers then add grand words so their imagined story can easily be transferred into the heads of their listeners.
While thousands of people around the world will gather in small towns and big cities at 7:00 pm, on November 15, 2008, to enjoy an evening of storytelling, Mariposa's Young K-6 Storytellers will be spinning their original stories at the Mariposa County Arts Council's 13th Annual "Tellabration! Mariposa" at the Best Western Conference Room. Tellabration! A Worldwide Storytelling Event is a program of the National Storytelling Network in Jonesborough, TN.
