Meet the Festival's other wonderful storytellers
for the 2008 Festival September 21 - 23...

Patricia Anschuetz has been a professional storyteller for 9 years.
Her inspiration for storytelling came from her grandmother, Bertha.
"When my grandmother spoke, pictures leapt out at you and stories came alive. I wanted to be able to talk like that," Pat says.

She started telling her grandmother's stories to her children as a way to pass on the family history. She now uses these storytelling skills in her work with American Stories Historic Walking Tours & Programs.

Pat attended Maryland Institute, College of Art and the University of Maryland. She has been married for 23 years to her high school sweetheart, Kurt. They have 3 children and live on a working farm in Adams County, PA.  She has appeared on the WITF TV's Explore PA program and has spoken to groups from all over the United States.

Since 1991, Dr. Gail N. Herman has directed the Tall Tale Liar's Festival  for both students and adults in Oakland, MD. Gail performs stories nationally and internationally in schools and libraries; teaches storytelling across the U.S. for Lesley University; and collects stories using oral history methods.

One of her projects included coal miners and another involved collecting folktales in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. She has performed at Chautauqua in NY, the Albert Schweitzer Institute, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Canal Fest, Rocky Gap Festival in MD, the Sandwich Library Storytelling Festival in MA, Harvest Moon Festival in WV, Mothers' Day Festival in CT, Children's Storytelling Conference in NH, and many other storytelling venues.

Kim Weitkamp has been using stories for over 15 years in her work with youth and adults. She is a member of the National Storytelling Network (NSN) and the Virginia Storytelling Alliance (VASA). Kim has told stories and shared songs  at camps, retreats, libraries, schools, and festivals throughout the East Coast. 

She has co-hosted a morning radio show, written vignettes for radio and numerous children's stories.  She is most noted for her original and humorous Pitscreek stories.   Kim was instrumental in planning this year's Festival.

Adam Booth is a two-time champion of the West Virginia Liar's Contest.
He was also deemed top liar at the 2006 Northeast Storytelling
Festival and in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Adam has shared his original tall-tales at festivals, conferences, and schools throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.

Click here for guidelines for the Liar's Contest!

Miriam Nicholson combines her storytelling skills with a love of railroads and history.  She is a member of the Susquehanna Storytellers Guild and a regular volunteer at the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum.  Miriam earned a Master of Education in Storytelling from the East Tennessee State University and received a grant from the National Storytelling Network to interview and write stories about the Harvey Girls, a group of women who served as waitresses for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.  She is a Lutheran Parish Pastor and often uses stories in her proclamation of the Gospel.