Wednesdays at 8 p.m. at the Historical Museum, Fridays at 5 p.m. at Crow Valley School
— from Margot Shaw —
Orcas Storyteller Antoinette Botsford regales with island “Spooky Tales” on Wednesdays and Fridays
At 5 p.m. the school bell, rung by Antoinette Botsford, master storyteller, sounded to signal the start of Friday’s Spooky Tales. A full house of us, young and old alike crowded into the 1888 Crow Valley School Museum, and let our imaginations fly as we listened to “Hatchet Annie and the Boo Hag”, “The Lime Kiln Ghost,” and “The Handless, Hapless Lover.”
What were they about, you ask? Go to a “Spooky Tales” event in July and August (8 p.m. Wednesdays at the Pioneer Museum; 5 p.m. Fridays at the Crow Valley Museum) and hear these stories for yourself. You might hear different tales, or these embellished, as all good storytellers are wont to do.
But all have an Orcas connection. Tickets are available at the Pioneer Museum on North Beach Road, the Museum office: 376-4849, Crow Valley Museum, or at the door before each session. As they say, don’t miss it, or you’ll never know what that sound was that you heard in the Outlook Inn corridor!
If you have never heard Antionette’s stories, you must do so. Indeed, she is a master! Enjoyment for all ages for sure.
Please note bright shining orb near little dog Friday’s face. A sure sign that the spirits are enjoying themselves. Thanks Margo for your kind words, and thanks everybody for all the good work and follow through that is making this happen!
DO COME. More ghost stories on the way. Now that I’ve started, I’m getting more information almost daily. Some of them are about spirits other than ghosts, including angels. It wouldn’t be Orcas Island whthout angels, would it?
Love to old friends and new, Antoinette