2010 Storytellers - [ Previous Tellers ]
Rev. Robert Jones
Bio:
A musician, storyteller, radio producer and music educator, Robert Jones has been a performer for over twenty years. At an early age Jones became interested in the blues, and started performing at some of Detroit’s best music venues; he accompanied his singing with guitar, harmonica and storytelling. Jones has performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Germany. Jones is the pastor of the Sweet Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010
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Regi Carpenter
Bio:
Regi is a fourth generation “river rat” who grew up in the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence River in Northern New York. Her stories, folktales, music and myths are full of the people who inhabited the shores of that great river. Carpenter, a late reader, began making up songs and stories as a child and has never stopped. With a “voice that dances”, Regi has the astonishing ability to whisk you away to the place where dreams are born. She is the recipient of numerous storytelling awards.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010
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Dan Keding
Bio:
Dan Keding, storyteller of international acclaim, is well known for his telling of traditional world folktales, personal narratives of his Chicago boyhood, ghost stories and captivating original pieces. As a child he learned the traditional stories that his Croatian grandmother told. A well-respected ballad singer, he accompanies himself on guitar, banjo and spoons. His dynamic storytelling and powerful ballad singing has made him a festival favorite throughout the US, Great Britain and Ireland, endearing him to audiences of all ages.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010
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Ernie Sites
Bio:
Saddle up and hold on to your horse ‘cause you're going to be enjoying a great experience with Ernie Sites whose voice can calm the orniest of herds. Sites is an honest-to-goodness ranch raised, former rodeo cowboy from Southern Idaho. He is the author of a national publication “Singing the Stories of the West’. His traditional and original western songs, yodeling, cowboy poetry, witty storytelling, and trick roping demonstrations are sure to delight the Cave Storytelling Festival attendees.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010
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Bil Lepp
Bio:
Falsehoods, fibs and flapdoodle are given new status when you hear Bil Lepp tell tales. Prevarications and "plain old bull” made him a five time “Biggest Liar” winner in West Virginia. That reputation now precedes him as he entertains audiences from coast to coast. His stage presence and timing make his performance a rollicking, outrageous presentation guaranteed to leave you with tears of laughter.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010 ,
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2001
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Kevin Kling
Bio:
Kevin Kling describes his zodiac sign as “Minnesota with Iowa rising”. While many of his reference points are specific to the upper Midwest, his childhood stories and topical observations touch upon universal human experiences, with plenty of absurdity and irony in the mix. As he explains it, “I have a small command of the English language so I try to make each word a hero.” Kling, a humorist and playwright, is also well known for his storytelling contributions to NPR’s “All Things’ Considered”.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010 ,
2007
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Elizabeth Ellis
Bio:
Ellis, from Dallas, Texas, cradles children and adults alike in the heart of her spellbinding stories. Her southern voice and extensive repertoire hold listeners’ rapt attention as she entertains audiences from coast to coast. Best known for her personal stories, Ellis tells Appalachian and Texas tales and stories of heroic American women. During her 25 years as a storyteller, she has appeared nationally and internationally at numerous festivals including the National Storytelling Festival.
Cave Run Storytelling Festivals(s) Performed:
2010 ,
2007 ,
2001
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