Robert Jones, also known and ordained the Reverend Robert Jones, was invited to be a storyteller at the 2020 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, It turned out to be a virtual festival only but he still found it to be a highlight experience as the storytelling community accepted him without reservation. (The […]
Donald Davis—who has become an icon of storytelling at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and who is a master at taking listeners to the North Carolina mountains to laugh at stories about spilled syrup, broken bones, “doobies,” and pink lotion rubbed all over the baby—says he grew up listening to and loving stories. “I did not […]
For Susan O’Halloran, inclusion has been her passion since she was a teenager and met Dr. Martin Luther King’s people in Chicago. “I’ve been telling stories “professionally” since the 1970s.” O’Halloran says, “I did what we would now call Performance Art. “In the 1950s and 60s, I grew up in a storytelling family — not […]
Bill Harley likes how spoken words and music go together, creating a kind of magical connection. They always have, Harley says. So he blends words and music in his storytelling to educate and to create community. “At times, I feel like I’m a conduit for something larger than me,” Harley says. “I started telling stories […]
Storyteller Alton Chung believes in connecting with others. When he tells a story, he is 100 percent present—not worrying about dinner or laundry or bills. “It is my belief that in our current society, we don’t get much of that kind of focused attention,” he explains. “We are too busy checking our phones or thinking […]
If you head into a maximum security men’s prison to tell stories, take along your sense of humor, and it’s a top idea to bring along an electric teapot and a variety of teas and sugar! That’s what Geraldine Buckley—one of the storytellers slated to be on the roster at the 32nd annual Timpanogos Storytelling […]
If you listen to Bil Lepp long enough, you know he changes tires on planes while they are in the air. He can pick up a bit of conversation and turn it into a tale that wraps itself around the world. And he comes by it naturally. “I come from a long line of people […]
