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SUMMARY:2026 Old North State Story Telling Festival: Showcase 1
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our two-day festival to experience the power of l
 ive storytelling. Acclaimed storytellers will present hours of stories a
 nd music to entertain and warm your heart. Four showcases across two day
 s\, featuring unique stories from each teller in every show. Festival Pa
 ckage options are available\, click here for details. SENSORY FRIENDLY S
 howcase on Saturday morning. Sensory-Friendly: This performance will wel
 come up to 75 guests\, allowing extra space and a calmer environment. Th
 e theater will remain gently lit rather than fully dark\, and sound leve
 ls will be slightly softer to create a more comfortable experience. A de
 signated break area will also be available\, where the performance will 
 be streamed on a TV\, so no one misses a moment. This showcase is design
 ed to be movement-friendly and relaxed. Audience members are welcome to 
 wiggle\, shift\, and express themselves without the expectation of compl
 ete silence. The stories will be short\, accompanied by visual aids and 
 interaction with the storytellers. All performances are family-friendly.
  MO REYNOLDS tells stories that spark imagination and start conversation
 s. Since her breakout on the Exchange Place stage at the National Storyt
 elling Festival in 2022\, she has returned to the National twice and won
  over audiences at festivals across the country. Braiding folk tales wit
 h personal narrative\, Mo brings reflection\, laughter\, and insight in 
 equal measure. Known online as “Miss Mo Storyteller\,” she travels the w
 orld through story — a new tale every week\, a new country every month. 
 REV. ROBERT B. JONES\, SR. is a renaissance man: a professional musician
  for over forty years\, an ordained Baptist pastor for more than twenty\
 , and a nationally recognized storyteller for over fifteen- and he bring
 s all three to the stage at once. An award-winning musician\, he was nam
 ed a leading blues educator by the National Blues Foundation and is a Kr
 esge Arts Fellow and Michigan Heritage Award recipient. At the heart of 
 his work: our cultural diversity tells a story worth celebrating. CHARLO
 TTE BLAKE-ALSTON For more than thirty years\, Charlotte Blake-Alston has
  carried the stories of African and African American oral tradition from
  the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian to festivals on four continents-
  accompanied by djembe\, mbira\, and the 21- stringed kora. The first st
 oryteller ever to perform with The Philadelphia Orchestra\, she is now i
 ts Official Storyteller\, Narrator and Host\, and hosted Carnegie Hall’s
  Family Concert Series for seventeen seasons. Her honors include a Pew F
 ellowship and the Zora Neale Hurston Award\, the highest given by the Na
 tional Association of Black Storytellers. ANDY RUSSELL grew up in North 
 Carolina in a family full of natural storytellers\, and it shows- his ta
 les of grandparents\, cane-pole fishing\, and music with friends land wi
 th warmth and a songwriter’s ear for a good line\, honed during his year
 s in Nashville. Reigning StorySlam Champion of Six Feet Apart Production
 s\, he has appeared at the Georgia Mountain\, Stone Soup\, and Cracker s
 torytelling festivals. He lives in Ocala with his dog and a three-legged
  cat. website: https://www.oldnorthstatestorytellingfestival.com/ For TI
 CKET information\, including Will Call & Mobile tickets\, please click h
 ere. For PARKING and ACCESSIBILITY information\, please click here. BOX 
 OFFICE hours are: Wed-Sat\, 12 pm to 6 pm\; Sun\, 1 pm to 5 pm\; and 1 h
 our prior to showtime. All Sales Final – No Refunds\n\nTickets: https://
 www.etix.com/ticket/p/75019962/2026-old-north-state-story-telling-festiv
 alshowcase-1-cary-the-cary-theater?partner_id=100\n\nhttps://findlocal.c
 ommunity/event/256ba59f-8ad9-4752-bf70-3483b7a641fe
LOCATION:The Cary Theater\, 122 E. Chatham St\, Cary\, NC 27511
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/256ba59f-8ad9-4752-bf70-3483b7a641f
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