Stone Soup SC

2011 Festival dates announced

The 2011 Stone Soup Festival date has been set! The next upcoming festival will be held on April 29-30, 2011, with additional events held throughout the year.

Thank you!

A big thank you goes out to all of our visitors, volunteers, and sponsors for helping to make Stone Soup Festival 2010 a great success!

Buy One Get One coupon

Print out this coupon to receive one free ticket to the Grand Finale with the purchase of a ticket. With the purchase of 1 individual ticket you receive 1 free individual ticket.  With the purchase of 1 family ticket you receive 1 free family ticket.

Local storytellers Rixon Lane and Dixie Page, will appear on Your Carolina with Jack and Kimberly (Channel 7 / WSPA) on April 14 at 10:00am.  Dixie Page is one of the founders of the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival in Woodruff, SC.  Be sure to tune in!

Seniors, you are invited to a Senior Luncheon, Friday, April 23, from noon until 1:30pm. Call the Woodruff Library to register, 864-476-8770.

The Upstate Theatre Troupe production The Great Chili Rebellion is scheduled to be part of the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival 2010. Read more in this Spartanburg Herald Journal article.

Stone Soup "Character Parade", Saturday, April 24, 9:00am. Register to participate- call Project Fun at 864-872-3795

You can be a storyteller!  Amateur "Story Swap", Saturday, April 24, 12:30-1:30pm, Woodruff Community Center, 116 South Main Street, Woodruff, SC.  Prizes awarded.  Call the Woodruff Library for application information- 864-476-8770 or contact them at wdf@infodepot.org

Kevin Cordi, author of Raising Voices, will present a free storytelling program at the Woodruff Library, 234 East Hayne Street, Woodruff, SC from 1-2pm on Monday, March 8, 2010.

For more information please call the Woodruff Library, 864-476-8770. This event is sponsored by the Stone Soup Storytelling Institute.

• For over twenty years, Kevin has told stories in over forty states, England, and Japan. His story work has been commissioned by the National Youth Storytelling Hall of Fame, Newsweek, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As a story teacher he is considered one of the "nation's primary advocates for youth storytelling!"
• Kevin shares stories with a highly energetic, animated and interactive style and is considered by many storytelling professionals as one of the most influential and dynamic storytellers and teachers today. With each story he tells, the audience connects with Kevin - his passion shines through. His work is a must see for adults and kids alike.
• Quotes about Kevin Cordi and Raising Voices:
• Kevin Cordi is not only a master teacher in the way he coaches youth in the art of storytelling--but he has a powerful energy on stage that is so enthusiastic and captivating, that his passion for his work is immediately evident! - Bobby Norfolk, Emmy Award-Winning Storyteller
• While other people are now beginning to cultivate youth tellers, Kevin Cordi has had a successful and reputable youth troupe for years! He is the pioneer in learning about youth and applying his learning to young storytellers. - Donald Davis, Professional Storyteller
• A unique and reliable blueprint for beginning and sustaining a successful group or troupe of storytellers from grades 4 to 12...Raising Voices is the complete, and essential, handbook for this special group of storytellers. - School Library Journal