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Storytelling is a special art. Unlike written literature, it is dynamic, changing with the weather and the audience, yet it has an amazing integrity about it. From Cherokee creation mythology, through spirits of the lost Roanoke colonists, pirates, Jack tales, murder and ghost stories, from every kind of human experience to tales of the fantastic, North Carolina offers many opportunities to experience the special sharing and joining that unites the tellers and the told. Though Jonesborough, Tennessee holds the title as the "epicenter of storytelling", for hosting the National Storytelling Festival each October, the percentage of North Carolina stories told at the festival shows clearly the richness and vitality of the Tar Heel State's oral traditions. We can't give you the full experience created by a master teller's conjuring, but we can try to awaken you to the idea of listening and seeking out the tellers. Here then is a sampling of storytelling resources for North Carolina. If you know of others, please let us know and we will be happy to add them to our pages. |
 Ray Hicks Master Storyteller & NC Folk Heritage Artist passed away in April 2003 |