"Storytelling is not what
I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am
living." 
--Donald Davis
Julie told
stories before she even knew what a storyteller was. One of her
favorite games to play as a child was to set up “stations”
throughout the house and read or tell a story to her sister at
every station. She would tell stories on long car rides, and as
a camp counselor she learned quickly that storytelling was the
easiest way to keep the kids’ attention.
It was during a college class on teaching Reading that
storytelling caught her attention. Her professor did a whole
lecture that day on storytelling, and she wondered if there was
a class she could take on storytelling. There was! She took the
theater class on storytelling at Brigham Young University, and
was never the same again. She told stories as a school teacher
for Timpanogos Elementary. She told stories for her children’s
classes. She told stories whenever she could get the
opportunity.
Since becoming a professional storyteller,
she has worked for the Salt Lake County library system, the
Young Living Farm at their medieval village, the Riverton Arts
Festival, the Medieval Faire at UVSC, Rosamond Elementary school, Utah Arts Festival, Medieval Renaissance Festival
and Fantasy Faire; and the Utah County Fair. She loves the
opportunity to share stories with others.
"No song lives until it is
sung and heard. No story lives until it is told and heard."
- Ruth Tooze
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