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MainStreet  
Program Number: 2402
"Silas House"
 
Producer: Beckley
Length: 25:45


Coming up on MainStreet, a conversation with up and coming young author Silas House. Meet the man that brings Appalachia to life with a thirty something perspective. From the ripe old age of 8, Silas knew he wanted to be a writer, yet he didn’t get much encouragement. So he persevered and realized that dream some 20 years later with a publication of his first book, Clay’s Quilt. The book met with rave reviews and Silas believes that his writing resonates with the reader because he brings a thirty something, generation X perspective to Appalachia.

Houses’ second book A Parchment of Leaves was met with equally good reviews from the public and critics alike. The young author is currently putting the finishing touches on his third book tentatively titled The Cold Tattoo which is scheduled to be out in due for release in late 2004.

 

MainStreet  
Program Number: 2404
"Music, Miniatures and Mammals"
 
Producer: Beckley
Length: 29:20


We’ll mix a little jazz and swing and travel to Louisville to meet the members of a Juggernaut Jug band. Then meet a man who is keeping the beat alive through the river city drum corps and then it is off to Woodburn for scale model musical miniatures. Plus stomping at the big top of the circus comes to town.

On today’s program we are going to meet some Kentuckians who make their own kind of music. From jug bands, to drum corps, to woodworking to animal handling, it is life set to their own beat. On this edition of MainStreet it is music, miniatures and mammals.

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It has been a well kept secret that jug band music originated in Louisville, KY, a traditional musical style from the 1940s. It is been kept alive by members of the Juggernaut Jug Band who have been playing together for the last three decades. They use a variety of instruments and of course the distinctive jug. A new Southern perspective, throw in a jug and you have got one of the oldest styles of music in Kentucky.

Juggernaut Jug Band
www.juggernautjugband.com
1-800-901-8485

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Thanks to a state grant and a love of music, the members of the River City Drum Corps have been keeping the beat alive as they travel around the commonwealth, spreading the music and keeping it a family affair.

River City Drum Corps
1-502-361-5199

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You might say Karen Scates of Woodburn, KY takes musical scale to the minutiae. Her love for woodworking and an eye for detail have put Karen’s miniatures on the collectors map.

Karen’s Miniatures
1-270-796-7228
12066 Nashville Rd
Woodburn, KY 42170
(270) 796-7228
kscates@hotmail.com

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Pat Harned moved from Leitchfield KY to Florida with dreams of playing professional baseball, but then fate intervened and Pat soon found his true passion – elephants. Pat is the trainer and handler for the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, the hometown edition which recently made a stop in Bowling Green where we caught up Pat and Gunter, his rather large charge.

Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus
www.feldentertainment.com

 

MainStreet  
Program Number: 2405
"Art & Fire"
 
Producer: Brinkley/Noel
Length: 29:15

 

Coming up on MainStreet – Art and Fire. First, we will visit a Franklin artist whose joyful unpretentious work provides comfort and inspiration across the globe. Then travel with us to Sumner Co. Tennessee to meet a Polish American who provides the look of the old world with the shapes of the new. Next we will stay above the ground and in the air at Mammoth Cave National Park to see how fire can be a good thing. And finally meet an Ohio Co couple that wants you to enjoy dinner with their funny fury friends.

Our region is home to many unique to people and places. On this edition of Mainstreet see how good things come in many different packages. Feel good frames, fabric formations, fired up forest and funny friends.

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James Pearson’s believes that art is for everyone so this Simpson County artist made his unique and inspiring works available on line and in galleries. Let’s take a look at this artist that wants to be a positive uncomplicated influence in an often times complex and complicated world.

www.pearsonart.com

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Joanna Sosnicki has always loved the look of the antique old world tapestries. There is only one problem, she couldn’t afford them. So she decided to turn her love into art and now this Goodlettsville resident mixes the look of the old with the shapes of the new.

Joanna Sosnicki
615-826-2165

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Mammoth Cave National Park is 53 acres of trails and woodlands. So the thought of a forest fire is not necessarily a good one – that is changing however, as park staffers are being trained to embrace a fire as a good thing that can bring about growth and change in this international biosphere.

www.nps.gov/fire

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It’s a Jungle Clayworks is owned by an Ohio County couple who wanted to turn functional pottery into much much more. What do you say we join them for a trip into the wild with these adorable creatures?

It’s a Jungle Clayworks
270-298-9473

 

MainStreet  
Program Number: 2409
"Everyday Escapes"
 
Producer: Brinkley/Noel
Length: 28:30


First we travel to Cave City for an adventure from Down under. Escape with us to the Australian Outback right here in our own backyard. Then slow down to the sounds of a Bowling Green newsman who can give you the whole story through song. And finally spend a lazy afternoon on the Green River with an author who shows us how to share his favorite escape.

Our region is home to people and places that provide us with great escape and entertainment possibilities. On this edition of MainStreet, we are going to explore three such opportunities. Outback originals, soulful storytelling and waterway wandering.

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Have you ever meet a kangaroo, a wallaby or hand fed a pesky laurie? Well guess what? You can and right here in our own backyard. What say we go experience a Kentucky Down Under adventure?

Kentucky Down Under
800-762-2869
www.kdu.com

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Dan Modlin is a man of many talents. He is an award winning radio journalists and a soulful song writer. Now you may think the two are very different, but according to Dan they are really not – it is all about storytelling.

WKYU-FM
www.wkyufm.org

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The song “Summertime” comes to mind when you think about traveling down the Green River on a lazy summer afternoon. For outdoors author Johnny Molloy, traveling the waterways of KY is not only a great way to spend time with family and friends; it is also a great way to relax. Let’s find out why.

www.johnnymolloy.com

 

 

MainStreet  
Program Number: 2411
"Trips through Time"
 
Producer: Brinkley/Beckley
Length: 25:13


Coming up on MainStreet, trips through time, first join us as we let music and tradition take us back through time at the Glasgow Highland Games. Then we will take to you an event at the Kentucky Museum in Bowling Green where timing is everything. And finally we end up in Louisville in an old building at a new museum that tells an incredible story of our past.

You know Kentucky is filled with rich tradition and history. On this edition of MainStreet we will take a look at some of the rest of the world from three unique perspectives, Glasgow Highland Games, traditional time pieces and amazing arms.

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The Glasgow Highland Games held every year in Glasgow, KY are a mix of family, tradition and imagination. The music transports participants and spectators as well to a place where the ties of clan and kin were very crucial. Journey with us now as we experience the sights and sounds of the Glasgow Highland Games.

www.glasgowhighlandgames.org

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From the earliest tracking of the stars to the sundial, man strives to accurately mark the passage of time. Well judging from the turn out from a recent antique clock appraisal event held in Bowling Green, man’s quest continues.

National Association of
Watch & Clock Collectors
www.nawcc.org

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The Fraizer Arms Museum opened to rave reviews in early 2004. What you may ask is a world class museum dedicated to historical weaponry doing in Louisville, KY? Well the answer is really rather simple, you take a local collector, Ausley Brown Fraizer and set him up with the Royal Army’s collection from England in old building in downtown Louisville and there you can tell the story of history through the weaponry used to shape it.

Frazier Arms Museum

www.fraizerarmmuseum.org
502-412-0221

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