Dates & Schedule
April 23 - 24th 2010
2010 Kansas Storytelling Festival
FRIDAY EVENTS- Registration 1:00 Memorial Hall
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Grand Opening, Memorial Hall
Michael Reno Harrell -"Hey Y'all”
Dianne de Las Casas - “Jump, Jiggle, and Jam”
3:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Downs Depot: Vicky Town
"Stories to Tickle the Funnybone and Warm the Heart
Memorial Hall: Angela Bates-Tompkins
"Stage Coach Mary Fields"
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Take a Walk Down Memory Lane - Guided by Osborne
County Historian, Von Rothenberger
Meet at the Memorial Hall at 2:55 pm
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Down Depot: Dianne de Las Casas
“Fairytale Fever”
Memorial Hall: Michael Reno Harrell***
“Keep Those Characters Alive!”
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Supper with the Storytellers
Senior Center (additional admission)
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Tall Tale Contest - Cheer on your favorie as these
contestants vie for the shovel: Allen DeBey; Dean Hunter; Kennth Lee and Mike Nyhoff
8:20 - 9:00 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Olio of Stories and Songs
Featured storytellers bring us their best
9:15 - 10:15 p.m.
Downs Depot: Vicky Town
"Cabaret of Stories - Only for the Fearless"
SATURDAY EVENTS- Registration 8:00 a.m. Memorial Hall
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Breakfast with the Storytellers
United Methodist Church
(additional admission)
10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Memorial Hall: Michael Reno Harrell
“Stuff. We've All Got It”
Senior Center: Yarnspinners
“Tales to Lighten Your Spirit”
Downs Depot: Angela Bates-Tompkins
“The Women of Nicodemus"
Christian Church: Junior Storytellers
“Tales for the Young at Heart, by the Young”
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Memorial Hall: Angela Bates-Tompkins
“Stage Coach Mary Fields”
Senior Center: Vicky Town***
"Nuts and Bolts of Storytelling"
Downs Depot: Michael Reno Harrell
“Oh, He's Just That Way, Bless His Heart”
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Food available at Memorial Hall & restaurants
Music to lunch by at Memorial Hall featuring Sarver & Nelson
Quilt stories, Storyteller books and recordings at
Memorial Hall
Book Fair at Lakeside High School
Book Sale at Carnegie Library
Main Street shopping
2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Memorial Hall: Michael Reno Harrell
“Girls Become Ladies . . .Boys Stay Boys”
Senior Center: Dianne de Las Casas***
“Story Fest -Revved Up Story Theater”
Downs Depot: Angela Bates-Tompkins
“Buffalo Soldier, Kathy Williams & Pioneer Woman, Aunt Clara Brown"
Christian Church: Vicky Town
“Heroes, Fools, and What Wiseones Said”
3:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Memorial Hall: Master Storytellers’ Circle
Terry Koops and Sam Seymore
Senior Center: Vicky Town***
“Nuts and Bolts of Storytelling”
Downs Depot: Dianne de Las Casas
“Scared Silly: Tales to Tickle and Thrill”
4:00-5:30 p.m. Swapping Grounds
Memorial Hall - Mike Nyhoff, Master of Ceremonies
7:00 p.m.
FESTIVAL FINALE-An Evening with Michael Reno Harrell, Grand Finale
“We're All the Same, Mostly”
Memorial Hall
Admission with Festival Button or $7.00