MO-TELL Memories of Chester Weems, submitted by "Papa" Wright
I am very new to MO-TELL. While I had first heard about Missouri Storytelling, it was the Chicken Festival, then RAPS, then trying to figure out what MO-TELL was. I have yet to attend a live Chicken Festival (funny word combination), but have it on my calendar for January 2025.
I did attend one NSN annual meeting in Kansas City, but did not know the connection to MO-TELL, but suspected there was one. I did participate in a couple of MO-TELL Zoom sessions and was invited to tell once.
My first live participation was in 2023 where I was fortunate to have won the written liars contest and got to read my story at the meeting. That was fun; and I met a number of nice folks. It was a well-run event. The following year, 2024, I entered again and took 2 nd place in the written category, which again was great for me.
Unfortunately, I was not able to attend in person. I was coming to another Missouri Storytelling event once, but a storm kept my wife and I home. I have some nice Missouri tellers coming to our Oklahoma Territory Tellers events. Then I saw several Missouri folks at the Texas Storytelling Association Festival. These cross-border connections are nice.
My perception of Missouri storytelling has been that there are a number of events, well run, with a bunch of good storytellers.
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