The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival takes place the weekend after Labor Day at the end of each summer in Lehi, Utah.
When she saw an advertisement for a National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee, she decided to attend and gather more ideas for stories and programs for the Orem Library.
Instead, she found thousands of adults crowding into tents, listening to dynamic performers relating tales of history, culture, folk, and family life, as well as magical stories of “what if .
!” The entire town of Jonesborough (population 3,000) had mobilized to accommodate the 10,000+ people who annually attend the three-day festival.
[2] Three Eastern storytellers of national fame and local talent including James Arrington, Marvin Payne, and Gaye Beeson performed for two days.
The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival has garnered this reputation not only because of the great talent featured, but also because of the scenic setting, the terrific audience, the extraordinary community support, and its excellence in organization.
The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival has been supported with volunteer work and donations from individuals and community groups such as the American Legion, Kiwanis, Golden Kiwanis, youth groups, student clubs, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and the Utah Storytelling Guild.