Texas Storytelling Festival Sponsors
and Tejas Storytelling Association Supporters
Be a Festival Sponsor!
Support storytelling for our 38th year! Your donation is tax deductible.
You can become a sponsor when you register for the festival at https://tsa23.wildapricot.org/event-5102575 or go to https://tsa23.wildapricot.org/Donations and choose Festival Sponsor in the drop down menu. Let us know how you want to be listed. Business name? Family? Guild? Message? Include a web address if desired. We are requesting 15 words or less.
We want to thank our sponsors (as of February 14, 2023) who make The Texas Storytelling Festival possible!
Platinum Level– Festival Sponsor $1,000 or more
- City of Denton – https://www.cityofdenton.com
- Denton Benefit League – https://dentonbenefitleague.org/
- National Endowment for the Arts – https://www.arts.gov/
- Tejas Storytelling Association –https://tejasstorytelling.com/
- Texas Commission on the Arts –https://www.arts.texas.gov/
- Texas Folklore Society – https://texasfolkloresociety.org/
- Genie Hammel, Lover of Stories: In honor of Elizabeth Ellis whose stories, wisdom, and devotion to the art of storytelling has kept the light of Tejas Storytelling burning brightly for so many years!
Gold Level – Stage Sponsor $750 or $999
Recycled Books, Records, and Cd’s: recycledbooks.com
200 N. Locust, Denton, TX 76201
Silver Level–Teller Sponsor- $500 – $749
- Anonymous – In gratitude for all that Elizabeth Ellis has generously given to the Tejas Storytelling Association and the worldwide storytelling community.
- Betsy Mosier
- Reba and Granville Ott
Bronze Level – Program Sponsor $250 – $499
- Chester and Velma Weems: Supporting Storytellers on both sides of the Red River.
- DATCU Credit Union: DATCU is a full-service financial institution serving Denton, Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, along with 7 other counties
- David Claunch: Thank you for allowing me to serve as your TSA Board President. Y’all are the GREATEST!!
- Rick Davis and Gary Lazaron
- Tim Couch
Copper Level – Sponsor $100 – $249
- Faye Hanson: In Memory of Howard Hanson
- Michael Brundy: Dallas Storytelling Guild and North 40 Storytelling Guild
- Patchouli Joe’s Books and Indulgences: 221 W Hickory St. Denton, TX
- Peggy Capps
- Ric Vice
- Scott and Maria Bumgardner
- Stephany Compton
- Susan Lewis: In memory of my sweet sister Kate Lauder. She was a big part of the festival in Denton, and the festival was a big
- Ted Parkhurst
- Territory Tellers: Oklahoma’s state-wide storytelling association supporting storytelling on both sides
Community Sponsor Level- $30 – $99
- Connie Pottle
- David King
- Kanute and Kathy Rarey
- Linda Quiles
- Linda-Schuyler Ford: In honor of Dorothy Volz Ford, “The Story Lady of Sleepy Hollow”
- Minetta Smith
- Regina Holmes
- Valerie Kimble: Go Territory Tellers! territorytellers.com
- Vivian Rutherford
- Warren Holleman
In-Kind Supporters
- City of Denton Parks and Recreation Department
- Emily Fowler Library
- Tejas Storytelling Association Volunteers
- Tejas Association Board Members
- Festival Committee Volunteers
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- Vivian Rutherford
- Janet Bickel-Burton
- Jaye McLaughlin
- Elizabeth Ellis
- Michael Brundy
- Sue Kuentz
- Dalton Gregory
- Rick Davis
- Kim Lehman