WE DID IT! OUR FIRST ANNUAL WORLD STORYTELLING DAY EVENT

It was a wonderful evening of storytelling last night at our annual World Storytelling Day event, Fortune and Fate: Inspiring Tales From Around The World.

The nine tellers from Peterborough Storytellers and the Speaker's Bureau of the New Canadians Centre spun tales and music from across cultures that were greeted with considerable enthusiasm and praise from the nearly forty listeners who came and participated. We were delighted to welcome many new folks to the experience of storytelling here in Peterborough. Everyone agreed that it was truly a worthwhile evening of entertainment and learning.

Our thanks to all the tellers: Diana, Naser, Sharon, Don, Rita, Andrew, Betty, Kemi and Angelica. And of course to Yvonne and Safo from NCC, Don and Rita from Pb Storytellers who worked so hard on planning and coordinating the event. Also our thanks to the media who told the community of our event: the Peterborough Examiner and Trent Radio.

And we wish to acknowledge the continuing support of our local storytelling activities from our national organization, Storytellers of Canada, who so generously provided us with a grant to help meet the costs of hosting this event.

Check back to this blog in the coming days for videos of many of our tellers performing at Fortune and Fate 2013.

Let's do it all again next year!