Schedule of Events:

8:30AM: Registration opens in Big Springs

Red Banks Room

All day: storytelling, quilt display, and marketplace
9:00AM - 10:00AM: Storytelling: Mo Reynolds, Ray Christian
10:15 - 11:15AM: Storytelling: Bil Lepp, Dovie Thomason
11:30AM - 12:30PM: Storytelling: Mo Reynolds, Paul Strickland
1:45 - 2:45PM: Storytelling: Bil Lepp, Ray Christian
3:00 - 4:00PM: Storytelling: Dovie Thomason, Paul Strickland
4:15 - 4:45PM: Q&A with featured tellers
5:00 - 6:00PM: Open Mic hosted by Mountain Area Storytellers
7:00 - 8:00PM: Olio with featured tellers Mo Reyolds, Paul Strickland,
Ray Christian, Dovie Thomason, and Bil Lepp

Blue Ridge Room

All day: workshops, storytelling, and quilt display
9:00AM - 10:00AM:Workshop: Dovie Thomason Before You Speak Preparing for Storying/Storytelling with Intention
10:15 - 11:15AM: Workshop: Paul Strickland More than Words: Performance Techniques in Storytelling
11:30AM - 12:30PM: Workshop: Ray Christian, Podcast for Storytellers, and Storytelling for Podcast
1:45 - 2:45PM: Workshop: Mo Reynolds, Storytelling is a Circle
3:00 - 4:00PM: Workshop: Bil Lepp, Being Funny
8:15 - 9:00PM: Ghost stories: Melanie Knauff, Amanda Lawrence, and Jess Willis

High Cove Room

9:00AM - 10:00AM: Storytelling Nancy Tolson ,Johnny Thomas Fowler
10:15 - 11:15AM: Storytelling Jess Willis, Nancy Tolson
11:30AM - 12:30PM: Storytelling Johnny Thomas Fowler, Jess Willis

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