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First Name
Alton
Middle Name
Last Name
Takiyama Chung
Stage Name
Alton Takiyama-Chung
Privacy
Phone
3608823581
Region
Pacific
Street Address
P.O. Box 87931
City
VANCOUVER
State/Province
WA
Country
United States
Postal Code
Primary type of performance
Folk/Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends, Historical Stories, Personal Narrative Stories, Storytelling/Characterizations
Stories
Asian folktales, Hawaiian legends, ghost stories, historical stories, tall tales, personal stories
Bi or Multi Lingual
No
Bio
Japanese-Korean storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung, grew up with the superstitions and the magic of the Hawaiian Islands. He tells stories from Hawaii, Asian folktales, ghost stories, stories from the Japanese-Americans experience of WWII, the Plantation Days in Hawaii, and the immigration of the Chinese into the US. He has been featured at the Timpanogas and the National Storytelling Festivals, and at international storytelling festivals from Asia to Europe and the Caribbean. He is a former chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Storytelling Network (NSN), a J.J. Reneaux Award recipient, and has been inducted into NSN's ORACLE Circle of Excellence. (altonchung.com)
Ages
All Ages
School Districts
Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR
Workshops
Yes
Requirements
Travel expenses, meals, lodging, artist fees
Mentor
Yes
Cost
Negotiable
Travel
Yes