![]() She is survived by her five sons Carl Riffle Jr., David (Tammy) Riffle, Frank Riffle, Michael (Robin) Riffle all of Fairmont, WV and Kevin (Yun) Riffle of Sacramento, CA four daughters Pamela (Chuck) Hartman, Susan (Roy) Cowger, Linda (Joe) Pheasant and Patty (Ben) Sine all of Fairmont, WV one son-in-law, John Dougal Sr. ![]() She was preceded in death by her husband Carl B. Joseph, WV, the daughter of the late Frank Anthony and Pauline Grace (Fronaphel) Schafer. Fairmont State faculty and students will also be presenting workshops.Grace Pauline Riffle, 89 of Reubens Run Road, Fairmont, WV passed away on Monday, Februat her residence surrounded by her family. Workshop presenters for the institute include Rick Knoblich, Gail Herman, Kevin Cordi, Ilene Evans, Susanna "Granny Sue" Holstein, Suzi "Mama" Whaples, Andy Fraenkel, JoAnn Dadisman and June Riffle. Registration waivers are available for full-time students. Students can register at the door for $15. Click on the link to the Mountain State Storytelling Institute. He is the author of three books of tales and four audio collections, and he has had stories published in several national magazines.Īdults can register for the institute though the Pierpont Community & Technical College of FSU Community Education home page at. Lepp has been a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival six times, and at The Smithsonian Folklife Festival. He tells original, hilarious, tales that will bring a smile to the face of even the most ill-humored person. Lepp is a five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars Contest. Sobol is the Director of the Graduate Program in Storytelling at East Tennessee State University.īil Lepp will address the preservation of personal history through story. His book on the American storytelling revival, "The Storytellers' Journey," was published in 1999 by the University of Illinois Press. ![]() in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. An artist-in-residence for many years in North and South Carolina, Sobol received a Masters in Folklore from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. Sobol will address the preservation of culture through story and storytelling as scholarship. This presentation will be free and open to the public. in the Falcon Center third floor conference rooms. Joseph Sobol, the director of the master's degree program in storytelling at East Tennessee State University.Ī storytelling presentation featuring Lepp, Sobol and prominent West Virginia storytellers is planned for Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. "The Power of Story: Transmitting Culture and Transforming Lives" is the theme of the institute that features nationally known storyteller and West Virginia native, Bil Lepp, and storytelling scholar, Dr. The West Virginia Humanities Council funds the institute. The public will also be able to attend a free evening of tales from nationally recognized storytellers.įairmont State University, FSU's Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center and the West Virginia Storytelling Guild present the Mountain State Storytelling Institute on April 4 and 5 at FSU's Falcon Center. An upcoming event at Fairmont State University will provide participants with tools for preserving the stories of our families, our organizations and our culture.
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