Complete: 13. Attend at least one full day of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival

I've lived here for a long time and have always heard great things about the Storytelling Festival, but we've only gone to one of the evening events. It only whetted our appetite, so I put on my list that we would go to a full day, and we accomplished this Saturday.

We saw many lovely storytellers. My favorites were:

• Carmen Deedy - she immigrated from Cuba to Georgia as a child and talked about growing up there. She's hilarious. She switches effortless from Southern drawl to speedy Spanish.
• Shonaleigh - she ties present day stories to old Jewish tales with a lovely British accent. It's so interesting to see her connect the themes - we have always been telling the same stories.
• Amber Richardson - Amber is a local teller and she recently produced the production of Mother Wove the Morning that we saw. Such a wonderful surprise to see her there, and even better to hear her retelling of The Little Mermaid.
• Bil Lepp - this guy starts talking and you have no idea what will come out of his mouth next. He tells lies with such ease, resulting in completely believable tall tales.

We heard telling all day long, then went to the Laughin' Night event where every teller told one of their funniest tales. I was expecting gut-busting, rolling on the floor laughing, and it didn't quite live up to that, but it was still very enjoyable.

We are definitely thinking we should go again!