Michael Parent, a Franco-American Mainer, has performed as a storyteller-singer, in both English and French, since 1977. He is a 1999 recipient of the National Storytelling Network's Circle of Excellence Award. He was a keynote speaker at the 2001 National Storytelling Conference, and at the Sharing the Fire Conference in 2005. 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 . After living in Virginia for many years, Michael returned to his home state of Maine in 1998, and now lives in Portland .

Dovie Thomason Sickles, (Kiowa Apache/Lakota), is an award-winning storyteller, recording artist, and author, recognized internationally for her ability to take her listeners to the “timeless place” where she was first captivated by the old Indian stories from her Plains Apache and Lakota relatives. She shares her stories to give people a clearer understanding of the often misunderstood cultures of Native Americans. She has been featured in NASA and Indian Education programs, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the Smithsonian, and National Geographic. She was winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award, Storytelling World Honors Award, and twice honored by the ALA for her recordings of traditional Native American stories.

Francisco “Cisco” Guevara guides white water raft trips on the Rio Grande and regales his adventurous passengers with stories of the wild.  He is a multi-generational native New Mexican who came to Taos , he says, on the day he was born.  His stories draw on his Hispanic and Indian Heritage, and are “outrageous, but true.”

Chris Faverino is an 11 year old boy who loves Star Wars and storytelling, but not mushrooms.  He wants to be a billionaire scientist when he gets older.  He knows how to make a laser gun and his very forgetful.  He was born on Friday the thirteenth.  Ever since he was a little boy he has loved all things to do with cats.  He lives in a grey house with his father, mother, one older brother, and a little brother.  Chris was selected in 2008 to tell in Pigeon Forge, TN at the National Youth Storytelling Festival to represent New Mexico .  Christopher is from Aztec, NM and a youth storyteller for the Four Corners Storytelling Festival.

Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley began storytelling professionally in 1991 and loves to delight listeners as she weaves her takes to people of all ages from 6 months to 106!  Her stories are from Around The World and she is indeed a “Storyteller For All Seasons!”  A multi-talented performer,. Brenda is a dancer, drummer, actress, poet, writer, vocalist, martial artist, model and a storyteller extraordinaire!  Don’t be surprised, if you see this storybird with her puppets and her recycled puppet “Opera Woman.”  Her latest female shows feature Diana Ross, Motown Review and Tina Turner.

Angel Vigil, Chairman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver , Colorado , Angel is an author, performer, stage director, and educator. He has received a Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education, a Heritage Artist Award, a Master Artist Award and a COVisions Recognition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts, the Mayor’s Individual Artist Fellowship and a Theatre Educator of the Year Award from the Colorado State Theatre Association.
Angel is the author of five books on Hispanic and Western culture, and co-wrote Cuentos (Stories), a play based on the traditional stories of the Hispanic Southwest.

Join us this October for a weekend of enriching storytelling.

We look forward to sharing this fall festival with you!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Storytelling Concert at 7pm
Featuring Angel Vigil, Michael Parent, & Dovie Thomason Sickles
Emcee: Meibao Nee
Admission: $15.00

Tales of the Weird at 10pm
Featuring Angel Vigil & Cisco Guevara & morel
Emcee: Alan Macrae
Admission: $8.00

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Children's Stories at 9:30 am
Featuring Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley & Christopher Faverino
Admission: $8.00
18 years and under FREE

STORYTELLING TROUBLESHOOTING WORKSHOP WITH MICHAEL PARENT
11:00 AM, Admission: $20.00
A workshop for people who are already telling stories. Participants bring specific storytelling problems or challenges they're facing and get help from Michael, and sometimes from the assembled group. The more concretely and specifically participants can state the challenges they're facing, the more likely they are to get some truly useful feedback.  For example, to state that "I'm having trouble with audience participation" is not as useful as "When I get children to participate by making animal sounds, I sometimes can't stop them."

STORYSWAP
2:00-5:00 PM
Sponsored by Storytellers of New Mexico .  Come tell a story, or just listen.
For more information, call 575-737-0258
Admission: FREE

Storytelling Concert at 7pm
Featuring Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley, Dovie Thomason Sickles, & Michael Parent
Emcee:  Nancy Stapp
Admission: $15.00

ALL EVENTS PASS:
Adults: $50.00
Senior (60+): $40.00
Youth (6-18): $20.00
Children under 6 FREE

Family Rate
2 Adults, 2 children over 6: $100.00
Each additional child over 6: $12.00

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
FRIDAY
Evening Storytelling Concert: $15.00
Children under 12: $7.50
Tales of the Weird: $8.00

SATURDAY
Michael Parent Workshop: $20.00
Children’s Stories:
Under 18: FREE
Adults: $8.00
Evening Storytelling Concert: $15.00
Children under 12: $7.50

Tickets may be purchased:

LOCALLY:
FX-18 Jewelry and Gifts, 103 C Bent Street, Taos

BY CREDIT CARD:
Credit card orders will be accepted beginning 9/23/07. Call 575-758-2052
Or email to info@taoscenterforthearts.org

BY MAIL:
Checks may be mailed directly to the S.O.M.O.S Office:
S.O.M.O.S
P.O. Box 3225
Taos, NM 8757
All tickets may be picked up at the TCA Box Office during the Festival. Tickets will not be mailed.
If you intend to purchase tickets by mail, we suggest that you download and print our new Storytelling Festival 2007 Brochure. It includes a simple order form which you can fill-out and mail along with your check to the above address. It's an easy download, and as a bonus, you'll have an informative brochure for future reference.

QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION:
E-Mail: somos@laplaza.org
Phone: 575-758-0081
Toll-Free: 877-758-7343
Fax: 575-758-4802
S.O.M.O.S.
229 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
P O Box 3225
Taos, New Mexico 87571

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