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Connie (L) listening to Ray
Hicks in Carolyn's Moore's living room after
the first National Storytelling Festival,
October 1973 in Jonesborough, TN |
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Connie at the second National Storytelling
Festival with Elizabeth Seeman who wrote
the words down for one of Connie's signature
stories, the true mountain tale, "Two White
Horses" |
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The Early Days: Board of Directors of
NAPPS - Kathryn Windham, Doc McConnell, Connie
Regan-Blake, Barbara Freeman and David Holt |
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Barbara and Connie with Ann Izard, author,
storyteller - 'mover and shaker' in
the library world, standing in front
of 'D'Put, the Folkteller home on the road |
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Frank Warner, folklorist and singer, who
devoted himself to gathering and sharing
the old songs and ways from traditional folks. One
of the first to visit and collect songs
and stories from the Hicks family back in
the 1940's |
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Utah Phillips at the National Storytelling
Festival |
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Richard Chase (Center), collector and
author of “Jack Tales” and “Grandfather Tales” -
with Hattie Presnell and Stanley Hicks (Ray's
double first cousin) at the National Festival
(Kathryn Windham is telling in background) |
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Marshall Dodge, beloved New England humorist telling
on Sunday afternoon at the National
Festival in 1977 (with Richard Chase in
the background) |
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Bessie Jones, one of the early ‘Georgia
Sea Island Singers,' who taught thousands
the play-party games, songs and stories from
the Afro-American heritage |
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Connie and Barbara Freeman with Jimmy
Neil Smith, founder of the National Storytelling
Festival |
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Gamble Rogers, a star in folk music who
embraced and enriched the storytelling
world |
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Ezra Jack Keats, award winning children's
author/illustrator with Connie in Jonesborough
for a benefit gathering to help Ray Hicks when
he broke his back in 1977 |
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All tellers from the first nine years
were invited to be featured at the 10th Annual
National Festival |
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John Basinger (center), storyteller, ‘Mountain
Sweet Talk' director and sign language actor,
interpreting for Brother Blue (L) and Bernard
Bragg |
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Kenny Goldstein (L) Chair of the U
of PA Folklore Department and President of
the American Folklore Society with Ron
Evans, a Chippewa-Cree/Métis storyteller
from Northern Saskatchewan |
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Jackie Torrence |
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Mary Carter Smith |
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Ed Stivender |
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Vi Hilbert, an Upper Skaget elder, Laura
Simms and Rebecca Chamberlain |
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Augusta Baker, a guiding light for children
and librarians across the country |
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Diane Wolkstein, founder of National Storytelling
Conference, celebrating with Connie at Washington
College |
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Maggie Pierce (L) and Jane Yolen at the
National Storytelling Conference |
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Ray Hicks and Jimmy Neil Smith at the
National Storytelling Festival |
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Tell It in The Mountains Storytelling
Festival crew |
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Ashley Bryan, illustrator, author and
poet-teller with Connie |
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Connie with Gioia Timpanelli, Jay O'Callahan,
Gwenda Ledbetter, and Angela Lloyd |
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Jamal Koram |
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Nancy Shapiro-Pikelny telling on main
stage at the Exchange Place during the National
Storytelling Festival. Nancy - a dear friend
and accomplice on almost every storytelling
project Connie has undertaken in recent years. |
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The Blue Lakers – long time storytelling
friends working and playing at their yearly
retreat. From the top left – Jim May, Connie,
Beth Horner, Bill Harley, Jay O'Callahan,
Gwenda Ledbetter, Jon Spelman, Milbre Burch,
Michael Parent and David Holt. Len Cabral
and Barbara Freeman must have been taking
the photo! |
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Jay O'Callahan and Connie |
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Featured tellers at 25th National Storytelling
Festival |
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