Kids Day at Storytelling
Today was the
school children's day to attend the 5th annual Athens
Storytelling Festival, which is being held under a circus tent
on Marion Street on the square.
Roughly 3,000
Limestone County, Athens City and local private school students
attended for free Wednesday and about 3,000 more will attend
Thursday morning.
The event opens to
the public Thursday night with a tribute to Alabama's own
Kathryn Tucker Windham, who died earlier this year. The festival
continues Friday and Saturday.
www.athensstorytellingfestival.com
Photo 1: Students
cover their ears during a yelling contest at the festival.
Photo 2: Students
react to storyteller Bil Lepp eating "Vaseline" as part of
musician and storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin's song about his
favorite type of jelly. Lepp actually was eating banana he hid
in the container.
Photo 3:
Storyteller Carmen Deedy holds her nose while telling about the
smell of bathrooms at her first Atlanta Braves game. Deedy moved
to Georgia from Cuba when she was a child.
By:
Holly Hollman
Grant Coordinator/Communications Specialist
City of Athens
256-262-1399
