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Storytelling

Storytelling Animals

by Joy Salyers, Executive Director On May 6th and 8th, I’ll be participating in the Raleigh performances of a national movement called Listen to Your Mother. 32 cities nationwide are hosting these live staged readings in honor of Mother’s Day, each directed, produced, and performed by local communities, for local communities. Last year was the… Read More →

Filed Under: NC Field, Theory in Practice, Uncategorized Tagged With: Listen to Your Mother, personal experience narrative, preaching, Storytelling

Remembering Ted Hicks

  by Tom McGowan The death of Ted Hicks last Friday deprives our community and the community of scholars and storytelling artists of an extraordinary bearer of family and local traditions. Born in 1954 in Avery County, the son of Ray and Rosa Hicks, Ted stayed at home in their iconic weathered house on the… Read More →

Filed Under: NC Field, Tradition Bearers, Uncategorized Tagged With: Appalachia, Avery County, Beech Mountain, Herbal Lore, In Memoriam, Jack Tales, Storytelling, Ted Hicks

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