NYSS Director

The goal of the NYSS is to encourage every classroom in America to discover (or rediscover) the beauty and value of storytelling and story performance. All who work with young tellers should keep this goal in mind during all of the training and telling procedures.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!

Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent announcement on our decision to move the NYSS event to a winter date (February 2011). The comments have reconfirmed this decision as many agree that winter is better for the students and understand the challenge it is for us to secure appropriate theaters in the spring. More importantly your response highlighted just how important this event is to many of the students, families and coaches.

After reviewing your comments I'm happy to announce that The City of Pigeon Forge has graciously agreed to go ahead and hold an event this June 2010 AND then again in February 2011. This means we won't be missing an entire year and those Juniors and Seniors won't miss out on the opportunity to participate. As many of you have experienced, this is a special weekend and we simply don't want to loose momentum and risk losing your confidence in the event.

So with that said, there will be two timelines for us to announce, one for the June 2010 event and another for February 2011, AND for all of you storytelling coaches and state reps, we have a lot to do to get our youth tellers out there ready for a fun filled year of telling!

For more information visit the NYSS Website