Each month we invite story tellers from far and wide, telling stories from a variety of cultures Some tellers come in person and some from a distance on Zoom.
The storytellers listed here are members in good standing of the South Sound Story Guild. The Guild does not recommend or schedule performances for tellers. If you are interested in our tellers, we encourage you to contact them individually. Fees or service donations are negotiated with each teller.
Matthew Trenda
Bio & Contact
trendama@gmail.com
Matthew moved to Olympia eight years ago and found a wonderful community and some good friends. He’s been telling stories for some time now, and he likes funny ones the best. In his free time, he loves to read, cook, play cribbage (he never wins), and most of all, travel by train.
Annie Cubberly
Bio & Contact
anniecubberly@gmail.com
Annie Cubberly is exploring story telling, She is looking for stories that inspire feelings of mystery and those that simply recognize the mundane.
As a retired person she weeds her garden, listens for wild birds, bakes bread, swims in the sound, feeds chickens and walks her black lab Winnie.
Randi Moe
Bio & Contact
rmoe2000@comcast.net
Randi Moe has been a life-long teller of family stories. During the 20 years that she worked in adult education, she used stories to illustrate her instruction. Then in 2002 she discovered the ART of storytelling.
Randi’s bag of stories is varied: traditional folk tales, funny family pet stories, memories of her own youth, vacation adventures, glimpses into her ancestors’ lives, and Bible stories (both reverent and irreverent).
She believes that sharing personal stories is a wonderful way to affirm and celebrate the ups and downs of everyday life, both for the teller and the listener.
Elizabeth Lord
Bio & Contact
Elizabeth has been telling stories professionally for over 25 years. She enjoys stories for older children and adults and is an excellent master of ceremonies for any event.
Rebecca Hom
Bio & Contact
BackroadsTeller on Facebook
backroadsteller@gmail.com
Rebecca Hom never knew she would someday be a storyteller. But for 30 years the thread of story has connected her with people across the country and on six continents. She loves stories. Old stories, new stories, fib or fact, they are all part of the human experience. And that is what Rebecca finds delightful. She has been active doing research into the history of the WASP (Women’s Airforce Service Pilots) during WWII and has been presenting this fascinating story to communities. She is the recipient of the prestigious National Storytelling Network Oracle award for 2019.
Tobey Ishii-Anderson
Bio & Contact
tobeyanderson1@me.com
Tobey has taught internationally for many years beginning as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malaysia. She is a storytelling, indoor climbing, fly fishing bum who enjoys sharing the magic of stories with others.
Billie Mazzei
Bio & Contact
(360) 943-2504
Billie tells stories for children and adults; folk and fairy tales, old and new and biblical tales. She tells for schools, churches, small groups, and parties. Billie’s stories warm your heart and tickle your funny bone.
Stet Palmer
Bio & Contact
stetpalmer@hotmail.com
Maggie Lott
Bio & Contact
mlott1256@gmail.com
Maggie Lott loves telling stories to anyone who will listen, even to herself just to hear a story come alive. She specializes in humorous trickster tales from the African American tradition and the Appalachian region. She recently retired from teaching. Telling her elementary students was a favorite teaching tool. She has learned much from the wonderful tellers in the South Sound Story Guild. She has been a member for over 20 years.
Jerry Buendel
Bio & Contact
jbuendel@comcast.net
Jerry joined the South Sound Story Guild after he retired from state service and was looking for something different to do. He tells stories of all kinds and enjoys working on his storytelling skills with the wonderful community he found at the Guild. Jerry and his family settled in Olympia over 20 years ago after wandering the world with the US Air Force. He enjoys travel, camping, fishing, and kayaking.
Storytelling is an act of mutual creation. In a shared place and time, words weave a common experience between teller and listener. It can entertain, enlighten, and carry traditions. It joins past to present, it binds community together.
Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence. The only limit is the extent of your imagination.
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