Join us in a live\, online setting as we l isten to curated stories by \;Adam Booth\, Ca rrie Sue Ayvar\, and Dr. Joel Ying \;under t he moonlight and stars\, in your own home. \;
\n\nAdam Booth's storytelling blends traditional folklore\, music\, and an awarenes s of contemporary Appalachia. His original cinematic style\, both humorous and touching\, is influenced by generations of diverse storytellers from West Virginia. A nationally touring artist\, his professional telling appe arances include premiere \;storytelling events across the United State s\, \;such as \;the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival\, the Nationa l Storytelling Festival\, and \;Teller-In-Residence at the Internation al Storytelling Center (three times)\, as well as resident at the Banff Sp oken Word program in Alberta\, Canada\, multiple storytelling and music ev ents in twenty-six states\, and collaborations with the West Virginia Danc e Company\, Goose Route Dance Company\, Frederick Chorale\, and Hagerstown Choral Arts Society. Equally at home as a teller and educator\, his resea rch fellowships and presentations have included the Berea Appalachian Soun d Archives Fellowship\, Ghost Ranch\, the National Storytelling Conference \, the Appalachian Studies Association Conference\, the National Endowment for the Humanities \;Voices from the Misty Mountains \;summer sem inars and institute\, and a commission from the National Academy of Medici ne. He is a member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs) and his stories and recordings have been honored with many national awards\, including a Paren ts&rsquo\; Choice Gold Award\, two Parents' Choice Silver Honors\, five St orytelling World Awards and Honors\, the National Storytelling Network's J .J. Reneaux Mentorship Grant\, and four West Virginia Liars&rsquo\; Contes t wins. Adam serves as the inaugural Storyteller-In-Residence at Shepherd University and is founding artistic director of the Speak Story Series\, n ow in its ninth season. Adam is most at home sharing stories and music wit h the next generation of listeners and tellers throughout Appalachia.
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Carrie Sue Ayvar\, Storytelle r\, has been connecting people\, languages and cultures in both English an d Spanish for over forty years. A \;long-time \;advocate for the A rt of Storytelling and Arts Education she has performed in diverse venues from intimate café\; settings with small audiences to a National Par k with several thousand eager listeners. She believes that &ldquo\;If you don&rsquo\;t know the trees you may be lost in the forest\, but if you don &rsquo\;t know the \;stories you may be lost in life.&rdquo\;
\nHer awards include: National Storytelling Network&rsquo\;s Oracle Award fo r Service and Leadership\; &ldquo\;Sun Award&rdquo\; for Advancing Teachin g and Learning Through the Arts\; Florida Storytelling Association&rsquo\; s Chuck Larkin Distinguished Service Award\; Broward Teaching Artist ArtsE d Forever Award\; a National Parenting Publications Honors Award\; iParent ing Award for Cuentame Un Cuento/Tell Me A Story CD. \; She is an Endo rsed Master Teaching Artist for the South Florida Cultural Consortium\, an alliance of five local arts agencies and co-created their credentialing p rogram. In 2019 she was one of only four recipients of the National Reside ncy Teaching Artist Credential which recognizes the skills and experiences of exemplary school-based residency teaching artists in the United States .
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In 2015\, \;<
strong>Dr. Joel Ying began the journey as a storytelling performe
r. \;He discovered
a new way to connect and touch an audience. I
n this age of information\, it is not the facts
and figures that ins
pire\, but rather it is the power of story to create emotion and move us <
br />into action. He began to work on the craft of storytelling: workshops
\, writing stories\, and
watching other tellers. Promoting storytell
ing has also become one of his passions. With Storytellers
of the Rou
nd Table\, Dr. Ying has produced showcase events\, sponsored National Tell
ers to perform
locally\, started a local guild\, and of course perfo
rm!
Dr. Ying now performs regularly with an eclectic collection of
world folk tales and touching personal stories.
He has performed at
the Florida Storytelling Festival\, Stone Soup Festival New Voice in Sout
h Carolina\,
Timpanogos Timp Tell Contest in Utah\, and to just abou
t anyone that will listen. He teaches &ldquo\;Storytelling as Healing&rdqu
o\;
at Florida Gulf Coast University and online workshops. Story is t
he gift that gives back when it is shared.
Dr. Ying is a \;Phy sician-Educator-Storyteller.
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