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Joyce Slater
- Aug 7
- 2 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, Thank you to all involved in the wonderful Tenth Annual Missouri Liars Contest. The Daniel Boone Regional Library,...
Joyce Slater
- Jul 3
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, July 10th is the new deadline for sending in your entries for the Missouri Liars Contest. There is time to tell your...
Joyce Slater
- May 31
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, My letter is short and sweet. The Liars Contest is July 20 th in Columbia, MO at the library. I know you want to be a...
Joyce Slater
- May 14
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I am thinking about the significance of our stories and how important it is to share them. We are each a piece of the...
Joyce Slater
- Apr 12
- 1 min
A Note from the President
MO-TELL is getting ready for the annual liars contest and we hope you are too. The rules for this year are on the website...
Joyce Slater
- Mar 13
- 2 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, March 1st was a sunny, mild day. Not an “in like a lion out like a lamb” day at all. The crocus and daffodils were...
Joyce Slater
- Jan 31
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I met a storyteller long ago named Michael Lacapa. He was an artist, a writer and a storyteller of Hopi, Tewa and...
Joyce Slater
- Dec 31, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Happy New Year, my friends, I am excited about 2024 and all that it will bring. There will be new stories and new storytellers and new...
Joyce Slater
- Nov 30, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I love storytelling. It has introduced me to so many wonderful people, people with great passions, people with great...
Joyce Slater
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I love Halloween and I have usually spent the night sitting on my front steps with a bucket of candy to hand out to the...
Joyce Slater
- Sep 30, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, Fall is here and soon we will be surrounded by trees bearing leaves of gold and red and orange. I love this time of...
Joyce Slater
- Jul 31, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, The 9th Annual Missouri Liars Contest was fabulous. I hope you were able to catch the tall tales. Each story was so...
Joyce Slater
- Jun 30, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, The 9th Annual Missouri Liars Contest is just around the corner, July 8, 2023. Come to see how it is done. The...
Joyce Slater
- May 31, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, In a little over a month, MO-TELL will sponsor its ninth liars contest. It will be held in St. Louis for the second...
Joyce Slater
- Apr 30, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello, my friends, This past month I was in Downs, Kansas for the annual Kansas Storytelling Festival. Downs is a small town located...
Joyce Slater
- Mar 31, 2023
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, How are you all doing? I am swell. This season keeps me very busy. I have programs to do, taxes to mail and gardens to...
Joyce Slater
- Jan 31, 2023
- 2 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, The year 2023 is fully underway and it has had an excellent start with storytelling. Storytellers from Missouri and...
Joyce Slater
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
A Note from the President
Happy New Year, As I look back on 2022, I am reminded of all the storytelling that took place online and in person with MO-TELL. We...
Joyce Slater
- Nov 30, 2022
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I hope your Thanksgiving was filled with good food and wonderful stories. As we enter the holiday season, I wish all of...
Joyce Slater
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, November is traditionally the month for Tellabration! A night of storytelling! It is also, of course, the month when we...
