by Frances Barrett | May 19, 2017 | Connie in the News
Stories Under the Stars Master storyteller Connie Regan-Blake hosts a rare day at a Barnardsville B&B By Hayley Benton, Asheville Citizen Times The art of storytelling has been alive for thousands of years, shaped and perfected over time and passed down through...
by Frances Barrett | May 19, 2017 | Connie in the News
Storied Past (and Future) A storyteller celebrates 40 years. By Ursula Gullow When she was 24, she agreed to tell “Harry the Dirty Dog” to a group of kids in a Chattanooga library. And after that October day, in 1971, Connie Regan-Blake knew she was a...
by Connie Regan-Blake | May 15, 2017 | Connie in the News
The Weaving Together of Story, Music and Imagination By Courtney Smith Imagine this: a powerful horse slowly approaches. You can see the ripple of muscle and tendon over flank and bone; inhale the earthy smell of grass and horse-body as he approaches and feel the...
by kudzu | Mar 29, 2017 | Connie in the News
Connie Regan-Blake first discovered storytelling as an art form in 1971 at the age of 24. “I ended up falling in love with story-telling,” Regan-Blake says. “Within two weeks I knew I would tell stories for the rest of my life. I never thought I...
by Frances Barrett | May 19, 2017 | Connie in the News
Storytelling Retreat with Connie Regan Blake – Asheville, NC By Kathy Pannell Gordon One morning this week, I went out to my vegetable garden to pick the last of the beans for my supper. As I peeked behind every green leaf to make sure I didn’t miss a...
by kudzu | Mar 29, 2017 | Connie in the News
Thirty-five years ago, Connie Regan-Blake volunteered to tell a story at a storytelling festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. For her work in popularizing the art of storytelling nationwide, the National Storytelling Network has presented the Asheville resident with...
