Helmick-Richardson – Dallas Storytelling Guild

Gene and Peggy Helmick-Richardson

Twice Upon a Time Storytellers

Want to be entertained, enchanted, empowered to battle life’s dragons? This tandem storytelling team shares myriad folktales, fairy tales, ghost stories and personal narratives with humor and insight for all ages and environments.

With almost 60 years of combined storytelling experience, Gene and Peggy are recipients of the coveted John Henry Faulk Award for significant contributions to storytelling in the Southwest in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Gene and Peggy also work part-time as historical interpreters for Old City Park in Dallas. In addition, they are both on the board of the Dallas Storytelling Guild, Peggy currently as secretary. They have also served on the Tejas Storytelling Association board of directors, Gene as president and Peggy as secretary.

They have been featured tellers for both the Texas Storytelling Festival and Texas Storytelling Conference, and storytellers for the 2005 National Storytelling Conference Regional Concert in Oklahoma City. In addition to schools, libraries, festivals, conferences and community events, Gene and Peggy have told multiple times for a federal penitentiary, state prison, and county jail, and hosted weekly programs for a drug and alcohol treatment center. They have presented storytelling workshops for Richland College’s Emeritus program, Texas Storytelling Festival, Texas Storytelling Conference, and National Storytelling Conference.

469-955-0595
peggy@twicetellers.com
www.twicetellers.com