PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Come join us in celebrating the official opening of this our 4TH ANNUAL WARRNAMBOOL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL and find out more about all the exciting events and fascinating stories we have on offer this year.
As a special feature for the launch event, the Warrnambool Symphony Orchestra will perform ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ for only its third public performance. Suitable for all ages, this German fairy tale, collected by the Brothers Grimm, is narrated to music written especially for this Orchestra by Stefan Cassomenos, highly acclaimed concert pianist, composer and co-director with Monica Curro of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival.
Saturday
15 June 2pm
Welsford Hall,
Warrnambool College
Grafton Rd, $10
(kids 18 & under free)
YOUR STORY
God's Story, My Story,
Our Story
Cycling Around The Globe
Desert Island Discs
with John MacInnes
The Big Male Chinwag
at Fishtales Cafe
Sharing The Stories
We Live By - Workshop
Storytime with
a Warrnambool Story Dog
The Human Library
Flavours of Home
A Multicultural Food Memories
Storytelling Event
MUSIC
The Ghost Riders Story
The Sea Beggars
Irish & Australian Songs
Family Album
A Captivating Evening
With Don Cowling
Singing Stories In Your Own Words - Songwriters' Panel
Neil Murray: The Telling
FILM & HISTORY
Something In The Water
Peace By Chocolate
A Film for Refugee Week
Stories of Warrnambool
on the Screen
History of Koroit
Railway Station
PANELS
Songwriters' Panel
The Creative Life
Self-Publishing Panel
LITERARY
Red Gifts in the Garden of Stones - Pam Swanborough
How To Judge A Book By Its Cover? - Cristy Burne
The Power of Poetry
PERFORMANCE
Tales From The Morgue
Workshop & Performance
Letters to Lindy
Terang Theatre Troupe
Radio Theatre:
A Whale's Tail
Luka Muller -
5 Top Smells I Smelled Before
Tales of Dance,
Music & Magic
15 Minutes of Fame
at Crossley
The Mistress of
Morvengore Worley
Open Mic
Winter Wool Weekend
at Flagstaff Hill
at Flagstaff Hill
Stories of wool, its origins and uses over time. Enjoy a hot drink or hearty mug of house made soup while watching demonstrations of traditional wool fibre practices and crafts including blade shearing, fleece preparation, yarn spinning and knitting, plus special demonstrations of felting and dyeing and interactive touch and feel activities.
Saturday & Sunday
6/7 July, 11am - 3pm
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum
FREE with general admission to Flagstaff Hill
Book via www.flagstaffhill.com or 03 5559 4600
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