Not Just for Kids Storytelling at Schoharie Crossing - Double Feature of tellers on Sunday, July 23rd

FORT HUNTER – Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is excited for another season of the Not Just for Kids Storytelling series. For over 30 years, the Erie Canal historic site has offered evenings of amazing tellers, sharing fascinating tales old and new. This year, the site offers two Sunday evenings of stories starting at 6pm outside of the Visitor Center, 129 Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter.

The first double-feature will happen on Sunday, July 28th with Siri Allison at 6pm and then The Storycrafters at 7pm. Allison has worked in the theater and has over twenty years spinning tales in the lively world of storytelling. She is a longtime member of Story Circle of the Capital District and helps produce their “Word Plays” program at Proctors in Schenectady. The Storycrafters have been sharing time-tested fairy tales and traditional stories with a new twist since 1991. In addition to being internationally renowned storytellers, they are authors, award-winning radio show hosts, recording artists, adjunct college faculty, communications coaches, and Public Radio essayists.  

The second evening of stories will happen on Sunday, August 25th. Featuring Kate Dudding at 6pm and Andy Davis at 7pm, this evening of woven tales will have you stirring in your seats with excitement. Since 1995, Kate Dudding has told entertaining, heartwarming, and memorable stories at many venues in the Northeast. From Clifton Park, NY, Dudding specializes in true stories about people who made a difference.  Andy Davis got his start as a storyteller telling comic tales by candlelight in Mexican refugee camps 30 years ago. He has since broadened and refined his craft and, while based in New Hampshire, has entertained audiences across the country. His varied repertoire of tales contains equal parts multicultural folklore, magical realism, grassroots history, and personal experience. He can tell a shaggy dog with the best of them, and then follow it up with a poignant family story laden with meaning. He is equally at home sharing the lore and legends of the mountains and woods of northern New England and creating verbal portraits of political courage.

These are free events open to the public.  Bring a lawn chair and dress for the weather.

For more information about programs at Schoharie Crossing, please contact the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516, email SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov, or visit our NYS Parks webpage. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 individual state parks, historic sites, golf courses, boat launches and recreational trails, which are visited by 78 million people annually.  For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow-on Twitter.