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Showcases & Swaps

Showcase
Riverway Storytelling Festival is accepting submissions for the annual Riverway Showcase performance, which will be held on Saturday, April 28, at the Albany Public Library in Albany, New York. This is a family performance.

Submissions should be in the form of a sheet indicating storyteller's name, address, phone, and email contact info, and a 7-10 minute story on CD with accompanying paper indicating which track is the desired story, or audio-cassette, re-wound to the beginning of the story. (Submissions will not be returned.) Only one story can be submitted per storyteller. Storytellers who performed in the 2006 Riverway Showcase are not eligible for submission in 2007.

Submissions can be sent to: Mary Fellows, Upper Hudson Library System. 28 Essex Street, Albany NY 12206. Submissions must be received no later than March 3, 2007.

Swaps
Tell your story during the lunchtime Story Swap on Saturday, April 28, 1:00-1:45. Story Swaps are where anyone can tell a story (but not read a story). Do feel free to tell unpolished tales. Length of stories should be under seven minutes.