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Film, Video Oral History: Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake

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Title

  • Oral History: Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake

Summary

  • Interview with storyteller and author Connie Regan-Blake.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-09-06.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Connie Regan-Blake.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-09-06.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Storyteller and author Connie Regan-Blake established the travelling storytelling team The Folktellers with her cousin, Barbara Freeman, in 1973. She was a founding member of the National Storytelling Network or NSN (formerly the National Association for the Preservation and the Perpetuation of Storytelling or NAPPS). Regan-Blake served as the Artistic Director from 1975 until 1983. She was awarded the Circle of Excellence in 1996 by the National Storytelling Network. The Folktellers also toured across the country, performing at folk festivals, including the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C. Regan-Blake and Freeman eventually moved on to solo careers, and both are internationally recognized storytellers. In addition to performances The Folktellers have produced three albums and a play, "Mountain Sweet Talk."

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692349

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Oral History: Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-06, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692349/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2018) Oral History: Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692349/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Oral History: Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-06, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692349/>.