Story Giants of Eden

This visionary oral storytelling project is all about unearthing and sharing local stories; stories which may have survived for thousands of years.
Through these stories, 100s of children from 18 schools in Cumbria will learn about the local people, customs and traditions of their community, and how they re-connect us with the landscape of the Eden Valley.
The project includes a series of storytelling workshops with individual schools, before culminating in a mass storytelling event and parade in Penrith on May Day 2011, when the giant puppets will invade the town to spectacularly illustrate the stories being told.
The project was devised by Dawn Hurton and the storytelling is led by local professional storyteller Dominic Kelly. The project is administrated and supported by transition group PACT (penrithACT.org.uk).

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Storytelling
• Cumbria
• Eden Valley
• PACT
• Dominic Kelly
• Dawn Hurton
• Giants of Eden
• giant puppets
• parade
• community
• Penrith
• transition network