 There they met, Ray and Rosa Hicks of Beech Mountain, who became lasting friends and mentors to Regan-Blake.Two years later, Regan-Blake and her cousin, Barbara Freeman left their positions with the Chattanooga Public Library and began touring as The Folktellers storytelling duo.As The Folktellers, Regan-Blake and Freeman pioneered 'tandem telling,' a type of duet storytelling performance.