December 10, 2010
The Kansas City Public Library is full of stories – narratives that walk, talk, laugh, and sometimes even fly. At least they do in the hands of a talented storyteller like our Central Youth Services Supervisor, Jamie Mayo. We recently made a video of Mayo regaling a group of visiting kids at the Central Library.
Mayo has trained with a number of professional storytellers and is committed to the art of storytelling. She was on the committee that organized the 11th Annual Kansas City Storytelling Celebration [2] earlier this November.
When we trained our camera on her one morning a few weeks ago in the Durwood Film Vault [3], she was performing, among other stories, David Holt [4]'s version of the Thai tale "The Freedom Bird."