STORYTELLER LIVE !
EXPLORING OUR ROOTS—APPALACHIAN BALLADS AND STORIES
Come join your fellow educators and friends and earn in-service credit while you relax and listen to wonderful stories told by “Granny Sue” Holstein! The SWVRC invites you to come to the Executive Auditorium at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, VA, on March 22, 2016, for a most enjoyable evening. A light dinner will be served, and all you need to do is pre-register! You will receive 1/2 day of in-service credit for attending this event.COST:
$25 SWVRC member
$30 non-member
$5 discount if registered by 3/15/16
EVENT SCHEDULE:
4:00-5:00 p.m.—Register
5:00-6:00 p.m.—Susanna,
Session I
6:00-7:00 p.m.—Dinner
Served/Break
7:00-8:30 p.m.—Susanna,
Session II, Door prize drawings
Registration Form
Susanna Holstein lives in Jackson County, WVA. As storyteller “Granny Sue” she performs across West Virginia and out of state, telling stories and singing Appalachian and British
ballads. She is the West Virginia Liaison to the National Storytelling Network, past secretary and founding board member of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, 2nd Vice President of West Virginia Writers, Inc. and a member of the Appalachian Wordsmiths writing group and several regional storytelling organizations. A published writer, Holstein is a frequent presenter of programs and workshops at conferences, festivals, schools and libraries.
Holstein obtained her BS (Education summa cum laude) in 1991 from WV State College and Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina in 1995. Holstein writes an online journal, Granny Sue’s News and Reviews, the poetry blog Mountain Poet and a monthly column for the central West Virginia publication Two Lane Livin’. Her work has appeared in two anthologies of stories about Appalachian women as well as in other print and online journals. Her poem Sago was published in 2012 in Fed from the Blade, an anthology of work by West Virginia writers. Her writing interests were sparked when she started a writing group for children in 2000. Her poetry, nonfiction and fiction works have won numerous awards at the WV Writers Annual Conference.
Bring a new or lightly used children's book and receive an extra chance for the door prizes! Books will be donated to "Books for Bearcats", a local summer reading program for elementary students. Suggestions: Junie B. Jones, Wimmy Kid, Magic Tree House, etx.
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