Tejas Storytelling Association

All 2008 Concerts are being held at Texas Woman's University, Hubbard Hall.

Carrying on the tradition of the Storytelling Festival full of exciting storytelling entertainment, the festival has moved indoors this year. Both the Quakertown Stage and the Denton Stage are located in Hubbard Hall on the TWU campus. Please use this link for directions: www.twu.edu/map_denton_campus.asp

Please note this schedule is subject to change. Keep checking this website for current updates.

Thursday, April 10

Quakertown Stage
7:00 – 9:00pm Ghost Story Concert
Producer: Doc Moore

Friday, April 11

Center For The Visual Arts
10:00-11:00 Tiny Tales for Tiny Tots

Quakertown Stage

10:30-12:30 Middle School Concerts
10:30-11:20 Donna Lively and Doug Lipman with youth tellers
11:20-11:40 Intermission
11:40-12:30 James Ford and Carmen Deedy with youth tellers

1:30-3:00 Concert of All Featured Tellers
Carmen Agra Deedy
James Ford
Tim Tingle
Donna Lively
Doug Lipman

3:30-4:30 Membership Meeting

5:00-6:00 Rising Star Concert

7:30-10:00 Evening Concert
James Ford
Doc Moore
Carmen Agra Deedy
Tim Tingle
Doug Lipman

Friday, April 11

Denton Stage

9:30-11:30 Elementary School Concerts
9:30-10:20 Donna Lively and Tim Tingle
10:20-10:40 Intermission
10:40-11:30 James Ford and Carmen Agra Deedy

Denton Stage Afternoon - TBA

Saturday, April 12

Quakertown Stage

10:00-12:00 Traditional Native American Concert and Story Circles
Producer: Tim Tingle

1:00-2:00 Licking the Plate
Tales of wanting more, reaching for your dreams or refusing to be satisfied.

2:30-3:30 Kinfolk and Other Problems
Funny or foolish, wise or wayward... family is the finest source of stories.

4:00-5:00 Lone Star Liars Contest

Senior Citizen Center

5:00-7:00 Tale Spinner Dinner and Silent Auction

Quakertown Stage
7:30-10:00 Evening Concert
Tim Tingle
Doug Lipman
Intermission
John Henry Faulk and Volunteer Awards Ceremony (12-14 minutes)
Donna Lively
Carmen Agra Deedy

Saturday, April 12

Denton Stage

9:00-11:45 Children’s Concerts for children five and older

9:00-9:45 Critters and Creatures
Lively tales of things that hop or wiggle, swim or wag

10:00-10:45 Around the World and Home Again
Adventures rare and magical... without leaving your chair.

11:00-11:45 For Your Funnybone
Something silly to make you smile. Something looney to make you laugh.
Concert for Adults

1:00-2:00 Lessons Learned and Lost
Learn it hard or learn it easy, but Life is gonna teach you some stuff

2:30-3:30 Texas To The Bone
Tales historical or hysterical... there’s no place like the Lone Star State

4:00-5:00 Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire
Tales of migration and immigration, of standing out and fitting in.

Sunday, April 13

Quakertown Stage

10:00-11:00 Sacred Tales
Producer: Peggy Helmick-Richardson

11:30-12:30 Those Who Have Gone Before
Stories in memory of tellers no longer with us. Their voices live on.

1:00-2:00 Farewell Concert of Featured Regional Tellers
Donna Lively
James Ford
Doc Moore

2:30-3:30 Farewell Concert of National Tellers
Carmen Agra Deedy
Doug Lipman
Tim Tingle

Sunday, April 13

Denton Stage

10:00-11:00 Cowboy Church

11:30-12:30 Cowboy Poetry