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Membership Information

Schedule of Events

Location

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OPEN
Monday through Friday
9:00 - 4:00
May - Nov. Week End Hours of:
Saturday 10:00 - 4:00
Sunday 1:00 - 4:00


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Membership

Categories:
Student$5.00
Individual$15.00
Family $25.00
Sponsor$50.00
Supporter$100.00
Benefactor$500.00

Founder$1,000.00

Benefits:
Mailings
Newsletter, Schedule of Events, Invitations
Special Offers
All Memberships of $50.00 or more
receive signed print, Big Spring,
by Edith Linn Clifton
Purchases
Visits







Program and Event Schedule
for the Year 2000
for All Citizens in the Area

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January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August |
September | October | November | December

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January 31, 2000
11:00 - 1:00
"The Assasination of William Gobel"

Speakers: Dr. James Klotter and Ron Elliott
Exhibit of Gobel memorabilia on loan from various sources
Plus book signing by the author/speakers.
Soup and sandwich lunch
Chairman: John Toncray

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February 12, 2000
1:30 P.M. "One Man's Lincoln" with George McGee
Reception following.
Lincoln's Birthday

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March 20, 2000
12:00 - "Lunch with Simone Bolivar Buckner"
A Chataqua presentation to accompany the lunch YOU bring.
Beverage and dessert served.

March 31, 2000
6:00 P.M. - Reception
6:30 P.M. - "Friends of the Museum Annual Dinner"
Spindle Top - Ironworks Pike, Lexington
Reservations required - Call: 863-6201
Business session with election of new board members.
Plus:
Speaker: George Lusby, Scott County Judge Executive

Chairman: Joe Rhinehart

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April 10, 2000
"Appalachian Spring: The Mountains in the Bluegrass"

11:00 AM
"Appalachian Foods: Defining a Culture"
Dr. Mark F. Sohn, author of "Mountain Country Cooking"
and Professor of Psychology, Pikeville College
12:00 PM
Lunch Provided - recipes from Dr. Sohn's cookbook
1:00 PM
"Eastern Kentucky in Kentucky's History, Positive and Negative"
Dr. Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky Historian Emeritus
2:00 PM
Opening - six weeks exhibits and programs
"Appalachian Spring: The Mountains in the Bluegrass"

At noon on Wednesdays during the exhibit (April 10 - May 21), the curators of the various displays will conduct short gallery tours of their exhibits. Exhibits presented by: Billy Hicks, Rose Mahone, John Fitch, Eve and Sandy Spears, Everette Varney, James Klotter, Robert Trent, Ann and William Bevins, Matt Hall, Jack and June Williams, Kitty Dougoud, and Lucien Royse.

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Monday, April 17, 2000
10:00 AM
"Affrilachia Poems" - The Black experience in Appalachian Kentucky
Frank X. Walker, Director of the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts
Louisville, Kentucky

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Saturday, April 29, 2000
2:00 PM
"Voices from the Hill Country: My Grandmother's Story"
Elissa May-Plattner, Kentucky Humanities Council
Lexington, Kentucky

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Monday, May 1, 2000
7:00 PM
"Josie, A Mountain Portrait"
An original musical based on family stories of life in Eastern Kentucky
Jennifer Rose, Appalachian Musician
Berea, Kentucky

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Monday, May 8, 2000
3:30 PM
"Appalachian Literature from John Fox, Jr., into the Future"
James C. Klotter, Prof. of History
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY

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June 4, 2000
Opening Reception: 2:00 - 5:00
"With Needle and Thread: Preserving Our Heritage In Quilts"
Exhibit runs through July 15, 2000

Chairman: Connie Minch

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June 25, 2000
"50 Years: Korea Remembered"
Reception, program of remembering and
Opening of Exhibit: 2:00-5:00 PM
Memories and Recognition of veterans.

Chairman: Jo Thiessen

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"With Needle and Thread: Preserving Our Heritage In Quilts"
Exhibit runs through July 15, 2000

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No Scheduled Event

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September 18, 2000
"A POW's Experiences in WWII"
Plus New Exhibit and Explanation of Model Trains
10:00 A.M.
Hugo Hassloch, Speaker and Doug Cox, Exhibitor

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October 23, 2000
"Georgetown College: Its History" - A walking tour of the campus
9:30 A.M. beginning at the museum for coffee and rolls
Lunch at the Mulberry Cafe, Georgetown College Library

Chairman: Joe Rinehart

NOTE: "The Black Experience in Scott County" has been rescheduled for Feb., 2001

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November 2, 2000 - 5:00 P.M.
"To Japan and Back"

Check out Georgetown & Scott County's exhibit
that went to Tahara-Cho - and returned safely.
On display from Oct. 30-Nov. 15


November 6, 2000 - 10:00 A.M.
"Stringed Instruments"
A program, concert and induction into the Museum's
Stringed Instrument Makers Hall of Fame
of
Bill Huckaby - who joins other members

Peak's Mill resident, Bill Huckaby, makes several sizes of regular violins as well as Hardanger fiddles. Check out the program.

Chairmen: Ann Bevins and Jan Farley


"All Aboard: a Railroad Tour"
Opening of the six week train exhibit - November 27

NOTE: "The Black Experience in Scott County" has been rescheduled for Feb., 2001

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December 9, 2000 - 6:30 P.M.
"All Aboard: a Railroad Tour"
A Dining Car dinner


December 4, 2000 - 10:00 A.M.

"This Little Light of Mine"

Holiday traditions of music and candles ~
share your favorite candle, or candle story, with us.
Musical presenters: Alonzo Robinson, Martha and Greg Figgs, Joe Henderson and Nycoe Morton. Readings by John Henderson and Mary Young

Chairman: Sally Henderson


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