2023 OLD FEDERAL ROAD STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
​PHOTO AND VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

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2023 OLD FEDERAL ROAD STORYTELLING FESTIVAL PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS 

Pre-festival award presentations - Infographic contest winners from Tuskegee Institute Middle School with Principal Rosemary Wright, Teacher Kalia Floyd, and Dr. Williams
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Setting up for the festival on Saturday morning at the Old Shorter School located on the Federal Road, Shorter, Alabama.
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Festival Emcee Norma M. Jackson and Col. Willie Boyd start the day with a prayer.
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The Inspirational Voices of Shorter
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Bill Perry, musician and Verner Guthrie, storyteller
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Car show enthusiasts
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Reader’s Theatre dress rehearsal at Booker T. Washington High School
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Reader’s Theatre performance at the festival
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Reader’s Theatre custom handmade flag honoring the soldiers of the United States Colored Troops Infantry

Reader’s Theatre performers pose with Emcee Norma M. Jackson and Ridge Project Board members.
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Happy Shoppers!
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Exhibitor Madison Bryant from the Moundville Archaeological Park, Moundville, Alabama.
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Vendor
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Southeastern Mvskoke Nation members with storyteller Chief Michelle Gilmore and Dr. Shari Williams.
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Tuskegee University student volunteers

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Thank you to the 2023 Old Federal Road Storytelling Festival musicians, 
storytellers, performers, planning committee, volunteers, and attendees for 
making this year’s festival the best!

The 2023 Storytelling Festival was made possible by a generous grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts 
and sponsorships from the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities and the Black Belt 
African American Genealogical and Historical Society (BBAAGHS).

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