The Fantastic Life of Dougie and Arnold

Doug Banner is the featured teller for our story swap April 21st, 2015

Doug Banner will regale you with some of his favorite stories about growing up on a farm in Eastern Tennessee in the late 50’s.
You’ll hear about two cousins that do everything from riding pigs to building rockets. Learn how two boys can turn daily chores into great adventures sometimes with near disastrous results. These stories are often fantastic, usually quite hilarious and sometimes quite moving as we’ll learn how a loving Grandfather plants the seeds of Peace Activism in his grandson.

Doug Banner has been a professional storyteller and educator for 35 years. He has studied the art and science of storytelling as the core foundation in social and cultural development and positive change. Doug co-founded the Bellingham Storytellers Guild in 1998 and it is still going strong in the community. Formerly an elementary school teacher and principal, Doug is now Executive Director for The Flow Project, adjunct faculty at Western Washington University and guest Faculty at the University of Aruba, teaching narrative in educational leadership to a cohort of educators as part of a course in Collaborative Leadership. Doug co-taught a course in Art Infused Leadership at the International YMCA University of Social Sciences. In addition to his many educational projects, Doug is a social scientist, sculptor, musician, and a professional storyteller. He believes that storytelling is the fabric of community.