Storytelling Festival of Carolina
At The Historic John Blue House in Laurinburg, North Carolina
Children's book author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy was born in Havana, Cuba, emigrated to the United States with her family in 1963 during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, and grew up in Decatur, Georgia. She has authored six children's books and her most recent, The Yellow Star (Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2000), has won more than a dozen awards including the 2001 Christopher Award and the 2001 Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book Award. Ms. Deedy lives in Atlanta.
Andy Offutt Irwin is an American storyteller, arts educator and singer-songwriter. Born in a small town in Georgia, Irwin began his career in 1984 in an improvisational comedy troupe but after five years he shifted to performing as a singer-songwriter, touring the Southeast for about six years. In the mid-1990s, he branched into performances for children and since then has appeared in hundreds of schools (from preschools to colleges) and countless public libraries.
Good storytelling is like poetry to your ears…good poetry is storytelling at it’s best. Storytelling and poetry go together like hand in glove. Ninety percent of the stories I tell are in rhyme so I coined the term “sto’etry” to describe my unique style of telling.
A commanding presence, beautiful singing voice, impeccable comedic timing, and perfectly woven stories makes Kim a must see. Known for her skills in laying down a whopper of tale, Kim combines humor, original childhood stories and just a touch of fertilizer to create stories that can compete with the best of them.