The Twinbrook Tellers are children who tell stories. We tell tall-tales, folktales, literary stories,
real-life adventures, and stories we make up ourselves. All our storytelling is done orally, from
memory or imagination, without props or books in hand.
The Twinbrook Tellers began as Storyellers’ Club at the Twinbrook Community Library in
Rockville, MD, in the fall of 2001. In 2003 the Twinbrook Tellers began telling stories at local
libraries, and made their debut at the Glen Echo Folk Festival in 2003. When budget cuts caused
the library to give up support of our club in 2010, the Dogwood Dogs 4H Community Club of
Montgomery County, MD, took on a storytelling project and gave a new home to the Twinbrook
Tellers.
Our storytellers range in age from about 8-18. Children from the Twinbrook Tellers have been
invited to tell stories at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN., at the National
Youth Storytelling Showcase in Pigeon Forge, TN, and most recently at the National Youth
Storytelling Showcase in Orem, UT. The Twinbrook Tellers are members of Voices In The Glen
(
voicesintheglen.org). Two of our members are currently storytelling members of Voices
In The Glen.
The Twinbrook Tellers have performed at
Twinbrook Tellers’ programs have included Tales of Magic and Adventure, Tales from Old
Japan, Asian Tales for the Lunar New Year, October Tales, Tales from the Americas, and
Storytellers of Tomorrow, Today.
For more information about the Twinbrook Tellers or the Dogwood Dogs 4H Community Club,
please contact eve burton at
ebnineteen@hotmail.com