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DIANNE HACKWORTH, STORYTELLER
Although she has honed her skills with a Master's degree in Storytelling, Dianne comes to storytelling naturally, having learned many of her stories from her parents and grandparents. She keeps all these stories alive by passing them on to you! As well as telling stories for programs and festivals, she also shows others their own hidden talent for storytelling. She teaches storytelling classes at John C. Campbell Folkschool, is an artist in residence in the schools of western North Carolina through the Mountain Arts Program, and provides storytelling workshops throughout the southeast region. Dianne is included in the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Directory and is on the South Carolina Arts Commissions Approved Artists Roster and the Tennessee Arts Commissions Arts in Education Artist Roster. Dianne is the founder of the High Country Yarnspinners, a storytelling organization in the Boone, NC area and co-founder and president of the North Carolina Storytelling Guild. Under Dianne's direction some of the storytelling events annually presented in the Boone area include the Yarnspinners Festival, Watauga County Schools Storytelling Festival, Fourth Friday Yarns, the Halloween StoryFest, and Tellabration, An Evening Of Storytelling For Adults.
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Dianne Hackworth blends Multi-culture Folktales with Appalachian Tales, Musical Ballads and more. She uses storytelling not only as exciting entertainment, but also as an educational method and a way of preserving and recounting the past. Hackworth offers confidence, encouragement, and guidance to others enabling them to tell their own stories. Through her exhilarating tales and teaching, Hackworth encourages everyone to participate in one of the world's oldest art forms. Dianne Hackworth has captured the imaginations of audiences of all ages with her entertaining yet educational performances and workshops. Her stories ring with wit and wisdom that awaken and mesmerize the listener's sense of wonder. The tales she performs vary from mountain lore to Celtic tales to ballads, but always delight and enchant. These concerts and performances include not only Appalachian Tales, but also Folk Tales from around the world as well as literary stories and musical tales. Many of the Appalachian Tales she tells originally came from other countries - England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. Her performance will also include many musical tales and ballads accompanied on the autoharp. Dianne has different performances that can be adapted for any age level or age combinations from pre-school through senior citizen. A typical storytelling performance would include stories appropriate for the audience age level(s), audience participatory stories (vocal participation and movement if necessary), and story-songs and ballads for variety. Length of performance is from 30 minutes to 2 hours (with a short break). Multiple performances per day can be arranged. Themes for Concerts and Residencies top
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When listening to Dianne Hackworth you will
realize immediately why storytelling is once again becoming a
popular form of art. The stories she tells creates images in
the mind, "better than TV" as one first grader exclaims!
Touring throughout the Southeast telling stories for all ages,
Dianne brings to life Appalachian and Celtic folktales; stories
of fantastic beings, dragons and jugglers; musical tales of cats,
monsters, and toads; humorous stories, scary stories, and touching
tales.
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