Grand Canyon Storytelling Festival

Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park in partnership with the Grand Canyon Association is sponsoring a series of storytelling programs in order to enhance community outreach, school partnerships, and arts in education efforts. The festival will occur November 3-6, 2003, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. each evening, at the Shrine of the Ages. The schedule of events follows:

Monday, November 3: Sunny Dooley is a native Navajo (Dine) storyteller, poet, lecturer, and folksinger who has traveled throughout the United States sharing her culture's rich artistic heritage.
Tuesday, November 4: Liz Warren is a teacher and cofounder of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute. She tells a variety of stories about growing up in Arizona, folktales, and myths from ancient traditions.
Wednesday, November 5: Ricardo Provencio tells stories, myths, and trickster tales that paint vivid images of his Latino culture. Ricardo is one of the cornerstones of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute.
Thursday, November 6: Michael Lacapa is a Hopi/Apache/Tewa Indian whose stories revolve around his native culture and heritage. He is also a talented artist, author, illustrator and storyteller.

Programs are free to the public. For more information call Robin White, Supervisory Park Ranger, at 928-638-7765, or Phyllis Kachinghongva, Park Ranger, at 928-638-7789.

For more information regarding Grand Canyon National Park, please visit the park's website at www.nps.gov/grca. For more information regarding the Grand Canyon Association, please go to www.grandcanyon.org.