Decee Cornish Professional Storytelling

05/30/2026

I'm looking forward to being there.Thanks to all

Myths. History. Tall tales. Audience participation, drumming, and music. 🥁
Dee Cee Cornish — the Urban Griot — doesn't just tell stories. He pulls you inside them.
Catch him live at the Regional Concert, Thursday, July 24.
NSN 2026 | Prairie Voices: Honoring Heritage, Inspiring Tomorrow
📅 July 23–26 | West Texas A&M University | Canyon, TX
Register: storynet.org/conference-registration

01/21/2025

In an earlier post I announced that the problem with my TCA link was corrected. Well as we all know the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. While it's under repair I can still be reached at my direct email, page Decee Cornish Professional Storytelling, and Authorsandmore.com.
It's 2025 and I recently spoke at another Drug summit during the holiday. Over the years I've worked with lot of these and I've learned that you win some you lose some but this fentanyl is a whole another level "crack was wack" but fentanyl is "one and done". It is in my opinion the most lethal street drug ever invented.

01/19/2025

Great group of people l enjoyed everything thank you for having me

07/08/2024

All the lessons were good for me and I was just wondering how I was still alive

06/29/2024

The 2024-2026 Texas Touring Roster includes a number of artists well-suited to help communities mark Juneteenth and other historic heritage events and holidays, like storyteller Decee Cornish! Remember to book artists early to beat the demand.

Raised in Houston’s Fifth Ward, Decee attended Prairie View University, then joined the military and served around the world. He traveled and lived among peoples of five continents experiencing their culture, learning their history, and hearing their stories. Decee began his storytelling career at a nonprofit youth facility for disadvantaged and at-risk children. He uses his stories to teach, motivate, inspire, and often just to entertain. Decee continues to bring smiles and laughter to troubled youth through the ‘I Have a Dream’ Foundation. Decee received numerous storytelling awards, including the prestigious John Henry Faulk Award for outstanding contributions to the art of storytelling. Decee’s programs include plenty of audience participation, drumming, and music, providing fun for all. Texas, Civil War, multicultural, United States, and world histories are some of the many curriculum-related programs available. For over 25 years, he has performed ghost stories, myths, tall tales, multicultural folktales, or just fun stories for entertainment. Decee provides storytelling in schools, libraries, workshops, local and national festivals, and corporate and special events. He was a featured storyteller at festivals where he entertained audiences big and small, from ages eight to eighty. Photo by Tanya Starks.

Find out more about Decee at https://www.arts.texas.gov/product/decee-cornish/

Decee Cornish Professional Storytelling

06/20/2024

I'm honored to be a Texas Touring once again and look forward to working with students, teachers, and audiences statewide. Visit the TCA website for contact information.

The 2024-2026 Texas Touring Roster includes a number of artists well-suited to help communities mark Juneteenth and other historic heritage events and holidays, like storyteller Decee Cornish! Remember to book artists early to beat the demand.

Raised in Houston’s Fifth Ward, Decee attended Prairie View University, then joined the military and served around the world. He traveled and lived among peoples of five continents experiencing their culture, learning their history, and hearing their stories. Decee began his storytelling career at a nonprofit youth facility for disadvantaged and at-risk children. He uses his stories to teach, motivate, inspire, and often just to entertain. Decee continues to bring smiles and laughter to troubled youth through the ‘I Have a Dream’ Foundation. Decee received numerous storytelling awards, including the prestigious John Henry Faulk Award for outstanding contributions to the art of storytelling. Decee’s programs include plenty of audience participation, drumming, and music, providing fun for all. Texas, Civil War, multicultural, United States, and world histories are some of the many curriculum-related programs available. For over 25 years, he has performed ghost stories, myths, tall tales, multicultural folktales, or just fun stories for entertainment. Decee provides storytelling in schools, libraries, workshops, local and national festivals, and corporate and special events. He was a featured storyteller at festivals where he entertained audiences big and small, from ages eight to eighty. Photo by Tanya Starks.

Find out more about Decee at https://www.arts.texas.gov/product/decee-cornish/

Decee Cornish Professional Storytelling

02/03/2024

"But you can rest assured I'm going to be there"

01/21/2024

Entertaining the early arrivals at the MLK celebration in Denton.