It had been my great privilege to have been a featured teller for all thirty-three years of the Midland Storytelling Festival.
Rex Ellis and I were here for that festival and in the years following the featured roster had grown to eight tellers each year.
The Festival starts off with a school day. Some of the tellers do school visits. This year Laura Pershin Raynor, Willy Claflin, and I had two large groups of second graders who traveled to Legacy High School auditorium for the performances.
A special feature this year was having Cowboy Poet and Musician Andy Hedges at the Festival. Andy did a special pre-show at the Haley Memorial (cowboy history) Library in addition to the Festival itself.
Before the Saturday evening show, we were treated to Christmas Music by the West Texas Gospel Chorus, an event that gives us a great start for the season. Sue Roseberry, the Festival Director also directs the chorus.
As Featured Tellers, I was joined this year by Charlotte Blake-Alston, Willy Claflin, Barbara McBride-Smith, Antonio Rocha, Laura Pershin Raynor, Bil Lepp, and Andy Hedges.
The 2025 Festival will be held in Midland at the Bush Convention Center the first weekend of December. Join us then.
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