Our board has met to discuss the current state of the state (and the country), and in the interest of safety, we have decided that we must make all of our planned programs online instead of in person. We had planned to make in-person events possible by deep cleaning the venues, ensuring social distancing, and requiring attendees to wear masks, but the local ordinance that required masks in county facilities has run up against our governor’s executive orders prohibiting county/local governments from requiring masks. Since we cannot legally enforce this essential safety precaution and since the number of cases in Georgia continues to rise, we think it best to make all of the events virtual. Although we know that much is lost when storytellers and audiences aren’t in each other’s presence, we hope that even more people will be able to hear the wonderful stories our tellers will share and that face-to-face events will be possible again sooner rather than later.
Are you up for going virtual with us? We hope so!
All of the workshops will be offered online via Zoom, an online video conferencing app that you can use for free: https://zoom.us/. This means that if you are signed up for a workshop, you will be able to interact with the storyteller leading your workshop and with the other participants too. The workshops will be held on the originally scheduled dates, but some of the times may be shifted from the original plan to accommodate storytellers who will be joining us from different time zones. If you are signed up for one or more workshops, we will email you all the information you need to participate. If you haven’t yet signed up for a workshop but would like to, please see: https://fallstorytellingsaturdays.eventbrite.com
For the performances, the storytellers are recording videos for you to enjoy. We will send out the links to the videos as they are available. Each video link will be shared on or before the date of the originally scheduled performance:
August 22: Gene Tagaban and Carolina Quiroga-Hurtado
September 19: Sheila Kay Adams and Josh Goforth
October 24: Charlotte Blake Alston and Noa Baum
December 12: Donald Davis
All of these events will still be free. We hope that you will join us in thanking and supporting the following area businesses and organizations that have generously donated to help make these events possible: Peach State Federal Credit Union, United Community Bank, Dawsonville Walmart Supercenter #3874, Alexander's Store, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC, the Byron Herbert Reece Society, and Walmart Supercenter #4616 in Cleveland.
Thank you in advance for understanding and for supporting these events from home. We hope you enjoy them!