June 4th & 5th, 2021
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s festival! We look forward to another one next June in 2022!
Donna Ingham will be the featured storyteller at the Spirit of Oklahoma Storytelling Festival. She will tell on Saturday night. Donna is a humorist and folklorist who takes the ancient art of storytelling and gives it a Texas twist to entertain audiences of all ages. Hear tall tales, folklore, historical and personal stories told only as a Texan could – or would.
Festival Schedule
Friday, June 4
Session 1 – 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Emcee: Chester Weems
6:15 – Start signing in to Zoom.
6:30 – Music by Rosie Cutrer
6:55 – Welcome from TT President Liz Parker
7:00 – Story Concert, Oklahoma Stories
Barbara Jones, Eldrena Douma, Fred Peters, Dianne Fallis, Tony Hardman
8:00 – Story Concert, Oklahoma Spooky Stories
Rosie Cutrer, Liz Parker, Teddi Duncan, Chester Weems, Tony Hardman
9:00 – Review of Saturday programs with Eldrena Douma
9:30 – Evening concludes.
Saturday, June 5
SESSION 2 – 9:00 a.m.-Noon
8:45 – Start signing in to Zoom.
9:00 – Workshop w/Tony Hardman: Finding Your Story & Making it Your Own
(MC, Liz Parker)
10:30 – Story Swap (MC, Eldrena Douma)
Connie Fisher, Stephanie Scott, Regina Ress, Liz Parker, Rosie Cutrer
Noon – Lunch Break
SESSION 3 – 1:00-2:00 p.m.
12:45 – Start signing in to Zoom.
1:00 – Territory Tellers General Membership Meeting
SESSION 4 – 2:30-4:00 p.m.
2:15 – Start signing in to Zoom.
2:30 – Story Swap (MC, Liz Parker)
Susan Bravo, Saniyah McGraw, Gloria Kunnapilly, Dianne Fallis, Elaine Muray
SESSION 5 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
4:30 – Story Swap (MC, Barbara Jones)
Valerie Kimble, Brooks Myers, Rosemary Czarski, Chester Weems, Tony Hardman
SESSION 6 – 6:30-9:30 p.m.
6:15 – Start signing in to Zoom.
6:30 – Music by Fran Stallings (MC, Chester Weems)
7:00 – Recognizing Hall Duncan
7:15 – Music & Stories with David Goodroe and David Titus
8:00 – Featured Teller: Donna Ingham (MC, Eldrena Douma)
9:00 – Q & A with Donna Ingham