Audience Comments
- “From Doug Banner I learned how to appropriately use a prop in a story without taking away focus from the story itself.”
- “Doug Banner was the second storyteller and he was my favorite because of the life he brought to his two stories. There was always a little bit of humor and mischief tucked away behind his eyes while he was telling his stories.”
- “He has a knack for eye contact during those stories that really draws you into the story. It makes his performance seem more conversational and less of a division between him and the audience. He breaks through that barrier.”
- “One thing that stuck out to me was how his voice was loud and clear so that the whole audience could understand him. Even though I was sitting off to the side, I could feel that he was paying just as much attention to me as everyone else in the audience.”
- “Doug Banner can make 15 minutes disappear extremely quickly!”
- “Doug has a great voice; it’s soothing, but not sleep-inducing.”
- “You could see it in his eyes how much he himself cared for this story and that radiated out into the audience.”
- “His imagery techniques accompanied with detailed gestures, inspired me to think about description and imagery as two elements that complement each other.”
- “The biggest thing that stayed with me after he left was his presence. I felt as though the whole time that he was telling the story that he was talking to me directly. He captured my attention with his eye contact and his tone, and speed. It was almost as though we were just sitting down having coffee together.”
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- “Doug Banner was the second storyteller and he was my favorite because of the life he brought to his two stories. There was always a little bit of humor and mischief tucked away behind his eyes while he was telling his stories.”
- “He has a knack for eye contact during those stories that really draws you into the story. It makes his performance seem more conversational and less of a division between him and the audience. He breaks through that barrier.”
- “One thing that stuck out to me was how his voice was loud and clear so that the whole audience could understand him. Even though I was sitting off to the side, I could feel that he was paying just as much attention to me as everyone else in the audience.”
- “Doug Banner can make 15 minutes disappear extremely quickly!”
- “Doug has a great voice; it’s soothing, but not sleep-inducing.”
- “You could see it in his eyes how much he himself cared for this story and that radiated out into the audience.”
- “His imagery techniques accompanied with detailed gestures, inspired me to think about description and imagery as two elements that complement each other.”
- “The biggest thing that stayed with me after he left was his presence. I felt as though the whole time that he was telling the story that he was talking to me directly. He captured my attention with his eye contact and his tone, and speed. It was almost as though we were just sitting down having coffee together.”
All comments are printed with permission.