*** This session has ASL interpretation.
Five tellers share stories to delight listeners of all ages.
Vickijoan Keck is a storyteller, actress and poet who especially enjoys telling folktales and whimsical rhymes. She enjoys telling personal stories as well as putting a new twist on an old tale. She took her first class from Loren Neimi in the mid 1990’s and has been involved in storytelling since then, telling her stories at places like the MIA and Flint Hills children’s festival, libraries, coffee shops, as well as nature centers. She is a past president of Northstar Storytelling Guild (now Story Arts MN) and recipient of Northstars' "Story Stick" award.
Sue Searing has won story slams in the Twin Cities, been showcased at the Northlands Storytelling Conference, and took first place in the Park Rapids, MN, Great American Story contest. A retired university librarian, Sue enjoys researching the sources of folk and fairy tales, learning about other cultures through their oral traditions, and digging down to the hidden roots of family lore. She is a member of SAM’s board of directors and manages SAM’s monthly online Story Circles.
Trần Thị Minh Phước is a retired librarian, an award-winning author, an Alphabet Forest Blue Ribbon author at the Minnesota State Fair 2022, and a respected storyteller. She shares her experiences and knowledge of Vietnamese culture at cultural events, storytelling programs, conferences, libraries, colleges and schools throughout the US. She lives in Minneapolis. https://phuocthiminhtran.wordpress.com
WonderWeavers – Storytellers, Tina Rohde and Colleen Shaskin, are award winning storytellers who are dedicated to providing quality youth, family and adult performances that are both educational and entertaining. They have performed and presented workshops and keynotes throughout the upper Midwest for the past 30 years. WonderWeavers - Storytellers families. They help people of all ages exercise their imaginations and discover their creative energies.
Nothando Zulu is president of Black Storytellers Alliance, producers of a three-day Black storytelling festival (“Signifyin’ & Testifyin’”) in the Twin Cities since 1991. She has been telling stories since she was a little girl growing up in Franklin, Virginia. She is a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and Master storyteller who believes in the power of storytelling!