Storytelling History
Annual Festivals
2001 - 2013
Springfield, Illinois Highland Games; since 2003 have coordinated the Heritage Tent performances.
2001-2012, 2014
Lincoln Memorial Gardens Indian Summer Festival
2010 -2013
Clayville Historical Site's Spring Festival
2010-2013
Clayville Fall Festival
2013
Petersburg Harvest Fest
2010-2013
Hope School Fall Festival
2011-2013
Clayville's Haunted House
2010-2013
Clayville's Christimas Festival
2010-2013
Elijah Iles House's Clara Irwin's Strawberry Party
Schools
2013
Carl Sandburg Elementary School - Tales for Today and Tomorrow
Compass - Cavalry Baptist - - Tales for Today and Tomorrow
Wilcox Elementary School - Tales for Today and Tomorrow
Compass Program - Douglas Avenue United Methodist Church - Tales for Today and Tomorrow
Compass Program - Harvard Park - Tales for Today And Tomorrow.
2012
Carl Sandburg Elementary - Tales for a Winter Eve.
Carl Sandburg - Grades 4th through 5th - "Tales of Today and Tomorrow" folktale program.
Carl Sandburg - Grades 1st through 5th - "Tales for Today and Tomorrow" folktale program.
Themed Performances
2015
Brenden Gardens Senior Living Community - "Tales For Today and Tomorrow."
Illinois State Museum - "A Night At the Museum" - Tales For Today and Tomorrow. April.
Illinios State Museum - "A Night At The Museum" - Tales For Today And Tomorrow
Montvale Estates - Tales For Today And Tomorrow
2014
Lewis Memorial Christian Village - "Twelve Days of Christmas."
Girl Scouts Overnight At the Museum - "Meet The Natural World."
Halloween at the Market - Downtown Springfield
Girl Scouts Sleepover at the Illinois State Museum
2013
Downtown Springfield's Holiday Walk - Tales for a Winter's Eve.
Montvale Estates - Christmas Tales
Sangamon County Historical Society's "Spooky Sangamon."
Montvale Estates - Tales for Today And Tomorrow.
M.E.R.C.Y. Communites.
Lincoln's Tomb - Spirits of the Civil War - Immigrants in Sangamon County
Forever Home Feline Ranch Open House.
Ronald MacDonald House Family Festival.
Earth Awareness Day.
Evening at Clayville - Threads of History's Lore Program.
Unity 4 Christ House - Traditional Tales for Today and Tomorrow.
Springfield Art Association's Family Day - Traditional Tales for Today and Tomorrow
Chatham Senior Center - Traditional Tales for Today and Tomorrow
2012
Concordia Village - Tales for a Winter Eve.
Downtown Springfield's Holiday Walk - Tales for a Winter Eve
Regency - Tales for a Winter Eve.
Dana Thomas House - Ghost Walk.
Montvale Estates - Threads of History's Lore
Hope School - Arbor Day Program
Illinois Presbyterian Home - A Afternoon of Irish Stories
Montvale Estates - Ghost Stories
2011
Springfield Hadassah Meeting - Threads of History's Lore Program
Hope School Halloween Show
Illinois State Museum's "No Child Left Inside" Super Saturday
Fair Hills Residence of the Illinois Presbyterian Home
Lewis Memorial Christian Village.
Hickory Glen Assisted Living.
Illinois State Museum - Play Museum Grand Opening.
Chinese New Year and Mardi Gras at the Edwards' Place - Springfield Arts Assocation
"The of History's Lore" Program at the Springfield Art Association's Edwards Place.
2010
Presbyterian Home - Multi-Cultural Program
Dana Thomas House's Ghost Walk
Clayville's "Raising the Dead" Haunted House
"Folktales for all Ages" at the Riverton Fall Fling and Book Fair.
"Animal Tales From Around the World" at Henson Robinson Zoo's "Zoofari."
Lincoln Land Community College's Summer Solstice Celebration.
Nelson Center for 6 to 8 year olds.
"The Seeds of Kindness" Mother/Child Banquet at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro, Ill.
"Rogue's Day," a Society for Creative Anachronism event.
Glen Coe Fundraiser
2009
Christmas at Clayville
Ghosts of Christmas Past Storytelling Concert
Fair Hills Residence of Illinois Presbyterian Home
Tartan Day
Pasfield House Easter Egg Roll
2008
Elijah House Halloween Candlelight Open House
2007
Girl Scout Day Camp - Three half hour nature shows, with Folkmanis puppets.
2006
Trinity Christian College - An evening of Irish stories
Lee School - Celtic Stories
2003
Heritage Manor Nursing Home’s “Mother’s and Daughter’s High Tea.” Performed a half hour of folk tales concerning the theme of “wives and mothers.”
Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Performed a half hour of folk tales for the residents.
Classes
2013
M.E.R.C.Y Communities - "Introduction to Storytelling."
2011
"Introduction to Storytelling, and Nature Puppets," for Root of Nature Conference.
2010
"Business of Storytelling" for Freedom in Holiness Mission's "Education for Life" Workshop.
"Spooky Tales" for Lincoln Land Community College's Continuing Education's, "Try Me," program.
"introduction to Storytelling" for Lawrence Adult Education Center.
"Introduction to Storytelling for "Rogue's Day," a Society for Creative Anachronism event.
2009
“Puppetry and Storytelling” for Lincoln Land Community College’s “College for Kids.”
2002 - 2008
Teaching “Technique of Storytelling” for Lincoln Land Community College’s Community Education Program.
2006
Trinity Christian College - “Introduction to Storytelling” workshop for theater, anthropology, public speaking, and political science students.
Festivals and Conferences
2010
Clayville Historical Site's Fourth of July Celebration
Old Settler's Day - Sponsored by the Elijah Iles Foundation
Rock the Playhouse - Sponsored by the American Foreclosure and Mortgage Relief Foundation
Root of Nature Conference for Early Education Educators.
2009
Animals and Nature in Myth and Legend Conference - U. of I. Springfield in conjunction with NILAS.
2006
History Meets The Arts - Schriver House; Gettysburg, PA.
2005
3rd NILAS Conference, Springfield, Illinois; chaired the conference and performed for open mic.
2004
Chatham Celtic Festival. Coordinated second entertainment tent, and performed three half hour shows, with a mix of stories from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Organizations
President of Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS). This is an organization dedicated to nature education.
http://www.h-net.org/~nilas/