National Storytelling Network

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State Liaison: Elizabeth Rose elizabeth_rose@hotmail.com

Radio

XM Satellite Radio Channel 171 Presents "Sunday Funnies" featuring our very own "Buck" Creacy on April 20th at 8am. Buck will share two of his most popular stories to an estimated 3 million listeners. Don't forget to tune in!

Ongoing

Monthly on 3rd Sundays at 2:00 - 4:00 in Knoxville. Smoky Mountain Storytellers Meeting. We meet at Graystone Presbyterian Church; directions at our web site. Meetings begin with a program or storyswap; we hold a brief business session about 3:30. For more information contact Kathleen Mavournin at kmav@icx.net or on the web at http://www.smokymountaintellers.org.

Every Tuesday evening 7:00-8:45 p.m. Jonesborough, TN. Jonesborough Storytellers Guild at Cranberry Thistle, 103 E. Main Street; Admission: $5 adults, $3 students. General Meetings: 1st Tuesday of every month at Central Christian Church 5:45 pm. For more Information visit our Web Site: www.storytellersguild.org or email info@storytellersguild.org.

2nd Tuesday of each month - The Cleveland Storytelling Guild meets at the Cleveland Public Library in the conference room from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Tellers and listeners welcome. Contact: clevelandtellers@hotmail.com or Sylvia Idom 423-476-6305.

Rogersville: Hawkins County Yarnspinners meet at 7:00PM on the second Friday each month from September through May at the H.B.Stamps Library, Rogersville, TN. Contact Doc McConnell, 423-272-8549

Bristol: 4th Friday of each month (January -October. Special holiday meeting in December.) Beaver Creek Storytellers in Bristol, TN/VA, Business Meeting, YWCA, E. State St., Bristol, TN, 6:30 p.m. 540-669-8358 mzwiz@aol.com

Morristown: Larry Kelley is now instructing an Appalachian Stories class. The new class is offered through ETSU's Master of Art Degree in Liberal Studies. 423-257-3307 or e-mail: storytel@usit.net

Bristol: 3rd Thursday of the month 8:00 p.m. Bristol, Virginia Tellin' Stories and Sippin' Latte. Various performing members of the Beaver Creek Storytellers of Bristol, TN-VA tell stories the 3rd Thursday of the month, 8:00 p.m. at Java J's Downtown, 501 E. State St. Free admission, Donations accepted. Contact: Mimi Rockwell Appalachianstory@aol.com 276-669-8358

Murfreesboro: Second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. Murfreesboro BoroTeller's Guild Meeting. The BoroTellers meet the second Tuesday of every month for stories. For more information contact: Diana at (615)217-9271 or by e-mail at a_pinch_of_fairydust@yahoo.com.

Events

April 2008

Fiddler's Grove Storytelling Festival will be held on April 10-12 at the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon. See the ever popular Donald Davis, Youth Teller Hannah Smyth, and Tandem tellers the Two Sarahs, Akiba Shabazz, Larry & Gayleen Kelley, Gary Carner and Millie Sieber. There will also be a swap and open mic opportunity. They'll offer individual mentoring sessions and much more. Contact Ladawna Parham at (615) 426-2463 or ladawna.r.parham@vanderbilt.edu. Deadline for pre-registration is April 4th.

June 2008

Johnson City - June 2-6: Storytelling: A Way of Living presented by Connie Regan-Blake. During this Summer Institute, Connie "brings humor, wisdom, and the heart of the story to workshop participants." This 5 day workshop is sponsored by ETSU; college credit is available. Contact ETSU Institute at 423-439-7863.

July 2008

Jonesborough - July 29 - August 2: Connie Regan-Blake performs daily as the Teller in Residence at the International Storytelling Theater. For more information, call (423) 753-2171 or go to www.storytellingcenter.net

August 2008

August 7 - 10, Gatlinburg, TN National Storytelling Network Conference. Contact Karin Hensley, NSN's Event Coordinator, at (800) 525-4514 x 303 or go back to our Home Page on our website for link to online conference registration. Early Bird pricing deadline is almost up.