Blethers Autumn 2009

7th May 2014

Storytelling Festival Celebrates 20th Birthday / Teachers Becoming Storyrich / Once Upon a Time in a Land Far Away / Signs of Our Lives – Stories in the Air / Transforming Tales: How stories can change people / Stories: The Politics of the Heart / First Skelleftea Storytelling Festival / Stanley Robertson / Scotland Kolkata Connections / Tell-a-Story Day / Healing Words: Storytelling as a Pathway to Peace in the Holy Land / Stories on Safari / Scots go FEST/ Book Blethers / Janis Wins Kelpies Prize

TRACS (Traditional Arts & Culture Scotland, SCIO SC043009) is a co-operative network which champions our shared traditions of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and local languages. TRACS brings together the Traditional Music Forum (SCIO SC042867), the Scottish Storytelling Forum (SCIO SC052330) and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland (SCIO SC045085). Together we celebrate the local distinctiveness of Scotland’s places: our intangible cultural heritage. TRACS and the Forums have their registered office at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR. The Storytelling Centre is a partnership project between the Storytelling Forum and The Church of Scotland (SC011353).