ENID, OK - The Enid Public Library and OSU Library are offering a community program October 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Enid Symphony Hall. Filled with songs and storytelling, this one-man show features Will Hill, a full-blood Muscogee Indian whose traditional name is Kabitcha Feke Sego.
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This is a special storytelling performance by one of Native America’s greatest raconteurs, Will Hill who was raised in the traditional art of Native American storytelling. You will hear the voices of his ancestors as he shares his own family’s repertoire of stories and folklore, and you will experience the magic of storytelling the Indian way.
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Ideal for all ages, this performance is free and open to the public. Doors at Symphony Hall will open at 6:30 p.m. Seating is first come, first served.
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Will has performed in over 3,500 venues nationwide since 1990. He was the featured storyteller at Earth Day in Washington D.C. in 1995; he brought archival recognition to the state of Oklahoma and the Muscogee-Creek Nation by being the first Native American to perform at the new National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., prior to its opening. He was chosen by Disney to represent Oklahoma during the State’s Centennial Celebration at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida with 31 performances. He has won numerous awards such as the Mocelyn Larkin Cultural Achievement Award, Favorite Indian Performer in the state of Oklahoma and was recognized by the Tulsa City-County Library’s American Indian Resource Center as one of Oklahoma’s Outstanding Native American Playwrights.
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“Legends Nagonagogee” is the culminating program for the “One Book, One Community: Enid ReadsPrairie City by Angie Debo” series which began September 24.
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“We are extremely excited to bring Mr. Hill to the community. He is a phenomenal and enrapturing performer,” said Library Director Jenny Regier. “This performance was chosen to cap off this wonderful series of events because Angie Debo’s historical legacy was her ground-breaking research with Native Americans. She also actively advocated for Native American rights.”
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Project sponsors are Enid Public Library, Oklahoma State University Library, Union Pacific Foundation, Park Ave. Thrift, Oklahoma Arts Council, Enid Arts, Oklahoma Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities and Enid Friends of the Library. Project partners are Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Railroad Museum of Oklahoma, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Visit Enid, University of Oklahoma Press and Northern Oklahoma College.
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For more information, contact the Enid Public Library at 580-234-6313, or visit the Enid Public Library website at enid.okpls.org/enidreads.
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The Enid Symphony Hall is located at 301 W Broadway Ave.
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(Photo courtesy Will Hill)
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Native American Storytelling & Song
