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Storyteller and musician, Heather Doyle from Denver, CO. preforming a medieval ballad at the 1996 Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival.

1999

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1999 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

A Celebration of Story, Ballad, and Folksong

TOM McDERMOTT
Fort Worth, Texas
Tom is a storytelling minstrel, accompanying stories and songs with numerous instruments. A former councelor and minister, he's expert at using storytelling in therapeutic and educational settings. SUSAN MARIE FRONTCZAK
Boulder, Colorado
A dancer and storyteller, Susan fairly revels in ballads, both ancient and contemporary. She's a master of personal experience story, too. She says, "Give me a place to stand and I will take you someplace else." We say "Let's go!" CHRISTOPHER MAIER
Denver, Colorado
As a storyteller, Christopher draws on his varied backgrounds -- a child of vaudevillians, a flamenco dancer, writer, actor, and singer. Combining these traits, he creates "Moving Stories", with artistry and passion. His bilingual stories enrapture all ages.

PRISCILLA QUEEN
Franktown, Colorado
Priscilla blends her love of storytelling and books in her work for Douglas Public Library District. She's especially fond of sharing stories with families -- and encouraging them to share their own stories. Silly and scary stories are her specialty.

Other performers that were presented that year were:
Troubador (Beezy Taylor & Don Johnson), J.G. Pinkerton, Brad Bowles, John Stansfield, and Storytelling Kids.

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1998

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1998 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

This was the 10th Anniversary of the Festival. The Featured Storytellers were:

BLUEWATER
San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico
Bluewater, (Estefanita Martinez) is a treasure of her pueblo, her state, and the nation -- but her family and traditional stories are beyond price. DENNIS FREEMAN
New River, Arizona
Stories from Viet Nam to Colorado, from the mountains to the desert, from folklore, family and fantasy -- Dennis Freeman tells them all, deftly and engagingly. NORMA LIVO
Lakewood, Colorado
As Colorado's foremost patron of the storyteller's art, Norma has a positive influence on thousands through her teaching, organizing, and numerous books, but most of all, through the stories she tells.

JOE HAYES
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Perhaps the best known storyteller in the Southwest and a popular author, Joe presents his tall tales, cuentos and folktales with humor, drama and gentle power. BONNIE McNEIL
Custer, South Dakota
The blood of the bards flows through Bonnie's veins, and it is most evident in her often poetic, sometimes riotous, (but always winning) tellings of traditional and literary tales. BRAD BOWLES
Denver, Colorado
Author, poet, playwright, theatre professor at CU Denver and a teacher of storytelling, Brad is always and foremost a storyteller of great skill.

BONNIE PHIPPS
Denver, Colorado
A nationally renowned children's musician, Bonnie blends music and stories into an incredibly entertaining mixture, then shares her irresistable concoctions with everyone who will listen.

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1997

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1997 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

A Patchwork Quilt of American Story and Song

ELIZABETH ELLIS
Dallas Texas
Nationally recognized as one of America's most gifted storytellers, Elizabeth delights in recounting tales of her native Appalachia, her adopted Texas and of personal and family experience. She's also an inspiring teacher who empowers others to tell. JOHN STANSFIELD
Monument, Colorado
Writer, teacher, outdoor leader, Festival founder and Colorado's premier professional storyteller (of modern times!), John Stansfield loves the American West and sharing stories of the land and its peoples. JULIE DAVIS
Nederland, Colorado
Julie is a multi-talented musician and storyteller with an international repertoire -- and reputation! A masterful teacher of voice, story and numerous instruments, she shares engaging and inspiring stories and songs for all ages.

Other performers that were presented that year were:
John Beach, Heather Doyle, Pat Mendoza, Priscilla Queen, and Spoken Wheel Troupe.

