Join us on Friday, September 23, at Camp Wokanda for the 17th annual Chinquapin Folk Music & Storytelling Festival!
Friday, 9/23 at CAMP WOKANDA
Chinquapin Ghost Story Concert
8:00-10:00 pm • $5/person; $20 maximum family fee
Walk the trail to Spirit Valley Amphitheater, where our Chinquapin storytellers spin tales guaranteed to raise the hair on the back of your neck! The stories will get scarier as the night grows darker!
Featured musicians and storytellers for this year's event are:
Musicians -- Tom Kastle, Chris Vallillo, Curtis & Loretta
Tom Kastle has spent over two decades on the road and on the water as a singer, tall ship sailor, captain, songwriter and teller of tales--both personal and those steeped in long tradition. www.tomkastle.com
Chris Vallillo is a nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter and folk musician who makes the people and places of "unmetropolitan" America come to life in song. Having spent the last 30 years in the rural Midwest, he has a natural affinity for American roots music. Performing on six-string and bottleneck slide guitars and harmonica, Vallillo weaves original, contemporary and traditional songs and narratives into a compelling and entertaining portrait of the history and lifestyles of the Midwest. Dirty Linen magazine described the music as, "vidid, original story songs" delivered with an "eye for detail and a sense of history," while Folk Wax magazine editor Arthr Wood said,"Vallillo's guitar playing flows like warm honey and is a true aural delight." www.ginridge.com
Curtis & Loretta's music comes straight from the heart. The husband and wife duo's extraordinary harmonies and proficiency on a parade of stringed instruments create an alluring frame for their poignant original songs and carefully chosen traditional pieces from the British Isles, America and beyond. The current instrument menagerie includes Celtic harp, mandocello, mandolin, guitars, clawhammer banjo and national steel ukelele, plus a bit of kazoo, harmonica and shakers. www.curtisandloretta.com
Storytellers -- Dan Keding, Linda Dust, Jim Pfitzer
Dan Keding, storyteller of international acclaim, is well known for his telling of traditional world folktales, personal narratives of his boyhood in Chicago, ghost stories and dark tales, and superbly crafted original pieces. As a child, he learned the traditional stories that his grandmother brought to this country from Croatia. This combination of dynamic storytelling and powerful ballad singing has endeared him to audiences of all ages. www.dankeding.com
Linda Dust, a Midwest regional storyteller with roots in the Champaign/Urbana
Storytelling Guild, weaves tales along with songs and ballads to bring her audience in contact with the oral traditions of cultures from around the globe. She was featured at this year's Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival. Her use of traditional stories and personally crafted tales provide the perfect mix of humor, discovery and life lessons and leaves her audience wanting more.
www.lindaduststoryteller.com/
Jim Pfitzer, a storyteller for all ages, tells personal stories of adventure, mishap and redemption in the natural world He adds his own twists to traditional folk and fairy tales and adapts other's compelling stories. www.jimpfitzer.com
For more information or directions, call Jacob Mol at Camp Wokanda, (309)
579-2157.