South Carolina Regional Storytelling Guilds
Backporch Storytellers, Charleston. Contact Margie Clary (843) 795-3061 or email: mwclary@knology.net
The Backporch Storytellers is a non-profit organization, serving as a support group for adult storytellers. It is a resource group for people interested in oral literature. The purposes of the group are: to preserve and perpetuate the ancient art of storytelling, and to preserve the multi-cultural stories of the Old South, including the Sea Island and Gullah stories. Membership dues are $25 annually.
Anderson Story Slam, Anderson. Website: www.andersonstoryslam.org
Anderson Story Slam is a story telling organization based in Anderson, SC. Our story telling events are held one Monday a month at McGee’s Irish Pub in Anderson. Our “story slams” feature seven storytellers, each sharing a five minute true story. These true stories are drawn from the storyteller’s personal experiences and are told without notes.
Clemson Area StoryTellers Guild: Contact Lisa Eister, (864-653-4932) or email: clemsonareastorytellers@yahoo.com
Clemson Area StoryTellers (CAST) Guild promotes and celebrates the art of Storytelling. The purpose of CAST is the preservation of oral narratives - stories passed down from generation to generation - for families and the community. We also celebrate the performance of stories for all ages, children to adults. We meet the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 pm, the ARTS Center, Clemson (go to www.explorearts.org for directions.)
Greenville Storyteller's Guild: Greenville. Contact: Monty Tucker, (864) 232-7571 or Eva Lowry, (864) 244-7370
We invite the general public to come join us every second Thursday in the month 7:30 pm at the Open Book Store to participate in the joys of storytelling. Please come to listen ...please come to tell. All welcome.
Lowcountry Storytellers: Beaufort. Contact: Cora Newcomb, (843) 522-9656 or email: cnewcomb@tcl.edu
Rock Hill Storytelling: Rock Hill. Contact: Roger Ellingwood (803) 324-4560 or email: elling@comporium.net
Salkehatchie Tellers: Walterboro. Contact: Travis Godley, (843) 909-0076 or e-mail: salktell@yahoo.com or tgodley@aol.com
The Salkehatchie Tellers Guild is dedicated to preserving the oral narratives and methods past down by generations of families within the counties influenced by the Salkehatchie Rivers. We invite the public to attend our monthly meeting at 6:00pm on the third Thursday of each month at the Colleton County Memorial Library in Walterboro.
Tellers of Two Cities: Central Savannah River Area. Contact: Bob Linsenmayer, (864) 391-2130 or email: rlinsenmayer@infoave.net
A storytelling troupe, formed in 1987, with members from Augusta GA, Aiken SC and nearby towns. The Tellers of Two Cities is a Guild of the South Carolina Storytelling Network and Cluster Group of the Southern Order of Storytellers (GA).
Three Rivers Storytellers: Columbia Area. Contact: Thom Bristow, (803) 772-9458 or email: tcbristow@thomtells.com