In the coming days before our annual Storytelling Festival in Mt. Dora, we are profiling our featured tellers. This blog focuses on Andy Hedges, Jessica Piscitelli Robinson, and Alton Chung. A subsequent blog will profile our Florida tellers: Robin Schulte and Mitchell O’Rear. Come meet them at the festival Jan. 26 -29 at the Lakeside …
Stellar Line-Up for Our Festival in Mt. Dora This Month Read More »
“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges he is a liar” to quote Mark Twain. And we’re looking for a few good fibbers to compete in the telling of tall tales. The best tall tales can start with a kernel of truth, but that truth is then stretched, and stretched, and then …
Of course, you don’t have to tell storytellers why storytelling is important. We know. But how often do you meet people who have never heard of what we do? They don’t know about the storytelling guilds throughout Florida, the annual Florida Storytelling Festival, our Florida Storytelling Association, or the state festivals throughout America, or various …
Yvette D. Thomas loved to tell stories. Over the years, she attended many Florida Storytelling Festivals, and she was a faithful member of the Northside Storytellers in Jacksonville, Fl. She had been preparing for the 23rd annual “Bean Soup & Stories Festival” that was held in November when she passed away in September at age …
What is a Florida Cracker? Popular folk lore explains that the term came from the “cracking” of the whips used by the pioneer cattle wranglers in Florida, known as cowmen or cow hunters. In the 1500s in Elizabethan England, a “cracker” described a person who engaged in entertaining conversation (as in “to crack a joke”). …
Florida Tellers Featured at 33rd Cracker Storytelling Festival Read More »
Storytellers throughout Florida are in demand this month as Halloween looms ahead and ghost stories abound. One of the longest-running events is the Haunting Tales night on Friday, Oct. 28, at the Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, featuring many of our Florida Storytelling Association members. This marks the 29th year for this spine-tingling collection …
Halloween Hauntings with Storytellers in Full Swing Read More »
The Bay Storytellers (Panama City/Bay County) experienced difficult times after Hurricane Michael. One of our most prolific and magical members died during the storm and another the following year. We had little on the calendar. I was on the verge of disbanding altogether when my friend Bryan came up with an idea. Of sorts.He was …
Make plans now to attend the 39th annual Florida Storytelling Festival in Mt Dora, Fl. on Jan. 26-29. Tellers and listeners from throughout the state will gather for the four-day event at the historic Lakeside Inn on Lake Dora. Featured this year are five gifted and diverse tellers: # Folk artist/historian Andy Hedges from Lubbock, …
Looking Ahead to the Florida Storytelling Festival: Book Early Read More »
Several members of the Florida Storytelling Association will take part in a Zoom fund-raiser for Florida Poodle Rescue on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The online event, “Dogs Have Tales,” also includes a story from the late Jim Gregory who passed away in July. Jim, a long-time member of FSA, had pre-recorded his story …
Storytellers Help Raise Money for Florida Dog Rescue Group Read More »
We have lost another storyteller with the passing of James Gregory Jr. on July 31. He was 82 and resided in North Carolina. He was a long-time friend and member of the Florida Storytelling Association, dating back to the early days of the Florida Story Camp which evolved into the annual Florida Storytelling Festival. In …
Remembering Jim Gregory: A Beloved Teller & FSA Supporter Read More »