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1996

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1996 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

DON DOYLE
Mesa, Arizona
Award winning actor, director, professor emeritus of theater at Arizona State, storytelling activist and, especially, storyteller -- Don Doyle handles many roles expertly. He shares marvelous stories from his Celtic heritage, literary sources and much more. BONNIE McNEIL
Custer, South Dakota
Bonnie's storytelling can be compelling and humorous, personal and universal, but is always entertaining. When she works in tandem with daughter Heather the result is pure magic. HEATHER McNEIL
Evergreen, Colorado
A third generation storyteller, Heather is a powerful dramatic teller, and a leading light among Colorado storytellers. She is the author of Hyena and the Moon, a book of stories from Kenya, and a forthcoming edition of Scottish tales.

Other performers that were presented that year were:
Brad Bowles, Heather Doyle, Susan Marie Frontczak, Priscilla Queen, and John Stansfield.

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1995

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 1995 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

JOE HAYES
Albaquerque, New Mexico
Recognized for his love of the Southwest, Joe is perhaps the region's best known storyteller. The author of The Day It Snowed Tortillas and many other popular books, he has been a featured performer at the National Storytelling Festival and many more. BRAD BOWLES
Denver, Colorado
Brad is enraptured with language -- and its artful uses. Author, poet, playwright, director of theater at CU Denver, he is always and formost a storyteller of great skill. CHERIE KARO SCHWARTZ
Denver, Colorado
She weaves an interactive tapestry of teller, tales and listeners. Cherie joyously shares Jewish and world folklore, family and origional stories for the wonder and delight of all.

Other performers that were presented that year were:
Teddi Shush (Bear) Duncan, Molly Harris, Susan Marie Frontczak, Sara Ransom, and Eldrena Douma McMenamy.

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1994

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 4th, 5th and 6th, 1994 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

ESTEFANITA MARTINEZ
San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico
Estafanita also known as Blue Water, is a treasure of New Mexico. She learned traditional stories as a child in the San Juan Pueblo and enjoys passing on this heritage to her avid listeners. ANGEL VIGIL
Denver, Colorado
The multi-talented Angel Vigil is an award winning storyteller, whose specialty is the oral tradition of the Hispanic Southwest. He is the author of the recently published story collection, The Corn Woman. PAM FARO
Lafayette, Colorado
As a storyteller, Pam is playful, warm and energetic. As a musician, she's a marvelous singer and intrumentalist. When she blends music and story, the result is magic.

Other performers that were presented that year were:
Cherie Karo Schwartz, Heather McNeil, John Stansfield, Brad Bowles, and Priscilla Queen.

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1993

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 12th, 13th and 14th, 1993 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

DENNIS FREEMAN
New River, Arizona
Dennis is Colorado born and Arizona enchanted, a combat pilot in Vietnam, and ocean sailor and life-long storyteller. He tells truetales, Southwestern legends and origional and traditional stories. He's expert in the use of storytelling in education. DAN McCRIMMON
Denver, Colorado
Nationally-known folksinger and songwriter, Dan McCrimmon, reawakens western history and breathes life into those who made it, through his songs and stories. A performer, historian and teacher for over 20 years, his most recent album Coming West is a gem. NORMA LIVO
Lakewood, Colorado
Norma is at the center of almost everything good about storytelling in the Rockies. She's been a positive influence for thousands through her teaching, writing and organizing, but most of all, through her stories.

Other performers that were presented that year were:
Joanne Greenberg, Bonnie Phipps, Albert Greenberg, John Stansfield, Brad Bowles, and Priscilla Queen.

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1992

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - August 13th, 14th and 15th, 1992 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

SARA RANSOM
Taos, New Mexico
A third generation storyteller and world traveler, Sara was awarded a 1991 National Endowment Fellowship as a storyteller and performance artist. She presents the gamut from humor to deeply moving, tall tales to epics. GREG DENMAN
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The beauty, power, rhythm, fun and wonder of language are Greg's stock in trade. Known to many as "the Poemteller", he's also an author and exemplary educator. He'll capture your imagination in his web of words. OPALANGA
Denver, Colorado
Storyteller. Urban Griot. Wordsmith. Opalanga is an engaging, dynamic teller of healing tales, personal mythology, African folklore, living history of Blacks-in-the-West, enhanced by song and percussion.

