Milbre Burch, A Night of Storytelling at Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Georgia. Master storyteller Milbre Burch of Columbia, Missouri, performs a concert of her finest stories for this event that begins at 7:30 p.m: “A Haunting Good Night – Scary Stories for Adults.” This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the nation’s most distinguished tellers. An internationally known storyteller, award-winning recording artist, published poet and writer, and respected teacher of her craft, Burch is a storyteller in every sense of the word. She was nominated for a Grammy Award in February in the category, “Spoken Word for Children.â€
Ms. Burch has appeared at the National Storytelling Festival numerous times and received a “Storytelling Oscar,†the Circle of Excellence Award, from the National Storytelling Network in 1999. In addition she has been featured at spoken word and theatre festivals across the nation and in twelve European cities. Ms. stepdaughter mumia112 Burch has performed with the Lincoln Center Institute in New York, the Music Center on Tour, the Performing Tree and the University of Phoenix in California. In addition she has been a teaching artist for the National Conversations Project of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her work in designing and implementing a now-ten-year-old storytelling residency at the Walden School in Pasadena, California, has been lauded as a national model at education conferences across the country. Following her performance at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel is a dessert reception where the audience may meet the artist. This event takes place on Friday, October 31, 2008 at 7:30pm
$15.00 per person
Call 912-635-2600 or visit www.jekyllislandclub.com
“We’re thrilled to see Amelia Island so well represented again in the Readers’ Choice Awards,” said Gil Langley, President of the Amelia Island Convention and Visitors Bureau. “This kind of recognition from such discriminating travelers speaks volumes about Amelia Island’s enduring appeal and the commitment of the island’s tourism partners.”