THE LIARS BENCH DOES A HALOWEEN SHOW AT THE COUNTY LIBRARY ON OCTOBER 28TH

Fantastic show! We had a packed house at the Haywood Public Library last Friday. We also had a remarkably varied and very responsive audience. Dave even managed some audience participation with his turkey buzzard routine, Barbara and Paul sang ballads of doomed lovers, Steve Brady conjured up an image of a white owl and a hanged woman at High Hampton. I told the audience about Bodine, my stuffed dog (who was present), gave a brief history of the liar's bench in Appalachian tradition and recalled an old Irish story about poor Stinky OShanashy, Haiche, the blind storyteller who met a demon one night in a little village in Japan and Spearfinger, the Cherokee witch who lived on Whiteside Mountain (and ate little children's livers). Kathy Olson was present with refreshments and provided the Liars Bench with a perfect setting for a Halloween show. I don't see how it could get any better. Thank you, Kathy and Carl who took all of these pictures.

TALES OF THE STRANGE AND EERIE, TOLD AND SUNG AT THE LIARS BENCH, CITY LIGHTS. OCTOBER 23RD

This was a fantastic show and we are going to repeat it in Waynesville at the Haywood County Library on October 29th at 6:00. Paul sung "Wreck and Ramblin' Boy" and Lloyd frightened everyone a little with the story of Spearfinger, the shape-changing witch who lived on Whiteside Mountain and visited Cherokee villages in the fall (during chestnut-roasting season),
Barbara sung to eerie, tragic songs of doomed lovers, Steve recounted the tale of the white owl of High Hampton and I told two tales: "Stinky OShannocy" and "Haiche, the blind storyteller." We had some special guests and the new online newspaper, TuckReader.com filmed us, so we are on both TuckReader and YouTube. Things look promising for the future. In November, will will have all of your favorite people back, plus a special guest, Saundra Kelley, who is the author of a new book on Appalachian Storytellers. Stay tuned.

THIS WEEK AT CITY LIGHTS, THE LIARS BENCH AND HALLOWEEN....OCT. 23RD

Folks, it is time to hunker down and listen to a few weird songs and tales. Lloyd Arneach intends to make you walk a little faster through the dark woods after you have heard about Spearfinger, the ancient witch that used to live on Whiteside Mountain; Steve knows all about the White Owl of High Hampton Inn and Paul and Barbara are going to sing about doomed lovers and hanged men. I will tell you about the Irish lad who wandered into "the other world" on All Hallows Eve, and if time allows, maybe I will tell you about Houchi, the blind storyteller who met a demon one night ...... Dave will provide some comic relief. Please come. Spring Street is closed so you will have to bring your coffee from Hoopers, Signature or the Coffee Shop. City Lights will provide something to nibble on, I'm sure.