Monday 21 May 2007

Starting them young!

Norfolk Reads and Writes starting developing audiences of the future this weekend with a day of magnificent story telling in a yurt in the grounds of Norwich Cathedral as part of the brilliant Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2007.




We had stories from
Daniel Morden, Hugh Lupton, Shamshad Khan and Pete Kalu. Each of them offered something different: Celtic myths, Norfolk folk tales, poems from Pakistan and Blackburn, African legends and much else besides.

Shamshad Khan
From 10 in the morning until 5.30 in the evening, we had a succession of eager listeners (with their equally eager grown ups in tow) come into the magical yurt - decorated inside and out - for half hour sessions that took them around the world while they enjoyed the spectacle in the heart of Norwich.

Pete Kalu

It was a fantastic way of introducing young readers of the future to the power of stories from across the globe.

We also played the audiences in and out of the yurt with fantastic Klesma music - to make the experience something to remember!





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