Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival
Award-winning festival brings nationally-known storytellers, poets and musicians to the stage in celebration of ordinary people living extraordinary lives.
Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year, the festival is organized each year by the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Committee which falls within the umbrella of the McCook Arts Council.
Also under the auspices of the event, there is a story book project to raise stories, publish them on the Internet and eventually in a book.2012 "Where History Happens"
Guest Artists: Waddie Mitchell, Sons & Brothers Band, Don Welch, Cactus Chris, Kate Benzel, Mike Adams
Events: Wild West Bus Tour "Tales of the Indian Raids" McCook Community College - Cowboy Philosophy 101 Waddie Mitchell at McCook Community College - Serenade on the Bricks Sons and Brothers Band (McCook Community College/Bieroc Cafe) - Woody Guthrie: Re-envisioning 1930s America Kate Benzel & Mike Adams (Nebraska Humanities Council) - Chuck Wagon Jamboree Festival Headliners at the Keystone Business Center - How the West Was Fun Waddie Mitchell, Sons & Brothers at the Historic Fox Theatre
Community Stories: "Tools for Telling Tales" McCook Public Library, Mary Dueland; Ghost Stories, Bieroc Cafe, Duane Tappe; "Southwest Nebraska Remembers," John Hubert; "Savor the Spirit" McCook Ministerial Association, Don Welch; "Our Place on the Plains" Open Mic, Cactus Chris & Walt Sehnert; "Take a Turn Back in History Tour," George W. Norris Historic Site, Clark & Dawna Bates; Kids Fest at Norris Park, Alpha Delta Kappa & Southwest Nebraska Reading Council
2011
Guest Artists: Awele Makeba, Diamond W Wranglers, R.P. Smith, Gary and Margaret Kraisinger
Events: Wild West Bus Tour "The Texas and Western Trail" With R.P. Smith, Jack Maddux, Jim Applegate, the Kraisingers, Diamond W Wranglers - McCook Community College - Western Dance Lessons "Swing Your Partner" Robin Marks & Dave Black - McCook Community College - Chuck Wagon Jamboree Festival Headliners at the Keystone Business Center - Happy Tales to You Diamond W Wranglers, Awele Makeba, R.P. Smith at the Historic Fox Theatre
Community Stories: "Stories in Your Heart" McCook Public Library, Awele Makeba; Ghost Stories, Bieroc Cafe, Duane Tappe; "Follow the Trails," The Kraisingers; "In the Saddle with the Lord" McCook Ministerial Association, R.P. Smith; "Our Place on the Plains" Open Mic, Walt Sehnert; "Tea Time with Senator & Mrs. Norris," George W. Norris Historic Site, Clark & Dawna Bates; Kids Fest at Norris Park, Alpha Delta Kappa & Southwest Nebraska Reading Council, Awele Makeba
2010
Guest Artists: Tim Tingle, Don Welch, Craig Larson, Anne & Pete Sibley
Community Stories: "Readin', Ritin' & Rithmetic" School Stories, Al Cuellar; "Heart, Soul & Spirit" McCook Ministerial Association, Tim Tingle; "Treasures of the Heart" Hometown Stories, M.E. Goodenberger & Walt Sehnert; "Final Journey to McCook," Norris Home, Clark & Dawna Bates; "No Place Like Music in the Bandshell" Jason & Spencer Vanpelt, Colten Hiatt, Austin Edwards
2009
Guest Artists: Bil Lepp, Dovey Thomason, Finders & Youngberg, Chuck Trimble, Wayne Mintling
Community Stories: Power of the Bison Bus Tour, McCook Community College; Mighty Bison Battles-Sports Stories, Duane Tappe; "Spiritual Tapestry" McCook Ministerial Association, Bil Lepp; "Our Place on the Prairie," M.E. Goodenberger & Walt Sehnert
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