Community Room (main stage)
4:00- 6:00 “Voices at the Water’s Edge,”
/ Aunt Li-Anne Rowswell is a storyteller, actor and healer. She has been performing in local theaters and teaching drama workshops for 16 years.Aunt Li-Anne’s Story Gardenhas fun programs for your parties, schools or other events.Her stories emphasize traditional lore and range from fairies and myths to thought-provoking tales of conflict resolution. There are programs available for family and holiday stories.
/ Fred Laskowski loves to tell stories from around the world, from folk tales to true tales. He especially likes to tell stories of magic, mystery, and transforming power.
His program of stories of peace and non-violence in a tumultuous world is particularly relevant today.
/ Marilyn McPhie has been a professional storyteller since 1985, performing at schools, libraries, bookstores, museums, corporate and private events, and festivals around the country, including the Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival.
Marilyn presents stories from Russia, China and Celtic countries, medieval and pioneer times - all delivered with wit, wisdom and humor that delights, informs and entertains.
/ Leo Baggerly is a retired physicist who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In his previous incarnations, Leo has been a university professor of physics,, industrial engineer for TRW, and sometime government bureaucrat at the National Science Foundation.
He brings a confused and skeptical perspective to his stories
/ Mindy Donner has been spinning yarns for all ages with her group,Spinning Wheel Players;blending music, sometimes puppets, and encouraging audience participation with rhythm instruments.
Mindy and Eduardo delight in presenting bilingual (Eng/Sp) programs
/ The Patchwork Players: Patti Christensen and James Nelson-Lucas
The STORY THEATRE duo, combine the best of storytelling, improvisational theatre, and audience participation. For audiences of all ages at birthday parties, museums, or holiday gatherings
/ Ollis Jon (OJ) Mozon, Jr. is a native of Washington, DC who loves to tell stories that energize hope, encourage faith, exude love and enlighten minds. While serving as a Navy chaplain he discovered the joys of storytelling as part of adopt-a-school projects.
Over the years he has shared his expanding repertoire of Bible stories, folktales, myths, legends and historical vignettes for community and cultural festivals, including being a featured local teller at the Swansboro, NC Coastal Storytelling Festival.