Storytelling Brochure
Don’t you love attending an event that stirs your imagination, evokes deep laughter and perhaps tears? Welcome to storytelling, an art form that fills your mind, body and heart. A good storyteller can weave you through the spectrum of emotion and create an image that returns months and years later; a line, metaphor, or moral that sticks with us – an intellectual anchor that we can draw upon. Being engaged with a fine storyteller is a work out for the soul; a bright mode of communication and connection in this quick throw away society. SOMOS has created an annual event that provides just this kind of outlet and opportunity.
The SOMOS 2010 Eleventh Annual Taos Storytelling Festival will be held on Saturday, October 16 at the TCA, Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos. Once again we’re offering an impressive lineup of tellers spinning their tales in concerts, children stories, a workshop, a story swap and in visits to our local schools.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN TAOS:
FX-18 Jewelry and Gifts, 103-C Bent Street, Downtown Taos or the TCA
BY CREDIT CARD:
Credit card order: Call 575-758-2052
Or email to holly@tcataos.org
BY MAIL:
Checks may be mailed directly to the SOMOS Office:
SOMOS
P.O. Box 3225
Taos, NM 87571
All tickets may be picked up at the TCA Box Office during the Festival. Tickets will not be mailed.
Contact: SOMOS 575-758-0081 for more information
Click brochure below for prices
Storytelling Brochure
11TH ANNUAL
BIL LEPP is a nationally renowned storyteller and five time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest. Though
a champion liar, his hilarious, insightful stories often contain morsels of truth which shed light on subjects such as
politics, religion, relationships, and human nature. A storyteller, author, and recording artist, Lepp’s works have received
awards and recognition The Parents’ Choice Foundation, The National Parenting Publications Assoc., Storytelling World,
and the Public Library Assoc. Lepp has been featured numerous times at the National Storytelling Festival, and at the
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and major storytelling events across the country.
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.”
LIZ MANQUAL & BOB KANEGIS – The Tales & Trails Storytellers, listen for stories, tell stories,
teach storytelling and live a storied life. During the school year they teach storytelling residencies in
New Mexico schools. Each summer they hit the story trail telling in libraries and camps from coast
to coast. Their signature style of participatory telling is for “Everyone Older Than Yesterday But
Younger Than Tomorrow.” Bob and Liz encourage family storytelling through two of their initiatives.
F.E.A.S.T (Families Eating and Storytelling Together) reminds people of the importance of the family
meal. The Endangered Stories Act encourages people to preserve and tell family stories. It’s the Law!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
Storytelling is an infinitely varied, historically and culturally rich treasure.
Come to Taos where the environment is as textured and stimulating as the stories themselves.
Taos
Storytelling Festival
Featuring:
SAMANTHA KELLER-DEWEES is 12 years old and in 6th grade in Farmington, New Mexico. When she grows up
she would like to be an accountant or a teacher. She loves to play soccer and basketball. She’s been storytelling for four
years, and likes doing it because it is fun to capture the listener with the story and to express herself with the emotion in
the words. Samantha has told stories at the Four Corners Storytelling Festival since she was six years old.
CIPRIANO VIGIL, a native of Chamisal in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Northern New
Mexico, is the living embodiment of nuevomexicano ritual music. As a boy, he learned from the
previous generations of musicians at bailes (dances) and at entriegas, matrimonios y difuntos
(christenings, marriages and funerals.) His songs in the nueva cancion tradition (related to U.S.
protest and labor songs) address poignant issues of today. Cipriano Vigil’s vast knowledge of New
Mexico music comes from personal experience and a Ph.D. in Musicology. Mr. Vigil comes to us
through the New Mexico Humanities Council. Dr. Vigil’s son and daughter, Cipriano P. and Felicita
Piñon will be joining him for a special performance.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
9:30 AM CHILDREN’S STORIES
Liz Mangual, Bob Kanegis and youth teller Samantha Keller-Dewees
Taos Center for the Arts
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Admission: $8.00 18 years and under FREE
11:00 AM WORKSHOP WITH BIL LEPP
“Getting Folks to Lie Well”
This workshop is an overview of how Bil comes up with tall tale ideas, and how those ideas become a story ready to tell.
