 "When you came, it put more life into me. Thank you." -Elementary Student "Congratulations on a wonder-filled presentation ... I was entertained, some were enthralled and others, I could see so clearly, were entranced. You have developed a fine craft." -Mary Hopkins "I will probably use all my life the basic skills of storytelling. For example, to make good eye contact." -Elementary Student "I'm ususally indifferent to storytelling and I was gripped and transported here. Beyond my expectations." -Florence Jones Daggett "The children were totally engaged. She was animated and enjoyable." -Teacher "The storyteller captivated the attention of the third graders. Her authentic dress and varying level of voice pitch and sound entranced us all to listen closely." -Teacher "It was a gift and a joy to have you at Highland Park!" - Warmly, HighlandPark School "We are proud and honored to revive the ancient bardic tradition through the stories of Beth Phillips Brown who brings our heritage to life." -Larry Foulke, Foulke Family Executive Committee "Her sense of deep identity with and knowledge of the traditions and cultureof Wales and her obvious talents as a storyteller are well-reflected in thisnew recording: FoulkeTales." -Robin Gwyndaf, Curator of Cultural Life, Museum of Welsh Life, St. Ffagan's, Cardiff, Wales  "These poems by Beth L. Phillips Brown resonate with the buzz and hum of a life well-used, dearly praised, carefully crafted and sung from the belly. laments, longings, delights, and fierce loving -- and the honoring of her Welsh roots -- stay in the memory and nourish: spice, salt and sweet kernel: all of it." -Elizabeth Gordon McKim "Beth L. Phillips Brown writes with a generous eye and a generous heart. Her gracious, compassionate poems invite us into our own hiding places of language and memory, our own deep springs of being." -Naomi Shihab Nye  |