1984
Florida Storytelling Guild is formed by
Annette Bruce
and
Jennifer Jones Bausman
1985
First Florida StoryCamp at Lake Moon
Presenters:
Aunt Peggy and Jay Smith
Betty Greenwood
Philip Blackburn
Anne Romans
Henrietta Smith
John & Joanne Ward
1986
Second StoryCamp
Doc McConnell
Aunt Peggy & Jay Smith
Dale Webber
Kay Watts
*47 Florida Storytellers charter a bus to Jonesborough, TN, for the National Storytelling Festival
1987
Story Camp # 3
Ralf the storyteller
Michael Parent
Danny Burzlaff
Jayme Green
Jim Mittelstadt
1988
StoryCamp # 4
Bert & Noel MacCarry
Sherry Cotter & Melinda Munger
Terry Deer & Ruth McCormick
1989
StoryCamp #5
Joan Taylor
Gwenda Ledbetter
Tommy Scott Young
FSG President 88-89
Ann Mancebo
1990
StoryCamp # 6
Chuck Larkin
Donald Davis
Bill Harley
FSG President 89-90
Mitch O’Rear
1991
StoryCamp # 7
Carol Birch
Donald Davis
Elizabeth Ellis
Shelly Harsbarger
Jim Mittelstadt
FSG President 90-91
Melinda Munger
1992
StoryCamp # 8
Michael Parent
Jude Parry
Anne Pellowski
Annette Bruce
Mitch O’Rear
Cathy Neel
FSG President 91-92
Linda Chancey
1993
StoryCamp # 9
Joseph Bruchac
Ajuama Mutima
Adnrena Belcher
Melinca Munger
Rick Stone
Annette Bruce
First Annual Stephen Foster
Storytelling Festival at White Springs
FSG President 92-93
Jim Mittelstadt
1994
StoryCamp # 10
Happy Anniversary!
Jay O’Callahan
Michael Haun
Monte & Carla Froehlich
Chuck Larkin
Phyllis Nesmith & Judith Leipold
FSG President 93-95
Annette Bruce
1995
StoryCamp # 11
David Holt
Barbara McBride-Smith
John McLaughlin
Rick Stone
Michael Haun
Valada Flewellyn
1996
StoryCamp # 12
Jonny Moses
Dan Keding
Mary Hamilton
Suzie Schaeffer
Nancy Kavanaugh
FSG President 95-96
Margaret Lawrence
1997
StoryCamp # 13
Susan Klein
David Novak
JJ Renaeux
Glady’s Varga
Jim Mittelstadt
Disney “Institute”
mission statement adopted;
Myra Davis is FSG Administrator
FSG President 96-97
Phillis NeSmith
1998
StoryCamp # 14
Onawumi Jean Moss
Jim May
Doug Lipman
Kim Rivers
David Matlock
Citrus Storytelling Festival
FSG President 97-98
Herrick Jeffers
1999
StoryCamp # 15
Susan Klein
Donald Davis
Elizabeth Ellis
Doc McConnell
Dan Keding
Mary Hamilton
Jane Sims
John McLaughlin
Suzie Schaeffer
Cissie Griffin
Charlotte Lippincott
Phyllis NeSmith & Myra Davis
David Novak
Nadyne McGladdery replaces
Myra Davis as administrator
FSG President 98-99
2000
StoryCamp # 16
Heather Forest
Margaret Read MacDonald
Rex Ellis
Ed Stivender
Windell Campbell
Roz Bresnick – Perry
FSG becomes FSA
President 99-01
Jane Sims
2001
StoryCamp # 17
Elizabeth Ellis
Loren Niemi
Donald Davis
Diane Ferlatte
James Clayton
Sam & Molly Worley
1st “Gathering of youthful
voices” at storycamp
Lifetime achievement award:
Annette Bruce & Jayme Green
Final White Springs Festival
2002
StoryCamp # 18
Gladys Cogswell
Odds Bodkin
Milbre Burch
Antonio Rocha
Gerald Hausman
Frank & Mary Lee Sweet
Don Leonard organizes another charter bus to Jonesborough!
lifetime achievement award:
Bert & Noel McCarry
FSA President 01-03
Nancy Case
2003
StoryCamp # 19
“Story’s Heal”
Willie Clafin (and Maynard),
Steve Sanfield
Barbara McBride-Smith
Doug Elliott
Carrie Jean Wharton
Diane Rooks
Storytimes Newsletter Revamped into Journal Format
Lifetime Achievment award:
Jim Middelstadt & Virginia Rivers
2004
StoryCamp # 20
“Got Stories”
StoryCamp Tries out Eckard
college in St. Petersburg
Olga Loya
Mary Hamilton
Len Cabral
Bil Lepp
Jim Middelstadt
Elaine Kitchings
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Cissie Griffin & Margaret Lawrence
FSA President 03-05
Pat Nease
2005
StoryCamp # 21
“Stories Keep Us Connected”
StoryCamp back at lake Yale
Dovie Thomason
Bill Harley
Bobby Norfolk
Beth Horner
Carrie Sue Ayvar
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Elaine Kitchings
1st FSA Storylab:
“Coaching and mentoring young tellers”
2006
StoryCamp # 22
“Got Stories?’
