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Kentucky Writers in Celebration Event
2014 Schedule

Historic Penn's Store
Presents

The 2014 KENTUCKY WRITERS IN CELEBRATION

For a listing of the 2014 Kentucky Writers in Celebration participants and updates, click here.

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 APRIL 27

  Historic Penn's Store   

           257    Penn's Store Road               

  Gravel Switch, Kentucky  

10 AM ~ 5 PM 

Honoring the official April 24 Kentucky Writers Day and

"Kick Off" to The 2014 KENTUCKY WRITERS IN CELEBRATION EVENT

2014

      KENTUCKY       

  WRITERS IN CELEBRATION 

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APRIL 27

schedule

  Historic Penn's Store   

           257    Penn's Store Road               

  Gravel Switch, Kentucky  

EMCEE:  Chad Horn

" PRAISE SERVICE "


10:00 AM   CA Shelley ..................................................................................... Harrodsburg, KY

                  Opening Prayer              
10:30 AM   Yolantha Pace ................................................................................ Danville, KY
11:00 AM    Singing
11:10 AM   Rev. Maurice Blanchard ................................................................. Louisville, KY
11:30 AM   Dr. H R Stoneback, SUNY ................................................................ New Paltz, NY )
                 Congregation Singing
                 CLOSING PRAYER

12:00 NOON ....... LUNCH SOCIAL

 12:15 PM    Chad Horn ....................................................................................  Harrodsburg, KY
                   WELCOME
                   Reading of "DAVA'S POEM"
12:30 PM    Darlene Campbell ..........................................................................Columbia, KY 
12:45 PM    Roy Barnes .................................................................................... Louisville, KY
  1:00 PM    Leah Crafa ..................................................................................... Perryville, KY
  1:15 PM    Paul Stansbury ............................................................................... Danville, KY
  1:30 PM    Carolyn Ellis ................................................................................... Danville, KY
  1:45 PM    Christina Lovin ............................................................................... Lancaster, KY
  2:00 PM    Yolantha Pace ...............................................................................  Danville, KY
  2:10 PM    C A Shelley ...................................................................................   Burgin, KY

    2:20 PM     ...........................................BREAK ........................................

    2:30 PM    Dr. H R Stoneback .......................................................................... New Paltz, NY
                   EMR Society Members
  4:00 PM    Dawn Osborn ................................................................................ Penn's Store
  4:15 PM    Ken Mills ........................................................................................ Hustonville, KY
  4:30 PM    OPEN MIC
  4:45 PM    Chad Horn ..................................................................................... Harrodsburg, KY
  5:00 PM    CLOSING

  (Schedule, Participants and Times subject to change)

 *Bring Chair

*If one has Books / Other Items for sale, contact Penn's Store

 For More Information

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Historic Penn's Store
257 Penn's Store Road
Off Hwy 243 ~  3 miles se
Gravel Switch, Kentucky
Phone:  859 - 332.7706 or 7715
Email:  PennsStore@aol.com

* BRING A CHAIR
* Admission:  FREE

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 MAY 4

  Historic Penn's Store  

               257 Penn's Store Road               

  Gravel Switch, Kentucky  

1 PM ~ 5 PM 

 An OPEN MIC session for writers.

An afternoon open to novice as well as professional,

authors, poets, journalists, bloggers and writers of all genres to share their works.

* BRING A CHAIR

* Admission:  FREE 

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MAY 11

  Historic Penn's Store  

               257 Penn's Store Road               

  Gravel Switch, Kentucky  

1 PM ~ 5 PM 

 In honor of MOTHER'S DAY ... readings about "Mothers". 

Bring your Mother to Historic Penn's Store and share a special memory or "writing" about her. 

A token gift for each mother attending.

 * BRING A CHAIR

* Admission:  FREE

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MAY 18

  Historic Penn's Store  

               257 Penn's Store Road               

  Gravel Switch, Kentucky  

1 PM ~ 5 PM 

An Afternoon of STORY TELLING from the porch of Historic Penn's Store. 

