Storyteller vows to make audience shudder

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 21, 2016

The Hadley Fund is promising local residents a presentation that will leave them screaming for more.

Storyteller Bill Wood is coming to the area on Halloween courtesy of the Hadley Fund.

It just isn’t Halloween without a good scary story, according to storyteller Bill Wood’s website. His repertoire features spine-tingling tales of the supernatural, frightening stories of fearsome beasts, and humorous accounts of the things that make us shudder.

Wood will be joined by music teacher Guenevere Finley for Hadley’s “Fall Frolic” on Sunday, Oct. 31. This special event will be held at London Grove Friends Meeting, 500 West Street Road in Kennett Square at 2 p.m.

All Hadley Fund events are free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For more information, call 610-444-1855 or visit http://www.hadleypresents.org. Event registration is available at www.HadleyPresents.TicketLeap.com.

The Hadley Fund started in 1962 when Hal Holbrook presented “A Night with Mark Twain.” Since then many musicians, lecturers and performers have graced Hadley’s stages, many of whom became famous after they appeared Kennett Square.

Notable past performers have included Martin Luther King Jr., Linus Pauling, Julius Erving, Marian Anderson, Alex Haley, Norman Cousins, Ogden Nash and Gloria Steinem. More recently, Hadley seasons have included lectures by Stephen Kress on puffins, Jerrold Post on terrorism, Linda Ales on photography, and award-winning journalists Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele on health policies.