The Storyman will come to your scouting adventure whether it is a Blue and Gold banquet, a camp out, or any Weblos, Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts event. Scouting has a special place in his heart and he offers his services for free to any scouting district if it is in the local Fort Worth or Mid-Cities areas. If your event is near the Fort Worth area it will only cost gas and food, about fifteen dollars normally. For this minimal amount of cash he has traveled to all of the major Fort Worth and Dallas District campsites including Worth Ranch. If you are further outside of Fort Worth area and wish to have Mr. Whitaker perform at a scouting function please contact him and see what can be worked out.

The Storyman with his Troop 336 at Hugo's Crack, Worth Ranch, June 1996.This was the first time he used the Storystick.

The Storyman spent 4 years as Assistant scoutmaster of Troop 336 while his own son, Joey Whitaker, spent 5 years in scouting . Mr. Whitaker served under Tony West as Scoutmaster and Carl Weber as First Asst. Scoutmaster. Later Carl took over the troop as Scoutmaster and Mr. Whitaker served as his first Asst. Scoutmaster for two years. Mr. Whitaker remains the official storyteller for troop 336 and he has remained affiliated with troop 336 and continues to be involved with the troop meetings and camp outs.

The Storyman believes that storytelling is a vital part of scouting and should be included in scouting activities when appropriate. In 2002 Mr. Whitaker performed at over 30 scouting activities, most of these being Weblo related. Every year his number of scouting performances for all kinds of events has increased.

Whether you have a theme that you would like to reinforce for a banquet or a historical theme that has been the focus of the scouts in recent months, or if you are just looking for some good old fashion entertainment and/or ghost stories, contact the StoryMan to discuss your ideas.