Guest storytellers will be on hand to share their writings and words. 

Bring a chair, sit back and listen, or share your own "story".

 Scheduled Storytellers:

Carolyn Ellis ~  Danville, Kentucky

Ken Mills  ~  Hustonville, Kentucky

Paul Stansbury  ~  Danville, Kentucky

Ben Woodward  ~  Lexington, Kentucky

 ALL  ATTENDING AT PENN'S STORE

* BRING  CHAIR

* Admission:  FREE

Veterans Sharing in

the 2014 KENTUCKY WRITERS IN CELEBRATION event.

  Cards compliment of the Danville Chamber of Commerce and the Danville.Boyle County Convention & Visitors Bureau will be given to all attending the writers' events at Historic Penn's Store for writing a note to a veteran. 

Cards will be delivered to the VA Hospital in Lexington for distribution to the veterans. 

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All those attending the month long events at Historic Penn's Store should bring a pen.

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MAY 23 . 24 . 25 

   Historic Penn's Store    

               257 Penn's Store Road               

  Gravel Switch, Kentucky  

     May 24 .......11 AM ~ 3 PM          

MAY  24   ~   Saturday             

Kentucky  Writers In Celebration   

11:00 AM   ~   3:00 PM 

 A day honoring, encouraging, celebrating the UNBRIDLED SPIRIT of the written word.

EMCEE:  CHAD HORN

  WELCOME ~ Chad Horn .......... Harrodsburg, KY
11:00 AM ... Dixie Bertram................ Stanford, KY 
11:15 AM ... Leah Crafa ................   Perryville, KY  
11:30 AM ... Carolyn Ellis ................    Danville, KY
11:45 AM ... Yolantha Pace .............   Danville, KY
12:00 PM ...................... OPEN MIC .......................
12:15 PM ... Ken Mills ................... Hustonville, KY
12:30 PM ... Darlene Campbell ......  Columbia, KY
12:45 PM ... Dawn Osborn ..............   Penn's Store
1:00 PM .................      B R E A K     ......................
1:15 PM ... Eddie Price ...............  Hawesville, KY 
1:45 PM ... Paul Stansbury ............ Danville, KY

2:00 PM ... Ed McClanahan ......... Lexington, KY
2:15 PM ... Richard Moore ...........  Asheville, NC
2:30 PM ... Ben Thompson ..........  Somerset, KY
2:45 PM ... Amy W. Beckwith  ........Charlotte, NC  
3:00 PM ... Chad Horn ~ Collect Vet Cards / Closing

 ( Schedule, Participants and Times subject to change )

Books / Arts & Crafts / Plants

BRING CHAIR

MAY  25   ~   Sunday             

 Kentucky  Writers In Celebration

10:00 AM   ~   5:00 PM 

 A day honoring, encouraging, celebrating the UNBRIDLED SPIRIT of the written word.

EMCEE:  CHAD HORN

 Praise Service

10:00 AM ... Chad Horn ........................ Harrodsburg, KY
10:30 AM ... Yolantha Pace ........................ Danville, KY

11:00 AM ... Darlene Campbell ................ Columbia, KY
11:30 AM ... Eddie Price ......................... Hawesville, KY
 (addressing the Cane Ridge Revival of 1801)

12:00 PM ................... L U N C H    S O C I A L ...............

12:15 PM       Afternoon WELCOME ~ Chad Horn
12:30 PM ... Yolantha Pace .......................  Danville, KY 

12:45 PM ... Leah Crafa ........................... Perryville, KY
 1:00 PM ... Darlene Campbell ................. Columbia, KY
 1:15 PM ... Paul Stansbury .......................  Danville, KY
 1:30 PM ...  Eddie Price   ...................... Hawesville, KY
 2:00 PM ... Maurice Manning ................. Lexington, KY


 2:20 PM .................. GENEALOGY FORUM ............
Carolyn Crabtree ........ Parksville, KY

Doris Purdom ...... Gravel Switch, KY
Michael J. Denis ... Parksville, KY

3:00 PM ... Dawn Osborn  ......................    Penn's Store
3:15 PM ... Carolyn Ellis  ............................. Danville, KY
3:30 PM ... Ken Mills .............................  Hustonville, KY
3:45 PM ... Richard Moore ......................   Asheville, NC

4:00 PM ......................
O P E N   M I C  ............................

