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Saturday, May 16, 2015

2015~ Friday & Saturday, May 15-16, UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival Florence, Alabama

Had a wonderful time at the UNA UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival 
from 8:30 AM until 9PM last night.


Friday, May 15, 2015
9:00-9:25 AM Listen to Spencer Bohren sing and play Ring them bells
9:30-9:55 AM Listen to Rev Robert B. Jone talk about his grandmother.
Rev Robert B Jones


10:00-10:25 AM Listen to Bil Lepp talk about the toilet, the inflatable Santa and the Easter Bunny.
10:30-10:55 AM Listen to Donald Davis talk about his grade school teach Mrs. Ledbetter.

11:05-11:30 AM Listen to Kelvin Kling talk about his wife getting her foot caught in a fly trap.
11:35-12:00 PM Listen to Geraldine an English Vicar talk about her time in prison.
Geraldine Buckley
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch
We ate at Einstein Bros Bagels
Einstein Bros Bagels UNA 

Einstein Bros Bagels UNA 
Where I ordered a Veggie bagel (tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce) with cream cheese, chips, and coke
1:30-1:55 PM Listen to Donal Davis talk about His Thanksgiving Christmas Play and getting more exposure than he wanted.

2:00-2:25 PM Listen to Kelvin talk about Playing baseball.
2:30-2:55 PMListen to Bill Lepp talk about the real baby Jesus.
3:00-3:25 PM Listened to Spencer Bohren talk about his experience with the Hurricane in New Orleans.

3:35- 4:00PMListen to Geraldine Buckley talk about living in Spain with her parents and serving nuns liquor.
4:05-4:30 PM Listened to Rev Robert B. Jones singing and playing Amazing grace in many different ways.

4:25-5:00 PM Listen to Walt Aldridge sing and playing It's a long way to Richmond.
5:00-6:00 PM Dinner Break we rode to Subway for a sandwich, chips, drink

6:00-7:15 PM Dolores Hydock /PanHarmonium reading from a 12-year-old Sally Foster journal and up to her death at age 49.
Sally grew in Rogers Hall now part of UNA.

7:20-7:55 PM We had a recap of all the storytellers.

8:00-8:10 PM Six students were in a storyteller contest they had to tell a true story about DARE.
There were three students from the middle school and there were three from high school.
The first runner won $150, the second runner up won $250, and the winner won $500 from each category.
The first one winner from the middle school told about her trip to New York and a bomb threat.
The next winner told about the abuse of her boyfriend for over a year.

8:10-9:00 PM The show ended with three on a String a wonder, funny, talented group of men playing, singing and acting.
Three on a String
After over 12 hours of fun, I was ready to go home.
I will be back today for another day of fun.
Another day of pure fun!

Saturday, May 16, 20159-9:25 AM Listened to Spencer Bohren tell about his visit to East Germany to perform.

9:30-9:55 AM Listened to Rev Robert B Jones singing Dark was the night.
10-10:25 AM Listened to Bill Lepp talk about him and Skeeter making bottle rockets.
10:55-11:05 AM Listened to Donald Davis talk about his two-car family.
11:05-11:30AM Listened to Kelvin Kline talk about reaching for the stars.
Kelvin Kline
11:35-12 PM Listened to Gerldine Buckley talk about her secret hate with roach bugs.

Lunch from 12-1:30PM
We ate at A& W where I ordered a hamburger, fries and water.
A&W at UNA 
1:30-1:55 Listened to Donald Davis talk about his brother getting his arm broken twice.
Donald Davis
2:00-2:25 PM listened to Kevin Kling talk about tickle pink
2:30-2:55 PM listened to Bil Lepp talk about his WWII service.
3:00-3:25PM listened to Spencer Bohren sing and play Billy Joe who jumped off the Tallahassee bridge.

Spencer Bohren
3:35-4:00 listened to Geraldine Buckley talk about disbursing her daddy's ashes, the wind changing and how she was covered in her daddy ashes, went back to where she was staying, took a shower and watched her daddy wash down the drain.

4:05-4:30 listened to Rev Robert B Jones sing We shall over come someday.

4:35-5:00PM listed to Walt Aldridge talk about his great grandfather Richard Key and how Walt was 1/16 of a murder.
Walt Aldridge
6-7:15 Dolores Hydock became an old woman telling the love story of Eglamore and Cristobal. 
Delores Hydock

http://www.storypower.org/silenceonstage.html
7:30-8:05PM recap of all story tellers
8:05-9:00 Listening to three on a string doing songs, and skits.

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