Topics such as humor, types of jokes, considering your audience, exaggeration, style, and story refinement are covered.
Taos Center for the Arts
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Admission: $20:00
2:00 – 5:00 PM STORYSWAP
Sponsored by Storytellers of New Mexico
Taos Public Library
402 Camino de la Placita
Come tell a story, or just listen. For more information, call 575-737-0258
Admission: FREE
7:00 PM STORYTELLING CONCERT
Featuring: Featuring: Bil Lepp and Cipriano Vigil with Cipriano P. and Felicita Piñon
Emcee: Cisco Guevara
Taos Center for the Arts
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Admission: $15:00
Festival Events
Sponsored by:
This project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs,
and the National Endowment for the Arts, Mag Dimond, the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, the
Healy Foundation, Taos County Lodgers Tax and the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Registration
2010 11TH ANNUAL
Storytelling Festival
Ticket Order Form
u INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
Saturday, October 16
Children’s Stories
Under 18. . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.00
Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
Evening Storytelling Concert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00
u DISCOUNTED RATE FOR ATTENDING ALL EVENTS
Adults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00
Senior (60+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
Youth (6-18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
Family Rate
2 Adults, 2 Children over six. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00
Each additional child over six. . . . . . . $12.00
Children under 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
E-mail order form to somos@somostaos.org
or snail mail to:
SOMOS
P.O. Box 3225
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Name____________________________ Phone_______________________
Mailing Address________________________________________________
City______________________________ State_______ Zip_ ____________
E-mail_______________________________________________________
Tickets can be purchased using Paypal by visiting www.somostaos.org.
After 9/27/10 for credit card orders, call 575-758-2052
or e-mail holly@taoscenterforthearts.org
Local ticket sales: FX18 Jewelry & Gifts, 103 C Bent Street, Taos
PICK UP OR PURCHASE TICKETS AT BOX OFFICE DURING THE FESTIVAL
Society of the Muse
of the Southwest
Non-Profit Org
U.S. Postage
PA I D
Taos, NM
Permit No. 57
87571
233 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
P.O. Box 3225 Taos, NM 87571
Return service requested
Society of the Muse of the Southwest
575-758-0081 • somos@somostaos.org
SOMOS, the Society of the Muse of the Southwest, supports
and nurtures the literary arts, in both written and oral traditions,
honoring cultural diversity in the Southwest.
BIL LEPP is a nationally renowned storyteller and five time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest. Though
a champion liar, his hilarious, insightful stories often contain morsels of truth which shed light on subjects such as
politics, religion, relationships, and human nature. A storyteller, author, and recording artist, Lepp’s works have received
awards and recognition The Parents’ Choice Foundation, The National Parenting Publications Assoc., Storytelling World,
and the Public Library Assoc. Lepp has been featured numerous times at the National Storytelling Festival, and at the
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and major storytelling events across the country.
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.”
LIZ MANQUAL & BOB KANEGIS – The Tales & Trails Storytellers, listen for stories, tell stories,
teach storytelling and live a storied life. During the school year they teach storytelling residencies in
New Mexico schools. Each summer they hit the story trail telling in libraries and camps from coast
to coast. Their signature style of participatory telling is for “Everyone Older Than Yesterday But
Younger Than Tomorrow.” Bob and Liz encourage family storytelling through two of their initiatives.
F.E.A.S.T (Families Eating and Storytelling Together) reminds people of the importance of the family
meal. The Endangered Stories Act encourages people to preserve and tell family stories. It’s the Law!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
Storytelling is an infinitely varied, historically and culturally rich treasure.
Come to Taos where the environment is as textured and stimulating as the stories themselves.
