American Folklore Pageant

Here is the first draft of the program for the American Folklore Pageant. Please check that I have you assigned to the proper character. You may change your mind about whom you would like to portray, as long as you let me know about it before Noon on Monday -- Labor Day. If you would like to change or amend the one line description of your character to tailor it more to your presentation, please let me know. The order given below is by the numbers that were assigned. This will be the order the pageant will follow:

Joseph B: Brer Rabbit
The plantation trickster, known to outsmart those who would rather eat him for lunch or dinner

Elizabeth: Paul Bunyan
The giant lumberjack whose life companion was a blue ox named Babe

Julianna: Unsinkable Molly Brown
The American socialite who became famous for surviving the 1912 sinking of the Titanic

Mike: Al Capone
The notorious gangster and racketeer dedicated to bootlegging during the Prohibition

Naomi: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
The notorious train robbers and bank robbers who headed up the Hole in the Wall Gang

Jennifer: Black Aggie
The spooky, cowl-clothed statue rumored to come alive at night with glowing red eyes

Ashley: Amelia Earhart
Aviation pioneer who disappeared in the South Pacific while attempting to circumnavigate the globe

Marcella: Annie Oakley
Exhibition sharpshooter who became known as the first female American superstar

Sean: Pecos Bill
Legendary cowboy immortalized for using a rattlesnake for a lasso and riding a cyclone

Olivia: Sacajawea
Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their exploration of the western U.S.

Annmarie: Harry Houdini
Magician and stunt performer most well known for escaping from handcuffs, strait jackets, and an over-sized milk can

Gabriela: Jersey Devil
Legendary flying biped said to inhabit and haunt the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey

Larry: The Catskill Gnomes
Famous "little people" with bushy beards and eyes like pigs', known for their special brew

Peter: Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
A woman so strong that she could throw a crocodile a mile and wrestle bears with impunity