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1991

Friday and Saturday - August 16th and 17th, 1991 In Palmer Lake, Colorado

No picture available. NAOMI BALTUCK
Seattle, Washington
Naomi, the Story Traveler, weaves powerful magic from story and song wherever she goes. She's deft at spinning fanciful fairytales for children and adults, and equally adept at finding the heart of a historical tale. She's lively, humorous, thought-provoking. She's traveling light! No picture available. JOSE GRIEGO
Embudo, New Mexico
Cuentista, folklorist, educator and administrator, Jose is expert in recreating the wealth of Hispanic folklore from this region. A leader in bilingual education, the is the author (with Rudloph Anaya) of Cuentos: Tales of the Hispanic Southwest. No picture available. MIKE GILBERT
Indian Hills, Colorado
Mike is a foremost practitioner of the high (and highly entertaining) art of storymaking. Come bear witness to his wittiness - and the creative spirit in us all.

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	TOM McDERMOTT Fort Worth, Texas Tom is a storytelling minstrel, accompanying stories and songs with numerous instruments. A former councelor and minister, he's expert at using storytelling in therapeutic and educational settings.	SUSAN MARIE FRONTCZAK Boulder, Colorado A dancer and storyteller, Susan fairly revels in ballads, both ancient and contemporary. She's a master of personal experience story, too. She says, "Give me a place to stand and I will take you someplace else." We say "Let's go!"	CHRISTOPHER MAIER Denver, Colorado As a storyteller, Christopher draws on his varied backgrounds -- a child of vaudevillians, a flamenco dancer, writer, actor, and singer. Combining these traits, he creates "Moving Stories", with artistry and passion. His bilingual stories enrapture all ages.
	PRISCILLA QUEEN Franktown, Colorado Priscilla blends her love of storytelling and books in her work for Douglas Public Library District. She's especially fond of sharing stories with families -- and encouraging them to share their own stories. Silly and scary stories are her specialty.
Other performers that were presented that year were: Troubador (Beezy Taylor & Don Johnson), J.G. Pinkerton, Brad Bowles, John Stansfield, and Storytelling Kids.

BLUEWATER San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico Bluewater, (Estefanita Martinez) is a treasure of her pueblo, her state, and the nation -- but her family and traditional stories are beyond price.	DENNIS FREEMAN New River, Arizona Stories from Viet Nam to Colorado, from the mountains to the desert, from folklore, family and fantasy -- Dennis Freeman tells them all, deftly and engagingly.	NORMA LIVO Lakewood, Colorado As Colorado's foremost patron of the storyteller's art, Norma has a positive influence on thousands through her teaching, organizing, and numerous books, but most of all, through the stories she tells.
JOE HAYES Santa Fe, New Mexico Perhaps the best known storyteller in the Southwest and a popular author, Joe presents his tall tales, cuentos and folktales with humor, drama and gentle power.	BONNIE McNEIL Custer, South Dakota The blood of the bards flows through Bonnie's veins, and it is most evident in her often poetic, sometimes riotous, (but always winning) tellings of traditional and literary tales.	BRAD BOWLES Denver, Colorado Author, poet, playwright, theatre professor at CU Denver and a teacher of storytelling, Brad is always and foremost a storyteller of great skill.
BONNIE PHIPPS Denver, Colorado A nationally renowned children's musician, Bonnie blends music and stories into an incredibly entertaining mixture, then shares her irresistable concoctions with everyone who will listen.

