When & Where:

Friday & Saturday,
August 7 & 8, 2009
Northland Public Library

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		Lynette (Lyn) Ford Lyn Ford shares "Home-Fried Tales," adaptations of folktales "from many places and many faces," as well as her own original stories and personal narratives. Lyn's storytelling is rooted in her family's multicultural Afrilachian oral traditions, and her own love of stories. Lyn has told her stories across the United States from Washington, D. C. to Hawaii. Lyn was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor's Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional storytelling festivals, and has performed at the National Storytelling Festival.
		Charles Kiernan Charles Kiernan is Pennsylvania born and raised. He spent many years in front of a computer terminal as a systems analyst. In spite of that, Charles maintained a sense of humor and a love of stories. Now retired, he is a full time storyteller and writer. In his spare time Charles is Pennsylvania State Representative for the National Youth Storytelling Showcase and the Pennsylvania State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network. In 2008 Charles received the Individual Artist Award from the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission.
		Michael Parent Michael Parent, a Franco-American Mainer, has performed as a storyteller-singer in both English and French since 1977. He received a National Storytelling Network Circle of Excellence Award in 1999, and was a keynote speaker at the 2001 National Storytelling Conference, and at the 2005 Sharing the Fire Conference. He has been featured at events throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada, France, Austria, New Zealand, Ireland, England, Poland, Brazil, and Costa Rica. Michael lives in Portland, Maine.
		Kim Weitkamp Kim Weitkamp used applied storytelling for over 15 years within her work with youth. When she retired from youth work her love of humor and storytelling led her to the stage where she has performed at festivals all over the country. Recently she appeared with Bil Lepp and Andy Offut Irwin in "The Uncalled for Tour." Kim is the founder of the Wrinkles Project, a nationwide program that helps raise awareness of the treasure we have within our 'seasoned citizens' and the stories that they have to share.

Local tellers are performing Saturday and at Friday's ghost stories.

Alan Irvine started telling stories while working as a summer camp counselor in Louisiana back in 1980. Now a professional Storyteller, he performers at schools and museums, festivals and churches. He works with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Alan was a featured teller at the 2003 Three Rivers Storytelling Festival. More of his stories can be found at www.alanirvine.com.

Rich Knoblich has been telling tales since 1988. Audiences relish his distinctive style. Although he performs material gathered from a variety of traditional sources, he often blends traditional folk tales with his own creative writings for enjoyable family entertainment.

Sean Miller A professional Folkteller, Fire-eater and Balloon Artist from Northwestern Pennsylvania. Since beginning his career in the early 1990's, he has worked up and down the Eastern Coast of the United States and as far west as Kansas. He specializes in tales from Pennsylvania Folk Lore and Folk History. Find out more at www.greycloudstudios.com.

Katerina Pavelle

Scott Pavelle

Judy Seeley loves telling stories. Through voice and gesture, she creates memorable characters for folktales, personal stories, and humorous tales. Judy hails from Illinois, spent nine years in Georgia, and now lives in Murrysville. She collected stories along the way and joyously shares them at schools, libraries, civic organizations, and clubs. Judy's stories challenge audiences of all ages and backgrounds to recognize their common values, foibles, and joys.

Greg Weiss a storyteller and middle school drama teacher from the Chicago area is a native son of Pittsburgh. He returns home each summer to visit family and to tell and emcee at the Three Rivers Storytelling Festival. Greg's storytelling takes him to schools and other venues in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri, including the St. Louis Storytelling Festival. Greg's work earned him the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award from the Illinois Humanities Council.

Marsha Wong

Local tellers will be signing books and other merchandise outside the StoryStore from 2:15-2:45 on Saturday.