COMMUNITY GATHERINGS

STORYTELLING
with Walt Belcher

4th Thursdays at the Beach Art Center

5/25, 6/22, 7/27, 8/24, 9/28, 10/26

sign in 6:30pm /show 7:00pm

Join us on the 4th Thursday of every month, for an evening of storytelling.

Walt Belcher, a former Tampa Tribune columnist and newspaper reporter, is a known storyteller in the Tampa Bay area. Walt will offer a short talk on the craft of a good story and then the evening will continue with both novice and experienced storytellers sharing true and not-so-true stories with the audience. Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener's imagination.

If you’d like to share a tale, please write it, memorize it and practice it before that evening. You will have about 7 minutes to perform your story if your name is drawn from the hat. Please arrive between 6:30 and 7 p.m. to add your name to the list.

While we are not charging a cover, we will appreciate a suggested $5 donation.

Parking is free and the donation bar will be open with beverages available.

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Registration is not required to attend this event. 

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Storytelling Schedule:

Thursdays, 7-9pm.  

(Check-in for story tellers 6:30pm)

May 25, June 22, July 27, August 24, September 28, October 26, 2023.

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ABOUT WALT:

After 35 years as a reporter and columnist for The Tampa Tribune, Walt Belcher is telling stories in the American tradition of oral storytelling. A board member of the Florida Storytelling Association, he has performed at the past four Florida Storytelling Festivals in Mt Dora. He hosts a monthly storyboard nights around town. He has told at festivals in Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky. He tells tall tales, personal stories and stories of Old Florida.

https://www.facebook.com/walt.belcher

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