Storytellers Directory
TELLERS! If you would like to be listed in this FREE directory, e-mail a short bio and picture to: jostory@jostory.com
This is the place to find storytellers for your school, festival, church groups and for performances at many other venues. Consult each professional teller for personal information on his/her type of program and fees for performances. Each one listed has a special talent as a performing artist.
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GEORGIA
let's you know he is just spinning another tale or sometimes....it leaves the ending to your imagination.
She has shared those stories at SOS Tellabration, the Atlanta History Center, the Atlanta Children's Shelter, Winter Storytelling Festival, Callanwolde, and private parties. Martha was an alternate finalist for "Storyteller of the Year" at the Sweet Corn Festival in Millersport, Ohio.
"Pushy Broads and Proper Southern Ladies". A clever blend of one-liners, witty anecdotes and outrageous stories features Martha and Grace Hawthorne. This program is a light-hearted romp through Southern culture.
Humorist and folklorist Donna Ingham takes the ancient art of storytelling and gives it a Texas twist to entertain audiences of all ages. Hear tall tales, folklore, historical and personal stories told as only a Texan could--or would. A former college professor with a Ph.D. in English, she also offers workshops, master classes, training and in-service sessions as well as age-appropriate programs for elementary and secondary schools.
- Tingle teaches a week-long storytelling course, "Southwestern Oral Literature," in Santa Fe, New Mexico for the University of Oklahoma.
- Storytelling in the Land of Enchantment, Santa Fe, New Mexico July 31-August 7-2005.
Joe "Doc"
Moore
http://www.docmoore.com/
Doc Moore brings over thirty years of public school and university teaching experience to the telling of history, folk, ghost, and inspirational stories. Whether in the costumed character of the Circuit Rider, the Medicine Show Pitchman, or the Old Texan spinning folk tales, Doc will entertain as well as educate.
STORYTRIBE
PUBLISHING,
http://docmoore.com/storytribe.html
OKLAHOMA
Stella Long, Choctaw
Storyteller
www.nativestoryteller.com
Stella Long is an honored elder of the Choctaw Tribe. She tells stories of her culture and experiences and of growing up in the old way. Many of her stories come from memories when she lived in an orphanage as a young girl and as a tuberculosis patient living in a sanatorium during her teen years.
Stella creates animal stories in her own unique way. She goes out to the woods and sits for hours observing animal behavior. Stella often talks and sings to them in Choctaw. She belongs to the Wolf Clan.
RecRecently
she performed at the National Museum of the American Indian at the
Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. and is requested to return later this
year. She has performed at many places.
In 2In 2002, the Word Craft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers honored Stella with the Contemporary Storyteller of the Year Award.
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University of Oklahoma Outreach Storytelling, Storytelling in Santa Fe, New Mexico July 31-August 7, 2005
University of Oklahoma Outreach Storytelling--Jonesborough and the Blue Ridge Mountains. June 13-19, 2005 Continuing Education Summer Programs www.cafe.ou.edu/storytelling
Tim Tingle Instructor for Storytelling Classes
University of Oklahoma Outreach Storytelling, Storytelling in Santa Fe, New Mexico-2004 Class
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Doug Lipman Story Dynamics(TM) http://storydynamics.com/index.html
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