Donna Washington Carmen Deedy
Kevin Cordi
Tom Rinkoski
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Jeanne Menter
Carroll Myers replaces Nadyne McGladdery
as FSA Administrator
FSA President 05-07
Kaye Byrnes
2007
StoryCamp # 23
“The Magic Of Stories”
Gail Rosen
Nancy Donoval
Joe wos
Vivian Washington Filer
Pat Nease
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Melinda Munger & Phyllis Nesmith
Service Award:
Kaye Barnes
FSA President 07-09
Kim Rivers
2008
StoryCamp # 24
“Stories, Stories, Everywhere”
Michael Parent
Molly Catron
Michael McCarty
Kuniko Yamamoto
Sandy Walker
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Steve Brooks
2009
StoryCamp # 25
“Coming Home”
Happy Anniversary!
Donald Davis
Heather Forrest
Elizabeth Ellis
Diane Ferlatte
Peninah Schram
David Novak
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Jane Sims
Service Award:
Ann Mancebo & Linda Spitzer
FSA President 09-12
MyLinda Butterworth
2010
StoryCamp # 26
“Many Faces Of Storytelling”
Dan Keding
Dianne de Las Casas
Eth-Noh-Tec
Susan Klein
Ada Forney
Tamara Green
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Pat Nease
Service Award:
Shirley Dunwoody & Herrick Jeffers
2011
StoryCamp # 27
“Just for the Stories”
Bill Lepp
Sherry Norfolk
Jackson Gillman
Megan Hicks
Caren Neile
Roslyn Bresnick-Perry
Lifetime Achievement Awrd:
Ada Forney
Service Award:
Billie Noakes & Emily Harris
2012
StoryCamp # 28
“Timeless”
Doug Lipman
Kim Weitkamp
Antonio Rocha
Jeff Gere
Kaye Byrnes
Mij Byram
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Shirley Bryce
Service Award:
Terry Deer
2013
StoryCamp # 29
“Anything Goes”
StoryCamp becomes “StoryFest” and Moves to Mount Dora
Andy Offut Irwin
Geraldine Buckley
David Claunch
Donna Washington
Bob Patterson
Emily Harris
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Ann Scrooggie
Service Award:
Robin Schulte
Jim Gregory
Roz Miller
FSA President 2013-2015
Chris Kastle
2014
StoryCamp # 30
Happy Anniversary!
Willy Claftin
Kevin Kling
Katie Adams
Tales Two Tell
Phyllis Nesmith
1st Storycruise on Lake Dora
Youthful Voices and family fun tent
Swappin’ Grounds & StorySwaps
and YOU are here!
2015
Florida Storytelling Festival # 31
Sheila Kay Adams
Hank Mattson
Christopher Agostino
Cheryl Floyd
Lucrece Louisdhon-Louinis
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Chris Kastle
Chuck Larkin Distinguished service award:
Tamara Green
Guild Service Award:
Marilyn Graham
Margaret Kaler
Jo Bridges & Wayne Garrett
2016
Florida Storytelling Festival # 32
First year for “Front Porch Storytelling”
Featured Tellers: Janice Del Negro, Donald Davis, Kuniko Yamamoto, Mary Kelly, Robin Rennick
Member Showcase: Judy Cooley, Gene Belote, Dwight Elam, Chris Kastle, Sydney Solis, Mike Scotchie, Yvette Thomas
President: Robin Schulte
Lifetime Achievement Award: Betsy Jones Hayba
Chuck Larkin Distinguished Service Award: Mij Byram
Guild Service Award: Jack Copeland, Joyce Sabato, Maureen Belote, Pete & Rusty Abdalla
2017
Florida Storytelling Festival # 33
Featured Tellers: Tim Lowry, Lyn Ford, Jessica McCune, Pat Nease, Windell Campbell
Member Showcase: Pete Abdalla, Rusty Abdalla, Kay Pritcher, Gerri Almand, Mary Lou Williams, Joel Ying
President: Robin Schulte
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ann Mancebo
Chuck Larkin Distinguished Service Award: Carrie Sue Ayvar
Guild Service Award: Carol Johnson, Madeline Pots, Jim Kissane
First year ambassador of Storytelling: Pat Nease
2018
Florida Storytelling Festival # 34
“First Year for Fringe”
Featured Tellers: Dan Yashinski, Darrell House, Dovie Thomason, Kay Pritcher, Ward Rubrecht, Yasu Ishida
Member Showcase: Tashahara Jallad, Autumn Garick, Morgen Reynolds, Marilyn Graham, Jeff Gere, Rhonda Brazina, Eli & Bill Perras, Patricia Lucht, Susan Broland, Fred Kahn
Fringe: ?
