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Celtic Storytelling Bio

"True Thomas the Storyteller has been storytelling for many years. He is well known in the southern California Celtic Community as a person who brings traditional stories to life with passion and wit. He is following the Celtic Seanachai tradition, a wonderful oral tradition that is slowly fading away in it's native tongue and countries.

He is the Ard Ollav (High Bard or Chief Poet) of the Queen Medb Encampment, a 501 c3 Non Profit Educational group. As such he toured with them for 9 years as their "Storyteller and Bard in residence". This organization is a re-enactment group, which stressed authentic costumes and personae. His personae was that of "True Thomas the Rhymer, a 13th Century Scottish Poet and Prophet. (Famous as the lover of the Fairy Queen and for his inability to lie, hence "True" Thomas) As True, he sang, told stories, and worked as Queen Medbs spokesman and Emissary.

True's duties included educating the members on Celtic history and legends, and entertaining the public. He has been the featured storyteller at many Celtic festivals and faires, and has performed at storytelling events local and international. He has also led storytelling tours in Ireland.

He currently performs around Southern California, and teaches classes on Celtic folklore, mythology, and Early Celtic history. On this St. Patrick's Day evening he will be featured as co-star at the "Emerald Evening Concert" at the McGroarty Art Center in Tujunga.

For more information on True, he can be contacted via Email or at 818-762-9075

True's Celtic Repertoire

it should be noted that some of True's stories are reconstructions and he may be the only person alive currently telling them!

Among his more famous (or infamous) storytelling pieces:
"5000 years of Irish History in Just 5 minutes" an audience response piece.
Brion Boru and the Pooka
*Brian Boru and the Lament of Mac Liag (Created for the Brion Boru festival)
The Ballad of True Thomas (as derived from the Childe Ballads)
Tiernan and Fair Breast
The Fairy Pudding
Episodes from the Tain
The Fianna Cycle (Stories of Fionn Mac Cumhal)
The Fairy Lore Cycle (of Love Talkers and Water Leapers)
Arthurian Cycle
Taliesin saga
Irish Folktales (Beyond Green Beer and Leprechauns)

Advertisements & Flyers

5 x 2.5 ad
6.25 x 7 ad
Lords of Misrule flyer
Sacred Cow BBQ flyer
Traditional and Modern Stories flyer

Other skills

Playing the bones and mouth music (in Scot and Irish Gaelic)
His articles can be seen in the Irish News, Folkworks and more.

Photos

All of the linked images below are 300dpi resolution, RGB .jpgs unless otherwise noted.

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True at Getty for "Illuminated Manuscripts Exhibit"

True at Getty "working the crowd"

Once upon a Story

All photos and artwork copyrighted by Robert Seutter and the respective photographers.