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Presenters
 Fred C. Adams
Fred C. Adams is founder and Executive Producer Emeritus of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Over his 45-year career with the Festival, he has directed 19 of Shakespeare's plays along with numerous other theatrical productions. Adams has received many awards with his work, including the 2000 Utah Theatre Association's Lifetime Service Award, the 1998 Institute of Outdoor Drama's Mark R. Sumner Award, and the First-Annual Governor's Award in the Arts in 1989. In addition, he and the festival won a Tony Award in 2000 for Outstanding Regional Theater.
 Jay Allen
Jay Allen has worked as a ranger with the Timpanogos Cave for 41 years, leading more than 12,500 cave tours and logging more than 25,000 miles on the cave's canyon trail. During the school year, Allen works as a biology teacher at American Fork High School.
 Brigham Young University
Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band
The swinging music of BYU's Dixieland band, Jazz Legacy, conjures up a sense of 1920s America. The band's reputation for first-rate performance has been earned at international jazz festivals, while its fast-paced stage show and repertoire of Dixieland standards has won it a name for entertainment at schools, conventions, and civic concerts. Featuring clarinet, trombone, trumpet, piano, banjo, drums, and bass, Jazz Legacy brings back the memories of a bygone era.
 Ann CannonAnn Cannon is an author and columnist for the Deseret Morning News. She has published books for children and young adults, including a series of early readers about the adventures of two brothers called Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe. Her most recent novel is A Loser's Guide to Life and Love. Ann also works part-time as a bookseller at The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City. Over the years, Ann has also taught children's and young adult literature at Westminster College and Brigham Young University. She and her husband, Ken, have five sons, two daughters-in-law, no grandchildren, two parakeets, one parrot, two cats, and two dogs. Her presentation is part of the Utah Humanities Council's Public Square programs.
 Dennis CutchinsDennis Cutchins has taught at BYU since 1997. He earned a PhD in American literature, specializing in contemporary Native American novels, from the Florida State University in 1997. Dr. Cutchins has written several articles on Native American authors Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich. He teaches American literature, with specializations in Native American literature and film and literature.
 Karissa DeCarloRanger Karissa DeCarlo has worked for the National Park Service since 2001. Currently, she is the supervisory interpreter at Timpanogos Cave Nat'l Monument, overseeing the rangers leading visitors on cave tours. She has been a ranger at Mt. Rushmore Nat'l Memorial, Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial, Cape Hatteras Nat'l Seashore, Lewis and Clark Nat'l Historic Trail, and the Statue of Liberty Nat'l Monument. Her education includes a BS in Environmental and Sustainable Resources from the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette and a MS in Parks, Recreation and Tourism from West Virginia University. As a ranger, her duties include presenting programs, designing signs and exhibits, managing a staff of over 30, and producing park publications. In her spare time she enjoys practicing the martial
arts and visiting National Parks.
Dean DuncanDean Duncan, Associate Professor of Theatre and Media Arts at Brigham Young University, is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, and has taught at BYU since 1992-93. He received a BFA from Brigham Young University, an MA from the University of Southern California, and a PhD from Glasgow University. He is interested in and has taught about the history of storytelling, the ways that stories have been enacted on stage and screen, and the integration of the arts in various modern media settings. A former UK resident, he is married to Sharon Anderson of California.
 Nancy JuddNancy Judd is a former home economics teacher, TV cooking show hostess, guest on the Phil Donahue show in New York, director and instructor of Jr. Chef's Cooking Camps, BYU graduate and wife, mom of 8 and grandma of 32. She has worked at the Orem Macey's as the Little Theatre Director for 3 and 1/2 years and was also involved in last year's Big Read.
 Jack NelsonJack Nelson grew up in Bellflower in Southern California. He attended Fullerton Junior College and then Brigham Young University. While at BYU, he fell in love with the wild places of that state, where he still writes, hunts and fishes.
Nelson continued his study of American literature at the University of Utah, worked as a city desk reporter on the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, edited a weekly in California, and returned to BYU as a television-radio writer for the PBS station there. He quit that job to spend three months in Mexico City to write his first novel, which was never published. He returned to Utah to marry the gorgeous coed he had been courting for a year, and took a one-year teaching assignment at BYU. Then he and Patrice spent two years at the University of Missouri, where he received a doctorate in journalism, followed by a stint teaching at California State-Humboldt and the University of Utah, before finally ending up back at BYU and teaching journalism before retiring. Nelson has also published two novels including To Die in Kanab: The Everett Ruess Affair.
 Mark Pulham Mark is an Orem celebrity, especially at Westmore Elementary, where he teaches fourth grade. He also works at the Orem Public Library and acts in theater productions at the Hale Center Theater. Mark's puppet shows are full of imagination and humor, and his character voices are a delight.