4:15 PM ... Chad Horn ........................... Harrodsburg, KY
4:30 PM ... Classic Harmonies ................... Parksville, KY
4:50 PM ... Chad Horn

                   *Collection of Vet Cards & CLOSING of the 2014 Event

  ( Schedule, Participants and Times subject to change )

Books / Arts & Crafts / Plants

BRING CHAIR

                   *Collection of Vet Cards & CLOSING of the 2014 Event

  ( Schedule, Participants and Times subject to change )

Books / Arts & Crafts / Plants

BRING CHAIR

   Weekend honoring, preserving,encouraging the UNBRIDLED SPIRIT of the written word.  

Professional and novice Authors, Poets, Writers, Journalists, Playwrights, Songwriters

Write A Vet 

 

Genealogy Forum 

Sunday Afternoon genealogists will address the importance of

writings in documentation and address other issues.

"Praise Service"

Sunday 10 AM ~ 12 Noon

Speakers & Congregation Singing

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 Books for sale.  Arts / Crafts.  Plants for sale.  Food.

* BRING A CHAIR

* Admission:  FREE

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MAY 23 & MAY 24

   DANVILLE COUNTRY CLUB 

                  1486   Lexington Road                         

  Danville, Kentucky   

        May 23 ....... 6 PM ~ 12 Midnight       

MAY  23   ~   Friday Evening         

SONGWRITERS  TRIBUTE  SHOW

ADMISSION: $5 adults ~ Children 4& under "FREE"

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 Emcees:  LARRY SANDERS  &  JIM POWELL

  6:00 PM ... CHIAROSCURO ............. KY & CA ............................................................   Classics
 6:30 PM ... Special Performance

                  former members of The EXILES ...............................................................    Rock

 7:00 PM ... JOSEPH ........................ Lexington, KY ....................................................    Folk
 7:30 PM ... GREGG NEIKIRK ........... Westfield, MA .....................................................    Jazz
 8:00 PM ... PHILLIP CLARKSON ..... Bradfordsville, KY ............................................ Country
 8:30 PM ... JENNY  .......... Central Kentucky ....................................  Country Rock
 9:30 PM ... DAWN OSBORN ............ Penn's Store .....................................................   Blues
10:30 PM ... BACK STREET ............... Lebanon, KY ........................................   Motown /R&B
11:30 PM ... RICHARD MOORE ........  Ashville, NC ..................................................    Country

  ( Schedule, Participants and Times subject to change )

  IN THE LOBBY
(No fee is charged to visit with the writers in the lobby)

6:00 PM  ~  8:00 PM

BOOK SIGNINGS BY

* BILLY REED  --   Celebrating 54 Years of Freedom Hall        
* JAMES HIGDON
  --    The Cornbread Mafia
* MAURICE MANNING --  The Common Man  
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OBIE SLATER
--    Club Cherry
* RICK LEE  --   Tribute to Valor and Courage       
* RANDY WESTBROOK --  50 Years of EXILE: The Story of a Band in Transition

* Rick Lee -- Tribute to Valor and Courage
* Darlene Campbell -- I Listened, Momma, Uncommon Clay, Looking for Pork Chop McQuade and                                       Touched

Admission: Adults and children over 4 years of age -- $5
children 4 and under free

Songwriters performing at least one original song. 

          MAY  24   ~   Saturday Evening         

SONGWRITERS  TRIBUTE  SHOW

               Danville Country Club   ~   Danville, Kentucky                   

 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

6:00 PM   ~   12 Midnight

ADMISSION: $5 adults ~ Children 4& under "FREE"

 Songwriters & Musicians honoring the written word of song; originals & others.