	ELIZABETH ELLIS Dallas Texas Nationally recognized as one of America's most gifted storytellers, Elizabeth delights in recounting tales of her native Appalachia, her adopted Texas and of personal and family experience. She's also an inspiring teacher who empowers others to tell.		JOHN STANSFIELD Monument, Colorado Writer, teacher, outdoor leader, Festival founder and Colorado's premier professional storyteller (of modern times!), John Stansfield loves the American West and sharing stories of the land and its peoples.		JULIE DAVIS Nederland, Colorado Julie is a multi-talented musician and storyteller with an international repertoire -- and reputation! A masterful teacher of voice, story and numerous instruments, she shares engaging and inspiring stories and songs for all ages.
Other performers that were presented that year were: John Beach, Heather Doyle, Pat Mendoza, Priscilla Queen, and Spoken Wheel Troupe.

	DON DOYLE Mesa, Arizona Award winning actor, director, professor emeritus of theater at Arizona State, storytelling activist and, especially, storyteller -- Don Doyle handles many roles expertly. He shares marvelous stories from his Celtic heritage, literary sources and much more.		BONNIE McNEIL Custer, South Dakota Bonnie's storytelling can be compelling and humorous, personal and universal, but is always entertaining. When she works in tandem with daughter Heather the result is pure magic.		HEATHER McNEIL Evergreen, Colorado A third generation storyteller, Heather is a powerful dramatic teller, and a leading light among Colorado storytellers. She is the author of Hyena and the Moon, a book of stories from Kenya, and a forthcoming edition of Scottish tales.
Other performers that were presented that year were: Brad Bowles, Heather Doyle, Susan Marie Frontczak, Priscilla Queen, and John Stansfield.

	JOE HAYES Albaquerque, New Mexico Recognized for his love of the Southwest, Joe is perhaps the region's best known storyteller. The author of The Day It Snowed Tortillas and many other popular books, he has been a featured performer at the National Storytelling Festival and many more.		BRAD BOWLES Denver, Colorado Brad is enraptured with language -- and its artful uses. Author, poet, playwright, director of theater at CU Denver, he is always and formost a storyteller of great skill.		CHERIE KARO SCHWARTZ Denver, Colorado She weaves an interactive tapestry of teller, tales and listeners. Cherie joyously shares Jewish and world folklore, family and origional stories for the wonder and delight of all.
Other performers that were presented that year were: Teddi Shush (Bear) Duncan, Molly Harris, Susan Marie Frontczak, Sara Ransom, and Eldrena Douma McMenamy.

	ESTEFANITA MARTINEZ San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico Estafanita also known as Blue Water, is a treasure of New Mexico. She learned traditional stories as a child in the San Juan Pueblo and enjoys passing on this heritage to her avid listeners.		ANGEL VIGIL Denver, Colorado The multi-talented Angel Vigil is an award winning storyteller, whose specialty is the oral tradition of the Hispanic Southwest. He is the author of the recently published story collection, The Corn Woman.		PAM FARO Lafayette, Colorado As a storyteller, Pam is playful, warm and energetic. As a musician, she's a marvelous singer and intrumentalist. When she blends music and story, the result is magic.
Other performers that were presented that year were: Cherie Karo Schwartz, Heather McNeil, John Stansfield, Brad Bowles, and Priscilla Queen.

	DENNIS FREEMAN New River, Arizona Dennis is Colorado born and Arizona enchanted, a combat pilot in Vietnam, and ocean sailor and life-long storyteller. He tells truetales, Southwestern legends and origional and traditional stories. He's expert in the use of storytelling in education.		DAN McCRIMMON Denver, Colorado Nationally-known folksinger and songwriter, Dan McCrimmon, reawakens western history and breathes life into those who made it, through his songs and stories. A performer, historian and teacher for over 20 years, his most recent album Coming West is a gem.		NORMA LIVO Lakewood, Colorado Norma is at the center of almost everything good about storytelling in the Rockies. She's been a positive influence for thousands through her teaching, writing and organizing, but most of all, through her stories.
Other performers that were presented that year were: Joanne Greenberg, Bonnie Phipps, Albert Greenberg, John Stansfield, Brad Bowles, and Priscilla Queen.