June 12, 2009


McCook Community College
10:00 AM Wild West Ride Power of the Bison Bus Tour
1:00 PM Buffalo Hoe Down (Finders & Youngberg)

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required for both workshops.

Call 308-345-8122 or email CFEMcCook@mpcc.edu to register today!

Historic Fox Theatre -- Downtown McCook
7:30 PM Story & Song Cabaret (Dovie Thomason, Finders & Youngberg, Bil Lepp)

Bieroc Café
10:00 PM Ghost Stories (Guest Artists, Open Mic - Bring YOUR Best)

June 13, 2009


High Plains Museum
9:00 AM Mighty Bison Battles - Sports Stories (Local Tellers Hosted by Duane Tappe)
10:00 AM Golden Thread of Family, Community (Storyteller Dovie Thomason)
11:00 AM Prairie Grass Blues (Finders & Youngberg)

Memorial United Methodist Church
10:00 AM Spiritual Tapestry Storyteller (Bil Lepp)

Bieroc Café
12:30 PM Our Place on the Prairie (Open Mic Hosted by Walt & Mary Ellen)

Norris Park
1:30 PM Kids Fest
2:30 PM Dovie Thomason
3:00 PM Music in the Bandshell (Finders & Youngberg)

Historic Fox Theatre -- Downtown McCook
7:30 PM Tall Tales & Prairie Country (Bil Lepp, Finders & Youngberg)

Finders & Youngberg


Finders & Youngberg, two married couples playing original bluegrass, country, and folk. Mike and Amy Finders, and Aaron and Erin Youngberg are four distinct musicians, merging styles, songs, voices and grooves in an interplay that is exhilarating, gratifying, and often hilarious. They are young veterans of the folk and bluegrass circles, and play banjo, harmonica, bass, mandolin, pedal steel, and guitar, while they sing new songs, and tell new stories.


Dovie Thomason


An award-winning storyteller, recording artist, teacher, lecturer and author, Dovie Thomason is recognized internationally for her ability to take her listeners back to the timeless place that she first visited as a child, hearing old Indian stories from her Kiowa Apache and Lakota relatives. The tales were lessons intended to teach proper behavior without punishment or confrontation as the characters faced the same choices in their lives as she did in her own. Passing on these blueprints for establishing values and making choices comes naturally for Dovie as she gently dispels false images of Native American life.


Bil Lepp


A former Methodist Pastor, Bil Lepp's outrageous, humorous tall-tales and witty stories have earned the appreciation of listeners of all ages and from all walks of life. A five time winner of the West Virginia Liar's Contest, Lepp has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and at major storytelling and corporate events across the country.



The 2009 festival took place:


June 12-13, 2009

Sponsors


The McCook Arts Council

Red Willow County Visitors Committee

The Nebraska Humanities Council

The Nebraska Arts Council

McCook Community College

Nebraska StoryArts

City of McCook

© 2009 Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival