The inaugural Red Clay Storytelling Festival will be June 8 and June 9 at various locations in Fayetteville, Peachtree City and Brooks.

Presented by the Southern Order of Storytellers, the event will feature concert presentations with professional storytellers Raymond Christian, Kim Weitkamp and Andy Offutt Irwin.  The festival also includes workshops where attendees learn how to hone their storytelling skills.

“Storytelling is humankind’s purest form of entertainment,” stated Leonard Presberg,  local storyteller and event producer.   “The Red Clay Storytelling festival will delight your ears and enrich your soul.”

To learn more about the event and to purchase tickets, go to www.redclaystory.org.

The event schedule is as follows:

June 8, 11:00 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. Business Workshop
“Storycrafting 101: The Basics of Storytelling for Businesses and Beyond” presented by Anthony Vinson
Fayette Chamber of Commerce The Meeting Place
600 W. Lanier Blvd. Suite 205, Fayetteville
 
June 8, 7:00 P.M. - 9: P.M. - Evening Concert
featuring Jon Good, Maddie Fay, Shannon McNeal and Raymond Christian
Due South – 302 Clover Reach, Peachtree City
 
June 9, 10 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. Children’s Workshop
An Introduction to Storytelling presented by Anne Wallace
Brooks Chapel, 112 Church Alley, Brooks, Ga.
 
June 9, 12 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. Family Concert
Brooks Chapel, 112 Church Alley, Brooks, Ga.

June 9, 3 P.M. – 5 P.M. Workshops
Tongue & Pen presented by Kim Weitkamp or
Humor, Wit, Storytelling and Cognitive Connections in Personal Stories presented by Andy Offutt Irwin
 
June 9, 7 P.M. – 9 P.M.
Evening Concert featuring Kim Weitkamp and Andy Offutt Irwin