HAVE I GOT A STORY TO TELL

Award Winning International Storyteller

 

U.S. * Australia * Sweden * France * Senegal * Canada

Austria * Holland * Bermuda * New Zealand * Singapore * Malaysia * Colombia

 

June 24-28 & July 1-5

Diane will be participating in

GIVING VOICE

The Power of Words in African American Culture

Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Washington, D.C.

 

Wickety Whack nominated for a 2008 Grammy

Click on the album to sample audio clips on all of Diane's award winning recordings.

 

Diane in 'Invisible Wings'

at Jacob's Pillow, Massachusetts

 

 

Diane with Griot friend in Senegal

 

 

 

 

 

"YOUR PARTICIPATION HELPED TO CREATE A TRULY 

MEMORABLE OCCASION FOR ME"

President Bill Clinton

 

ONE  WOMAN SHOW

"SAPELO..A CULTURAL BLOCKBUSTER"

San Francisco Chronicle

 

"HER TALES NEVER FAIL TO TURN HEADS"

Miami Herald

 

"YOU BLEW OUR SOCKS OFF. THE PERFORMANCE 

YOU AND ERIK GAVE WAS INCREDIBLE."

Michael Sweeney-Mayor, Hayward, CA

 

"WHEN YOU LEAVE ONE OF HER CONCERTS, YOU LEAVE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE & AN INNER LIGHT THAT SHINES JUST A LITTLE BRIGHTER. "

Brian Bemel-Village of Tales Storytelling Festival


 

 

Click below to see clips of Diane on YouTube

 

At the National Storytelling Festival

 

On a plantation telling about High John

 

Sample of Family/Kids Shows

 

Personal story in Graz, Austria

 

 

  California Arts Council Highest Ranking
  • A great voice with resonant quality
  • Can use her entire instrument very well: the voice, body, face, gestures.
  • Costuming is lovely. A great performer, as good as it gets.
  • Has the ability to perform in any situation.

The National Storytelling Network's Oracle

 2002 Circle of Excellence Award

 

The National Association of Black Storytellers 

 Zora Neale Hurston Award

 

 

"It has been said that those who tell the stories in a culture do much 

to determine the character of that culture."

Folktales * Personal Tales * Southern Tales * Legends * Historical Tales * Multicultural Tales * Ghost Tales 

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