29th Annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival to Feature Donald Davis on March 11-13, 2016

Details: Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 February 2016 00:48

29th Annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival

in Mariposa & Yosemite National Park
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 11, 12, & 13, 2016

This year’s Annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival will feature many talented artists. The Sierra Sun Times will feature each storyteller leading up to the festival. Check back regularly for more information about each of this year’s featured guests.

Donald Davis

Donald Davis Returns for the 29th Mariposa Storytelling Festival

Donald Davis

Hilarious with a little piety thrown in, that’s an apt description of the stories that Master Storyteller, author and retired pastor Dr. Donald Davis has in store for you at the Mariposa County Arts Council's, 29^th annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival to be held March 11 – 13, 2016, in the delightful old township of Mariposa. Mr. Davis, known as the Father of Family Stories and the Dean of Storytelling, takes his audiences on humorous, hair-raising and exciting adventures of growing up in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina to a favorite tale of the dazzling heights and scary depths of a trip down into the Grand Canyon. Come, listen and hold on to your seats while you are transported to first one then another Davis tale.

Donald is a strong advocate of storytelling; not just the profession, but also storytelling in everyday life. He feels that we connect with one another through the stories that we tell each other across the family dinner table. He believes that stories are really about identity, about who we are, and that technology may be all about moving information, but it is in our stories and wisdom that is passed down to other generations.

For ticket and brochure information call the Mariposa County Arts Council at (209) 966-3155 or toll free (800) 903-9936. To order tickets online, download a brochure or learn more about our featured storytellers visit our website at MariposaArtsCouncil.org and visit us on Facebook.

Please note that our early bird discount for online sales has been extended to February 19. Also, tickets for the Yosemite Concert on March 13 must be pre-purchased, no tickets will be sold at the door in Yosemite.

The MARIPOSA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, INC. is an incorporated not-for-profit organization, created to promote and support all forms of the cultural arts, for all ages, throughout Mariposa County and is funding in part by Mariposa County, the California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.