Vol. 39, No. 238
Aug. 3, 2009

For more information contact Breanne Preisen, 302-284-4299; Ray Bivens, 302-739-9220; or Necia Beck, Delaware State Parks, 302-739-9175, necia.beck@state.de.us 

“Liar” to return to Killens Pond State Park Nature Center

Author, storyteller and five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars Contest, Bil Lepp, has been weaving hilarious tall tales for 15 years. He returns to Delaware on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Killens Pond State Park Nature Center in Felton at 7 p.m.

Lepp made his Delaware debut in December 2007, when he regaled audiences with his colorful, expertly-woven and absolutely side-splitting tales.  According to Ray Bivens, Delaware State Parks Chief of Environmental Education, “Delawareans owe it to themselves to spend an hour or so listening to and seeing Bil. His stories appeal to everyone and they are just downright funny, too.”

Lepp has been a featured storyteller at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival and The National Storytelling Festival, and storytelling events from California to Pennsylvania.  He has conducted storytelling workshops at the University of Richmond and the Washington Storyteller’s Theater in Washington, D.C. 

His writing credits include titles such as The Armadillo Recon Unit and audio compilations such as Mayhem Dressed as an Eight Point Buck and Buck Meets the Monster Stick, co-authored with his brother, Paul.  Lepp describes his work as mostly humorous and, he claims, mostly true.

For more information about Bil Lepp, visit www.buck-dog.com.   This program is made possible, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information about the event, call 302-39-9191 or visit www.destateparks.com.