Folk singing, storytelling duo traveling to USAFE bases

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SEMBACH AIR BASE, Germany (USAFENS) --  Folksingers James Bowen and Scott Hensley will visit U.S. Air Force in Europe bases July 17-28 to promote the EXTREME SUMMER ‘05 program. The storytelling duo, whose specialty is weaving stories and songs into a folktale blanket for listeners, will visit the following USAFE bases:

July 17 - RAF Alconbury , England
July 18 - RAF Croughton , England
July 19 - RAF Fairford , England
July 20 - RAF Lakenheath , England
July 21 - RAF Mildenhall , England
July 22 - Menwith Hill Station , England
July 23 - Vogelweh AB, and Sembach AB, Germany
July 24 - Ramstein AB and Sembach AB, Germany
July 25 - Kleine Brogel AB , Belgium
July 26 - Kalkar AB , Germany
July 27 - Volkel AB , Netherlands
July 28 - NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, and Spangdahlem AB , Germany

James Bowen is a professional storyteller, librarian and educator who has been sharing stories of far away lands, knights and dragons and the common folk found in simple country tales. For more than 17 years, he has entertained young and old alike with folk tales and folk music. His taste buds for his material come from the deep South where, he says, “gumbo and ‘gators are served up daily.”

Scott Hensley has been entertaining audiences around the world with his musical talents for the past 20 years. Classically trained as a singer, he has found a home in folk music and folk stories. For the past five years, he has traveled throughout the Southwest, amusing kids young and old. With humor and a booming voice, Hensley draws his audience into a lively concert experience that leaves them wanting more. He is an adjunct professor at Nova Southern University teaching ‘Technology and Information Literacy in School Libraries’ to future librarians.

The duo’s “boots are laced and our saddles are cinched for a rip-roaring ride in Europe with Extreme Summer!” said Bowen about this year’s tour. He said the team’s performance is called “Around the World in Song and Story” and “is a multi-cultural event performed in Spanish, French and English.”

For more information on Extreme Summer, visit the EXTREME SUMMER ’05 Web site at www.extremesummer.com or check out EXTREME SUMMER ’05 magazines, located in Services activities on all Air Force installations.