Storyteller Alton Chung

Storyteller Alton Chung
August 25  10:30am
Hosted by Kaunoa Senior Center

Please email csinfo@hawaii.edu with your name and the performances/dates you are interested in. Space is limited; confirmations will be emailed with login information.

Japanese and Korean storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung, grew up with the stories, superstitions, and the magic of the Hawaiian Islands. This gives him a unique perspective when telling cultural tales and personal stories of growing up in Hawai‘i, stories of WWII Japanese-Americans, Asian folktales, and ancient Hawaiian legends. He was awarded the National Storytelling Network’s (NSN) first J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Award in 2005. Past performances include the Timpanogas Storytelling Festival in Utah, the Cayman Islands Gimme Story Storytelling Festival, Singapore’s Congress of Asian Storytellers, the International Storytelling Festival of Thailand, and the International Storytelling Festival in Hue, Vietnam. He has also been the Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center and a New Voice Teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.