Kevin Strauss
Emphasize the importance of folklore in your local community. Enhance the future storytelling performance experience for participants through education. Increase access to storytelling, enhancing audience comfort and confidence with unfamiliar folk tales. Encourage further education and attendance at cultural events. Reinforce the idea that libraries are places to experience cultural or arts programming.
Kevin performed 8 times in FY 2012, and the adult response consistently ranked the program very highly. They felt there was “good information/background on Minnesota history” and “The stories were very entertaining.” Students expressed interest in learning more about the native people in Minnesota. Many of children also stated they would like to go to a program like this in the future. Students commented, “I want to learn more about nature and wildlife,” and “I need to find out about legends, they’re cool.” Comments by teachers about the program included: “The stories went right along with a story we are reading in class, this was wonderful,” “Very good content, engaging,” and “Loved how he had all the props and acted out the roles.”
SELCO (Southeastern Libraries Cooperating)