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SUMMARY:Storyteller Johnny Thomas Fowler: Where'd You Come From\, Where'd You Go?
DESCRIPTION:Storyteller Johnny Thomas Fowler brings to the stage an outstanding presentation of folktales and legends from the Mountains\, Piedmont\, and Coastal Plain of North Carolina. His program also features folk songs played on fiddle\, banjo\, guitar\, jaw harp\, bones\, and harmonica. The stories Johnny tells are a combination of African American folktales\, Native American Legends and tales from Appalachia. This is an engaging presentation that is both educational and very entertaining; a fantastic combination to capture the imagination! \nAbout Johnny Thomas Fowler \nJohnny Thomas Fowler\, mountain-heritage storyteller\, award winning musician and author is from the foothills of upcountry South Carolina. His work is featured on South Carolina Public TV where he has co-produced a number of documentaries for SC-ETV. He is a member of the SC Institute for Community Scholars. In 2011-12 he served as the project scholar for the Humanities Council of South Carolina. \nJohnny Thomas is one of seventeen national storytellers captured in the book Southern Appalachian Storytellers (McFarland Press). In 2013 John was honored to receive the prestigious Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award\, the highest award given to folk artists in South Carolina. He co-hosts a weekly old-time radio show on North Carolina public radio station WNCW-FM. \nHis storytelling is a wonderful anthology of Appalachian folk tales\, fairy tales\, outrageous tall tales and contemporary yarns\, combining traditional songs and ballads. He has been a featured teller at Stone Soup Storytelling Festival\, the International Storytelling Festival Exchange Place\, Madison County Florida Storytelling Festival and is the host-teller-in-residence at Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival. \nJohnny is an award-winning musician. He is a two-time harmonica champion at Fiddler’s Grove Old Music Festival in Union Grove N.C. He also received blue ribbons in the banjo competition at the prestigious Mountain Dance Folk Festival in Asheville N.C. and the Pickens Heritage Day Old-Time Music Festival. \nHis southern charm and theatrical presentation takes his audiences by surprise. His performances are hilarious\, creative\, energetic\, and historically informative. He is simply a treasure to see.
URL:https://library.transylvaniacounty.org/event/storyteller-johnny-thomas-fowler-whered-you-come-from-whered-you-go/
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