Telling Tales Festival Wins Tourism Award

The Telling Tales Festival: A Family Festival of Stories, held at Westfield Heritage Village on September 20, 2009, has been awarded first place (for a Medium Event or Festival) by the 12th Tourism Hamilton Awards Renaissance, held March 23, 2010, at Liuna Station, Hamilton.

Founder Susan Jasper, and Robb Winniger, Westfield Heritage Village accepted the award on behalf of the Festival Board.

The Friends of the Hamilton Public Library donated $1500 to the Festival, with Dundas Library Friends also donating.

The Festival for 2010 will be held September 19, 2010, at Westfield Heritage Village. It is expected an attendance of 5000 is on the cards, which should raise $31,000 for literacy programmes in Hamilton.

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