Taos
Storytelling Festival
Featuring:
SAMANTHA KELLER-DEWEES is 12 years old and in 6th grade in Farmington, New Mexico. When she grows up
she would like to be an accountant or a teacher. She loves to play soccer and basketball. She’s been storytelling for four
years, and likes doing it because it is fun to capture the listener with the story and to express herself with the emotion in
the words. Samantha has told stories at the Four Corners Storytelling Festival since she was six years old.
CIPRIANO VIGIL, a native of Chamisal in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Northern New
Mexico, is the living embodiment of nuevomexicano ritual music. As a boy, he learned from the
previous generations of musicians at bailes (dances) and at entriegas, matrimonios y difuntos
(christenings, marriages and funerals.) His songs in the nueva cancion tradition (related to U.S.
protest and labor songs) address poignant issues of today. Cipriano Vigil’s vast knowledge of New
Mexico music comes from personal experience and a Ph.D. in Musicology. Mr. Vigil comes to us
through the New Mexico Humanities Council. Dr. Vigil’s son and daughter, Cipriano P. and Felicita
Piñon will be joining him for a special performance.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
9:30 AM CHILDREN’S STORIES
Liz Mangual, Bob Kanegis and youth teller Samantha Keller-Dewees
Taos Center for the Arts
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Admission: $8.00 18 years and under FREE
11:00 AM WORKSHOP WITH BIL LEPP
“Getting Folks to Lie Well”
This workshop is an overview of how Bil comes up with tall tale ideas, and how those ideas become a story ready to tell.
Topics such as humor, types of jokes, considering your audience, exaggeration, style, and story refinement are covered.
Taos Center for the Arts
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Admission: $20:00
2:00 – 5:00 PM STORYSWAP
Sponsored by Storytellers of New Mexico
Taos Public Library
402 Camino de la Placita
Come tell a story, or just listen. For more information, call 575-737-0258
Admission: FREE
7:00 PM STORYTELLING CONCERT
Featuring: Featuring: Bil Lepp and Cipriano Vigil with Cipriano P. and Felicita Piñon
Emcee: Cisco Guevara
Taos Center for the Arts
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Admission: $15:00
Festival Events
Sponsored by:
This project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs,
and the National Endowment for the Arts, Mag Dimond, the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, the
Healy Foundation, Taos County Lodgers Tax and the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Registration
2010 11TH ANNUAL
Storytelling Festival
Ticket Order Form
u INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
Saturday, October 16
Children’s Stories
Under 18. . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.00
Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
Evening Storytelling Concert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00
u DISCOUNTED RATE FOR ATTENDING ALL EVENTS
Adults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00
Senior (60+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
Youth (6-18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
Family Rate
2 Adults, 2 Children over six. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00
Each additional child over six. . . . . . . $12.00
Children under 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
E-mail order form to somos@somostaos.org
or snail mail to:
SOMOS
P.O. Box 3225
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Name____________________________ Phone_______________________
Mailing Address________________________________________________
City______________________________ State_______ Zip_ ____________
E-mail_______________________________________________________
Tickets can be purchased using Paypal by visiting www.somostaos.org.
After 9/27/10 for credit card orders, call 575-758-2052
or e-mail holly@taoscenterforthearts.org
Local ticket sales: FX18 Jewelry & Gifts, 103 C Bent Street, Taos
PICK UP OR PURCHASE TICKETS AT BOX OFFICE DURING THE FESTIVAL
Society of the Muse
of the Southwest
Non-Profit Org
U.S. Postage
PA I D
Taos, NM
Permit No. 57
87571
233 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
P.O. Box 3225 Taos, NM 87571
Return service requested
Society of the Muse of the Southwest
575-758-0081 • somos@somostaos.org
SOMOS, the Society of the Muse of the Southwest, supports
and nurtures the literary arts, in both written and oral traditions,
honoring cultural diversity in the Southwest.