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First Name
Jennifer
Middle Name
Last Name
Armstrong
Stage Name
Privacy
Phone
2073222265
Region
Southeast
Street Address
135 Fisher Ln
City
Asheville
State/Province
NC
Country
United States
Postal Code
Primary type of performance
Storytelling Combined With Music
Stories
Bi or Multi Lingual
No
Bio
I am deeply committed to being a tradition bearer passing down songs, stories and folk arts to the next generation. I grew up in a folk music family and learned to play fiddle, banjo, bagpipe, dulcimer and guitar. I now weave music through my storytelling. I tell traditional and personal stories as well as hybrid tales. This is my work for over 50 years now. Recently I visited a pre-school where I told the Gingerbread Man with a dancing puppet. I told the story of Cerridwen and Gwion to a circle of women around a fire. I called a square dance with my fiddle at a wedding. I shared ghost stories with ages 11 and up at a museum. I told stories as part of a family literacy night for middle school and my Books Alive show at an elementary school and I was a Teller-in- Residence in Jonesborough and so much more! I love what I do.
Ages
All Ages
School Districts
Workshops
Yes
Requirements
Enthusiasm and laughter
Mentor
No
Cost
variable
Travel
Yes