Juliana Washington (pictured here) of West Central Elementary, Rome, GA, won the 2017 Debby Brown Young Tales Story Competition with a dramatic re-creation of the dialog that resulted between herself, her mom, and others when she got locked out of the house.
Michael Rios of West End Elementary had the audience laughing out loud at his families bi-lingual reactions when he mixed salt instead of sugar in the batch of cookies. Michael took second place.
Emalee Collins of Armuchee Elementary told the hilarious tale of when her mother, as a child, got a pencil eraser stuck up her nose. Emalee was the third place winner.
In all twelve finalists competed last Saturday for the 2017 Debby Brown Young Tales Story Competition during the Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival.
Griffin Girard’s adventures with Uncle Stew and Kenai the dog continued in a very smelly way. Griffin attends Berry College Elementary and Middle School.
Main Elementary’s Corey Chatman and Shailyn Ketterer gave an unusual joint performance speaking alternately.
Other finalists included:
Sara Grace Abernathy, Johnson Elementary
Samuel Fricks, Berry Elementary and Middle School
Matthew Keaton, Naomi Elementary of Walker County
Zack Lester, Montessori School of Rome
Chloe Littlejohn, West End Elementary
Gregory North, Anna K. Davie Elementary
Elijah Webb, Naomi Elementary of Walker County
Debby Brown Young Tales Storytelling Clubs were organized in ten Northwest Georgia schools this year. The clubs each met at least six times to hear stories modeled by professional storytellers Jane Owen Cunningham, Bob Harris (Beverly M. Harris), Mary Elena Rivera Kirk, and/or Terrell Shaw; practice telling folktales; and begin constructing their own personal narratives based on items from their “trouble" lists. At least one young storyteller was chosen from each school for the competition.
The Big Fibber Storytelling Festival, including the Young Tales competition, is presented annually on St. Patrick’s Day weekend by the Ridge & Valley Storytelling Guild with sponsorship from the Chiaha Arts and Crafts Guild, the Coosa Valley Credit Union, the Sara Hightower Regional Library, 100 Black Men of Rome & Northwest Georgia, The Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Chieftains Museum.
Photos by Tony Pope
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