Resonance Story TheaterResonance is an organization that addresses the need for greater community connectedness in our society. Using the art of story, Resonance creates programs and specialized storytelling experiences designed to foster connection, education and imagination. In a media-saturated world, Resonance believes that there is power in all forms of story to widen perspectives, heal hearts, spark learning, and connect individuals, families, and cultures. Resonance believes that connecting through story is vital to growing a community where all of its members are appreciated, accepted and valued.
Resonance member Wendy Gourley is working on a degree in Theater for Young Audiences and is a professional storyteller. She was on the teaching staff at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, was co-director of Vocalworks, and taught music and drama at The Colby School. Currently she is President-elect of The Utah Storytelling Guild, writes for Storytelling Magazine, and serves on The Timpanogos Storytelling Conference Committee.
Besides being part of Resonance Story Theater, Karla Huntsman is a faculty member in BYU's Theatre and Media Arts Department, where she teaches storytelling and child drama, and works on the Arts Initiative. She is a professional storyteller, director and actor. She has taught theatre arts in elementary, secondary and university classrooms for over 35 years. She has also presented at numerous conferences. She serves on The Timpanogos Storytelling Conference Committee.
Member Nannette Watts is a graduate of BYU's Music-Dance-Theatre program and now works as a professional storyteller. She is the author of Youth Tell: Starting a Youth Storytelling Festival. She is a performer with the Utah Performing Arts Tour and the Timpanogos Outreach Program. She is also a choreographer and actor. Nannette serves on The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Committee.
 Debi RichanPopular performer Debi Richan tells stories with humor, passion and understanding. An energetic and polished artist, Debi has been a regular performer at the renowned Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Thanksgiving Point, Hans Christian Anderson Storytelling Festival, Weber Storytelling Festival as well as a frequent and enthusiastic performer in libraries, schools, bookstores, festivals, family parties, business meetings, museums, university conferences and gatherings of all kinds throughout the West. A professional performer for over 13 years, Debi has been heard on radio and television, as a featured performer at the 1995 BYU Women's Conference, at the Federal Bureau of Land Management, the Western Museum Conference, and the Western Literacy Conference as well as numerous other performances. In addition, she teaches workshops in the art of storytelling and in the researching of the unique historical stories for which she has become so well known.
 Michael Rutter
Michael has authored/co-authored 39 books and textbooks - and written hundreds of articles for magazines, journals, and newspapers. His recent publications include Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West, Myths and Mysteries of the West, Wild Bunch Women, and Outlaw Tales of Utah. His latest book is entitled Bedtime Stories of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the American West.
Michael has also written extensively on travel, fly fishing, camping, and outdoor sports. He is a recipient of the Ben Franklin and the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Awards for non-fiction. As a passionate historian and a devoted outdoorsperson, he travels the Western United States doing research and fly fishing. Michael lives in Orem, Utah. He has been married to his wife, Shari, for 33 years. They have two charming children, two cats, and a spoiled Labrador retriever named Peabody. Michael is a former Christa McAuliffe fellow. He teaches advanced writing at Brigham Young University.
 James ScarbroughJames Scarbrough is the Media Librarian at the Orem Public Library. He grew up in East Tennessee and has lived in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Utah. He played guitar in various rock & roll bands for 15 years, made many 8 mm films as a high school kid, and dreamt of being a literary novelist. He enjoys reading, movies, meditation, hiking, music, writing, spicy fattening foods, and, whenever possible, playing with his father-in-law's firearms. He's been joyfully married to Marcia Smith since 1999. They recently welcomed little Cecilia Clare into their family.
 Lori StevensLori is the Division Manager over the reference areas, programs, and checkout. Her love affair with libraries began at age 3 with The Bumper Book by Watty Piper and the Yakima Valley book mobile. She has been a permanent fixture at various libraries ever since. She holds a BMu in voice from BYU, and an MLS from Emporia State University. She loves gardening, walking through national parks, quilting, singing, piano, and of course reading with her fellow bibliophile husband. Her favorite question from patrons is "Do you have any good books?"
 The Utah Baroque EnsembleThe Utah Baroque Ensemble, founded in 1987, is a select community choir of approximately thirty-two members, which specializes in early period sacred music (generally sung in the original language, such as Latin or German), with an emphasis on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The mission of the choir is to offer the sings the opportunity to participate in a quality local choir, as well as expose the public, particularly, students, to technically difficult music. It is the only community choir of its kind in Utah and provides audience throughout Utah and Salt Lake Counties the opportunity to hear live performances of the highest quality. On occasion, the choir also goes on tour, as they did in August of 2005 to England, where they received enthusiastic response from discerning audiences.
 Eliot WilcoxEliot Wilcox is an Associate Reference Librarian at the Orem Public Library. His love affair with literature continues while he concludes a Master's Degree in American Literature at Brigham Young University. Eliot spends any free time with Susan, his wife, and Brandt, their son.
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