Can I just tell you how magical the Timpanogos Storytelling Fesitval was this last weekend? I’m sad to say that I had never been before and it’s practically in my back yard! This was the 20th year of the festival and it was absolutely fabulous.
Here’s my kids enjoying the puppetry!
I took my son to ‘Bed Time Stories’ and it was so fun to watch how enthralled he was at every storyteller. They have a true talent! I tried to retell one of the stories to my sister and did a horrible job. These storytellers are so gifted, turning an ordinary story into something magical!
My parents and I hit up the ‘Laugh In’ night, the culmination of the festival. 12 of the best storytellers from around the world were right there! I loved Angela Lloyd’s washboard playing, and Donald Davis’s snake story had my mom in hysterics! I was a child again, felling like I was there in the story!
Have you ever been to a Storytelling Festival? I can tell you that I’ll be going again next year!
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The festival looks like fun with a beautiful view of the mountains!
Have a great weekend.
Ashley, with CWDkids
I wish I still lived in Utah so I could have gone. I’ve never been either, but it looks like a fun place to take kids.
My aunt/uncle/cousins just went to this and they had the best time. We want to go with them next time we visit!
I went for the first time this year too! It is amazing!! My mom volunteered at the first aid and got 8 free family tickets! You can sign up to volunteer (even just to take tickets) and get a free ticket… fyi for next year. It is definitely alot of fun!
I had no idea that was going on every year around here–thank you so much for the post! We are in Kaysville… no problem to drive out there once a year with my two boys for that kind of fun!
No, I’ve never been to a storytelling festival, but it sounds fantastic. Storytelling is such a wonderful art – and I don’t think it will ever go out of “style.”