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Article: GALA SUPPORTS FRANK AND JANE GABOR WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE CENTER

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October 11, 2009
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FAIRMONT, W.Va., Oct. 9 -- Fairmont State University issued the following news release:

The ninth annual Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala will honor a nationally prominent storyteller and the state's storytelling guild. This year's theme is "The Festival of the Story."

The Gala, planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Colebank Hall gym on the main campus of Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College. At 8 p.m., there will be a presentation titled "The Ghostly and Ghastly: An Evening with Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake."

"Story is the narrative process that carries the culture of the people," said Dr. Judy P. Byers, Director of ...

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