President: Robin Schulte
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kaye Byrnes, Betty Fell
Chuck Larkin Distinguished Service Award: Linda Schuyler Ford, Wanda Violet
Guild Service Award: Dr. Joel Ying, Sharon Sappington, Louise O’Leary
2019
Florida Storytelling Festival # 35
Featured Tellers: Sam Payne, Sheila Arnold, Margaret Kaler, Ingrid Nixon, Shawn Welcome
Member Showcase: Walt Belcher, Morgen Reynolds, Bill & Eli Perras, Robyn Rennick, Natalie Bertrami, Rose van der Berg, Nancy Belle Anderson
Fringe: ?
Lifetime Achievement Award: Robin Schulte
Guild Service Award: Mary Lou Williams, Mary Lee Sweet
Ambassador of Storytelling: Sallie O’Hara
Board of Directors: Robin Schulte (President), Jessica McCune (Secretary), Louise O’Leary (Treasurer), Claire Chandler, Madeline Potts, Jerry Smith, Joel Ying
2020
Florida Storytelling Festival # 36
Featured Tellers: Diane Macklin, Simon Brooks, Jeff Doyle, Pete Abdalla, Morgen Reynolds
Member Showcase: Cheryl Floyd, Walt Belcher, Janel Behm, Pamela Minton, Delanna Reed, Kathy Kneiry, Robin Schulte
Fringe: Denise Mount, Jessica McCune, Madeline Potts
Awards: Distinguished Service Award – Madeline Pots, Guild Service Award – Mary Webster, Ambassador of Storytelling – Jody Wren
Board of Directors: Joel Ying (President), Jessica McCune (Secretary), Louise O’Leary (Treasurer), Claire Chandler, Jerry Smith, Ross Tarr, Debra Weller
2021
Florida Storytelling Festival # 37 (Virtual Event)
Featured Tellers: Linda Gorham, Anne Rutherford, Norm Brecke, Linda Schuyler Ford, Josh Campbell
Member Showcase: Wendi Nelson, Rhonda Brazina
Awards: Guild Service Award – Lisa Leonhardt, Ambassador of Storytelling – Drew Sappington
Board of Directors: Joel Ying (President), Jessica McCune (Secretary), Louise O’Leary (Treasurer), Nancy Case, Jerry Smith, Ross Tarr, Debra Weller
2022
Florida Storytelling Festival #38
Featured Tellers: Josh Goforth, Sue O’Halloran, Cooper Braun, Madeline Pots, Orisirisi African Folklore (Don & Tutu Harrell)
Member Showcase: Cheryl Floyd, Kathy Duffy, Ray Teasdale, Eva Grayzel, Janel Behm, Sharon Sappington, Andy Russell
Fringe: Walt Belcher, Louise O’Leary, Katie Green
Awards: Guild Service Award – Rita Saker, Ambassador of Storytelling – Marianne Stein
Board of Directors: Joel Ying (President), Nancy Case (VP), Margaret Kaler (Secretary), Kip Barkley (Treasurer), Jerry Smith, Debra Weller
2023
Florida Storytelling Festival #39
Featured Tellers: Alton Chung, Andy Hedges, Jessica Robinson, Mitchell O’Rear, Robin Schulte
Member Showcase: Pat Nease, Jesse Bradley-Amore, Katie Green, Janel Behm, Andy Russell, Natalie Jones
Fringe: Linda Schuyler Ford, Carol Kramer, Mark Muncy
(1st ever) Tall Tales Liar’s Contest: 1st Place – Pete Abdalla, 2nd Place – Natalie Jones, 3rd Place – Pat Nease
Slam: 1st Place – Mary Lou Williams, 2nd Place – Jack Elliot, 3rd Place – Pat Nease
Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award – Katie Adams, Distinguished Service Award – Walt Belcher, Ambassador of Storytelling – Frank and Mary Lee Sweet, Guild Service Award – Jim Kissane
Board of Directors: Joel Ying (President), Margaret Kaler (Secretary), Walt Belcher (Treasurer), Nancy Case, Lynn Jaffe, Debra Weller