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Donald Davis Live from Fearrington Village
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 48 mins
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Donald Davis Live from Fearrington Village
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Summary
Recorded live at Davis's December 15, 2007, performance, this audio captures the familiar and special relationship between a skilled and beloved storyteller and the audience that has sustained him year after year.
In three memorable stories, Davis revisits the vertigo occasioned by the rides at the county fair ("I had my head down between my legs with my fingers in my ears so my liver wouldn't squirt out through my brain"), recalls the days when corporal punishment was common ("most kids didn't need to worry about it, because every class had about three designated paddlees whose job in life was to get paddled for the whole class"), and puzzles over the Belks department-store Santa's inability to remember him ("I thought, if he can't remember my name, how's he going to remember what I want?") despite multiple visits.
Editor reviews
Storyteller Donald Davis shares charming stories from his North Carolina childhood in a special holiday season performance. Listeners who enjoy Davis' folksy, down-home style will love these tales from his boyhood, which include a recounting of a day at the fair, an explanation of how his mother overcame her lifelong aversion to cats, and a blow-by-blow account of his attempts to convince Santa to give him a red scooter for Christmas. Throughout the recording Davis imbues his stories with a love of place and family that is sure to warm listeners' hearts.