Want to hear a good story? Check out Georgia's Azalea Storytelling Festival

LAGRANGE, Ga. — Once upon a time in a village called LaGrange in a kingdom called Georgia, there was a storytelling festival named after a beautiful flower called an azalea. From all across the land, men and women would gather, often bringing their little ones, to hear stories kindled by humor, nostalgia, a commitment to preserving history, and perhaps best of all the imagination.

By Mary Ann Anderson, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

February 6, 2012