StoryTown Radio

Epic Summer Fails

Episode Summary

StoryTown Radio Show is back with a hilarious episode dedicated to the mishaps that can happen with summer weddings and summer vacations. We’ve got stories from a seasoned wedding planner and all the mishaps she saw over her career as well as a story about what happens when things don’t go as planned in a patriotic rock garden. The Radio Show is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy a summer evening. StoryTown performs in the format of a live, old-time radio show complete with sound effects, musical underscoring, and live skits. With special guests: StoryWander Travel Stories were collected from Brenda G'Fellers, Van Gambrel, Laurie Herlich, Mary Hile, Anne Mason, Guerry McConnell, Catherine Yael Serota, Pat Wolfe The live show took place on July 22nd at the McKinney Center. StoryTown is sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission, Gary and Sandee Degner, Trivia with Budds, the Silver Raven, Mountain Empire Cremation and Burial Services.

Episode Notes

StoryTown Radio Show is back with a hilarious episode dedicated to the mishaps that can happen with summer weddings and summer vacations. We’ve got stories from a seasoned wedding planner and all the mishaps she saw over her career as well as a story about what happens when things don’t go as planned in a patriotic rock garden. The Radio Show is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy a summer evening. StoryTown performs in the format of a live, old-time radio show complete with sound effects, musical underscoring, and live skits.

StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

Written by Anne G'Fellers Mason, Laurie Herlich, Guerry McConnell, Catherine Yael Serota, Anni Zimmerman, Shanks Oak story inspired by Doug Gross

Anne G'Fellers-Mason - Director

Brett McCluskey - Music Director, Accompanist

John Saylor - Sound Engineer & Editor

Matthew Gulley - Stage Manager

Gary Degner - Sound Effects

Heather McCluskey - Theme Song/Original Music

SPONSORED BY:

Tennessee Arts Commission

Wild Women of Jonesborough

Gary and Sandee Degner

Trivia With Budds

Silver Raven

Mountain Empire Cremation and Burial Services