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Letters of Acceptance

April 14, 2014

We have begun notifying applicants of the proposals that have been accepted for presentation! Please allow a few days for all of the notifications to be circulated. The deadline for pre-registration by presenters whose proposals have been accepted is 15 July 2014. However, if you would like your presentation to be considered for advertisement in…

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Singing Storytellers awarded province's support4culture grant!

March 19, 2014

Singing Storytellers thanks the Province of Nova Scotia and the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage and the One Time Emerging Culture and Heritage Program for funding our symposium! Singing Storytellers recognizes funding from the Support4Culture, a designated lottery program of the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation.

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Thank you for your proposals!

March 17, 2014

The deadline for proposals has now passed and we are reviewing them. There are an exciting number of very strong proposals for scholarly papers, workshops, exhibits and film screenings! We are also working with a number of international artists on special performances and theatrical presentations. We’ll be in touch with those who’ve submitted proposals by…

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Kiwanis Club to provide local shuttle service!

March 8, 2014

OUR GREAT THANKS to the members of the Cape Breton KIWANIS CLUB who have very kindly and generously agreed to provide local shuttle service for Symposium participants during the Singing Storytellers Symposium! This is an tremendous demonstration of the kindness and hospitality of Cape Bretoners!

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Singing Storytellers now has a FaceBook Page!

February 13, 2014

Check out our FB page – and like us! Share us with your friends and colleagues. https://www.facebook.com/singingstorytellers  

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Other Languages

February 12, 2014

More translations of the Call for Participation have been added – on a new page on our website, Other Languages! The invitation to participate in this exciting international symposium is now available in 7 languages.

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Translations now available!

February 3, 2014

We are happy to share that translations of the Call for Participation are now available on our website – in French, Spanish and Ukrainian. You can find them either on the OTHER LANGUAGES page of our website, or at the bottom of the CALL FOR PARTICIPATION page. Additional translations are currently being prepared and will be made available soon.…

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Updated Travel and Accommodation Information!

January 28, 2014

The website pages for Travel and Accommodation have been updated – and now include a direct link for the hotel where delegates can book at a special rate for our conference! Other options are listed on the Accommodations page as well – and detailed information about a variety of matters related to Travel (local and…

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Welcome!

January 18, 2014

Epjila’si  Bienvenue კეთილი იყოს თქვენი/შენი მობრძანება  Καλώς Ορίσατε Tikilluarit/Tikilluaritsi  પધારો  V byenvini  Sannu da zuwa Aloha  ברוכים הבאים  स्वागत  सवागत हैं  Üdvözlet  Velkomin  Swaagata  Selamat datang Nno dalụ  Qaimarutin  ᑐᙵᓱ  Cead míle fáilte  Benvenuti/Benvenute  Sugeng rawuh  Séyiz les beinv’nu(e)(s)!  ಸುಸ್ವಾಗತ  Қош келдіңіз!  សូមស្វាគមន៍  Murakaza neza  환영합니다  Kosh kelinizder  Taŋyáŋ yahípi  ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ  Salve  Laipni lūdzam  Wilkóm  Sveiki…

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Call for Participation

January 18, 2014

Singing Storytellers: The Lives, Music and Verbal Artistry of Bards in our World An International Interdisciplinary Symposium hosted by Cape Breton University, in partnership with Celtic Colours International Festival and CBC Cape Breton October 9th – 12th, 2014 Singing storytellers – griots, kobzars, troubadours, ashiks, gusle players, sean-nós and seann-nòs singers, bards and epic singers, performance poets, men and women from countless narrative traditions around the world – have played a variety of complex…

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