Spooky Stories
| Mike Anderson is known nationally as an outstanding Children's Entertainer. The combination of music, storytelling and humor has made Mike Anderson one of the most sought-after performers from the Atlantic coast to Canada to the Gulf and all points in between. His storytelling recording, a collection of original writing entitled The Great Sled Race, won a Parents’ Choice 2000 Silver Honor. Another combination music and storytelling recording Anna’s Old Boot received 2003 Parents’ Choice Honors, 2004 iParenting Media Honors, and also won the Children’s Music Web’s Best Children’s Song 2003 for “I Dropped It.” One of Mike’s mountain dulcimer CDs was nominated for an Indie. A secret kept by Libraries, Museums, and Senior Centers is that Mike also has a large array of outstanding adult programming shows. |
| Thinking of Halloween or Hay Rides or Campfires or Autumn Events or a Family Reading Night or a really cool "dead-of-winter" event? From Spooky and Funny to Scary and Thought-Provoking, Mike Anderson can Deliver a Shiver! |
| Interactive stories and songs Little kids, bigger kids, and adults Mike can even bring his own campfire!! |
| Just a few of the places Mike has told spooky stories: Terror on the Teche, New Iberia, LA The Haunting of the Grevenburg Plantation, Franklin, LA Tales Along the Bayou at the Kent Plantation, Alexandria, LA Fox Valley Folk and Storytelling Festival, Geneva, IL Scare on the Square, Abbeville , LA Silver Dollar City Storytelling Festival, Branson , MO St. Louis Storytelling Festival at the Arch George West Storyfest, George West, TX Haunting of the Hills, Big South Fork National Park , Oneida , TN Illinois Storytelling Festival, Spring Grove , IL Kansas City Storytelling Celebration, Kansas City , MO New Salem Storytelling Festival, Petersburg , IL Poor Pony Festival, Lake Charles , LA Mokena Story-Fest, Mokena , IL The Moose Is Loose Storytelling Festival, Ely , MN Wild Onion Storytelling Festival. Chicago Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival Illinois College Ghost Story Festival and a whole bunch of libraries throughout Illinois, Louisiana, and Iowa |
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| Hello Rockstar Librarians! I just rebooked Mike Anderson for "Spooky Stories." He's an hour show. Mike is a retired Kindergarten and 3rd grade teacher from near Springfield, IL. He plays music, tells stories, and he is TOTALLY worth every penny. We have had a lot of performers this year, and Mike's show was the best of them all. Mike's email is mike@dulcimerguy.com His web site is http://www.dulcimerguy.com Kelly Library Director Breese Public Library |
