Edwards, Jonathan
Born and raised in North Carolina, I have a love and a passion for our state’s history and the rarer art of storytelling and oral tradition. I am the owner of the Beaufort Ghost Walk … Continue
Category Archives: Middle School
Freeman, Kyra
In a world of screens and social media videos, the face-to-face, real-time connection between teller and audience is rare and powerful. Kyra Freeman has been fascinated by storytelling since childhood. A former school library media … Continue
Plasters, Charles
Born in Mayodan, NC on 11-22-1940. Lived first two years in a mill company house with neither running water nor electricity. Family moved to Elizabeth City County, VA. In 1942 when his dad took a … Continue
Hackworth, Dianne
Dianne Hackworth has been telling stories professionally since obtaining a Masters in Storytelling in 1990. (An unprofessional teller all her life.) She has been titled a “Storyteller Enabler” due to the numerous events, workshops, and … Continue
Morgan, Cyndi
Gaudet, PapaJoe
PapaJoe is the one of those characters you expect to find wandering through the pages of an old children’s picture book. And when you see him telling a tale, long beard wagging, the explosion of … Continue
Tarowsky, Judi
Judi Tarowsky was a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 25 years and told other people’s stories. Now, as a storyteller, she gets to tell her own. Judi is a native of Latrobe, PA, … Continue
Whitt, Greg
Greg Whitt has received three competitive Regional Artist Project Grants in the field of folkloric music. With a graduate certificate in Transformative Leadership & Social Change from the Maryland University of Integrative Health, he shares … Continue
Fowler, Johnny
Johnny Thomas Fowler, mountain-heritage storyteller, award winning musician and author is from the foothills of upcountry South Carolina. His work is featured on South Carolina Public TV where he has co-produced a number of documentaries … Continue
Brigham, Willa
Welcome to the wonderful wacky world of storyteller, inspirational speaker, performing artist, writer and Two Time Emmy Award Winner; Willa Brigham. This busy artist has five award winning CDs of stories songs and poems. Her … Continue