Beth Horner is noted as a vivacious talent dedicated to providing an entertaining and empowering experience for her listeners, young and old. Her performances captivate audiences with a wide variety of folk, literary, traditional, contemporary and original tales from around the world. Horner's lively, traditional storytelling style often incorporates music, creating a unique performance which critics have called "dynamite!" Each program is designed for the specific audience's age and interests (with listener participation for young audience). A nationally acclaimed storyteller who has performed for adults, teens and children for over 18 years, Beth Horner takes her listeners on journeys of adventure, warmth, wonder, haunting eeriness and raucous laughter. Beth's goal as a storyteller is to entertain and to encourage her listeners to dip into the wealth of their own imaginations. "When you watch a story on television or in a movie theater, you see one person's (the film maker's) depiction of the an image - of a monster, a prince or an enraged tiger eating a buffalo chip! When you hear a story, you create that image yourself. When I'm telling stories to 50 different people, there are 50 different movies going on in the minds of listeners. Nothing is as powerful or vivid as your own imagination." Although she currently lives in the Chicago area, Beth's roots are in central Missouri, having been born on a farm in Boone County and raised in the nearby town of Columbia. As a result of spending her childhood summers in the Missouri Ozarks, she has developed an interest in traditional stories from that region. About her ever popular "Encounter With a Romance Novel," one reviewer wrote: "Horner's timing and delivery are so moving and funny that her performance is akin to great stand-up comedy." (The Bulletin Storytelling Review)
	P.O. Box 540 Wilmette IL 60091 and P.O. Box 836 Columbia, MO 65205-0836 Tollfree: 888-443-3816 Email: BethHorner@earthlink.net

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