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Janice Brooks-Hedrick, president of the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association By Jim Eastin Amid the sounds of traffic, shouts of tourists and those tasting moonshine for the first time, the voice of a lone speaker comes from the back porch. The setting is Sugarlands Distilling Co. at the corner of Parkway and Reagan Drive in Gatlinburg. The person speaking is Janice Brooks-Hedrick. She is capturing everyone with a riveting story. The people sitting in rocking chairs nod as she tells a story each one would swear came from their own family. As she delivers the story, the surrounding environment melts away, as though traffic and revelers are merely part of the theme. Reality becomes the world Janice creates with her words. All summer long the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association has been meeting on Sunday afternoons from 3–5 p.m. to spin these yarns and tall tales for the distillery’s guests and passersby. The Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association—with its cadre of about 25
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:09:24 +0000

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