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Contact Walt Belcher at wbelcher47@yahoo.com
Safety Harbor, Fl
More Adventures: You can reach me at 813-767-4575 or at wbelcher47@yahoo.com
More About Me
After 35 years as a newspaper columnist and reporter, I started oral storytelling in 2018.
I have told stories at the past seven Florida Storytelling Festivals in Mount Dora, Fl.
I also have told at the Florida Folk Festival at the Stephen Foster State Park.
I am a part of the new storytelling night on the 4th Saturday of the month at the Jack Kerouac House in St. Pete.
In November, I was a featured teller at the inaugural Suncoast Storytelling Festival in St. Pete: more info at: www.suncoaststorytellers.org.
I currently serve on the boards of the Florida Storytelling Association and the Suncoast Storytellers Inc of St. Petersburg and the Tampa Storytelling Guild.
I host a Storytelling Open Mic on the first Wednesday in Safety Harbor, Fl.
I also do some emcee work and have helped out at the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival in Woodruff, SC.
Also, emcee work at the Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival.
I've told at The Moth in Asheville and in Atlanta.
Other Festivals:
Texas Storytelling Festival
Cumberland Falls Storytelling Festival
At the 2024 Florida Storytelling Festival I was inspired by a cowboy poet from Texas to turn my stories about Florida wrangler Morgan Bonaparte "Bone" Mizell into Florida Cowboy Poetry.
Bone was born in 1863 and died in 1921. His adventures have been told in song and story.
This 6-foot-six-inch-tall lanky cowman who spoke with a lisp and a wheeze could outride, outshoot, out-rope, out-talk,, out-prank and out-drink anyone of his day.
Looking Ahead.
Have you heard about Pearl, the baloney eatin' dog?
Find it on WNCW radio's website under the Wordstage programs. Many thanks to John Thomas Fowler who invited me to share a story on his program.
For more stories, info about upcoming events, and other stuff. Click on Events and news.
What a thrill it was to share a story at the International Fringe in Edinburgh Scotland in 2025.
It happened by chance when I ran into Torrey Shine at the Orlando Fringe in May. She had a show, "Don't Stop Believing" that ran the entire month in Edinburgh and was a hit.
She also hosted a mid-day showcase of other Fringe performers and asked me to take the stage when we visited Scotland in August.
What a rush! I told my chicken-playing tic tac toe story. The audience laughed in the right places. Thanks Torrey. I also saw a dozen storyteller shows while at the Fringe.