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Emcees:  LARRY SANDERS  &  JIM POWELL

6:00 PM ... GLENN METZGER ................ Louisville, KY .................................... Folk                          

 6:30 PM ... GREGG NEIKIRK .................. Westfield, MA ....................................  Jazz

 7:00 PM ... ANDY RICE .........................  Harrodsburg, KY .............................. Country

 7:30 PM ... FIGURE 8 ..........................   Harrodsburg, Ky ..................................  Rock

 8:00 PM ... JOEL MILLER ...................... Lawrenceburg, KY ........................... Country

 8:30 PM ... BORDERLINE ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Central Kentucky .............................. Country

 9:30 PM ... DAWN OSBORN .................  Penn's Store ........................................  Blues

10:00 PM ... BACKSTREET ...................  Lebanon, KY ........................... Motown / R&B

10:40 PM ... BY THE BUSHEL ............... Elizabethtown, KY ......... Americana/Folk Rock

11:40 PM ... RICHARD MOORE .............  Ashville, NC ....................................... Country

  ( Schedule, Participants and Times subject to change )

 IN THE LOBBY

6:00 PM  ~  8:00 PM

BOOK SIGNINGS BY

*DAVE  SHUFFETT --   My Kentucky Life
*MAURICE  MANNING  --  The Common Man
*RICK LEE --  Tribute to Valor and Courage
* OBIE SLATER  --  Club Cherry
*BEN WOODWARD -- The Boy Who Flew With Eagles

 EMCEES:  Larry Sanders & Jim Powell

 * Contact the Danville Country Club re: Admission Fee

859 ~ 236.7197

 Special Guests

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Friday Evening

Former members of The Exiles in performance

In the Lobby

Friday Evening -- May 23

William F. "Billy" Reed
Louisville, Kentucky
National Award-Winning Newspaper and Magazine Journalist,
Radio Talk Show Host
Public Speaker, Investigative Reporter, Communications Specialist
Author of 12 books
Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
U. S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame
Author of
Celebrating 54 Years of Freedom Hall

The Monarchs and the Great American Rock & Roll Dream

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Friday Evening -- May 23

Leon Middleton

Member of the legendary rock band The Monarchs

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Friday Evening -- May 23

James Higdon

James Higdon has worked for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, the New York Times, contributed to The Prairie Home Companion, researched the NYPD counter-terrorism and intelligence divisions for the new CBS series NYC 22 (produced by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal), and is currently a contributing editor with PBS Frontline’s Tehran Bureau.

Author of
The CORNBREAD MAFIA

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Saturday Evening -- May 24

 DAVE SHUFFETT

Dave Shuffett is a nine-time Emmy Award nominee, winner of a national TELLY AWARD.  Is host and producer of KET's weekly series "KENTUCKY LIFE" and co-host of the popular new  KET series, "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".  He is also the bi-monthly “Great Outdoors” columnist and photographer for Kentucky Living magazine.   Shuffett was the host and producer for the long running "KENTUCKY AFIELD".  On the national level he was owner and host of "Outdoors with Dave Shuffett" airing on broadcast stations as well The Outdoor Channel.  This is his first book.

Author of

MY KENTUCKY LIFE

 

 

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Saturday Evening -- May 24

 RANDY WESTBROOK

Randy Westbrook is a professor at Eastern Kentucky University and Bluegrass Community and Technical College.

Author of

50 YEARS of EXILE:  The Story of A Band in Transition

 

 

 

 

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Friday Evening ~ MAY  23    &    Saturday Evening  ~ MAY  24

MAURICE MANNING

Maurice Manning was a Guggenheim fellow for 2011-2012.  His fourth book of poetry, The Common Man, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011.
Manning teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and at Transylvania University in Lexington.  Most recently Manning received the Lee Smith Award
 from Lincoln Memorial University. 

Author of

 The Common Man 

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Friday Evening -- May 23

RICK LEE

Rick Lee's awards include the Bronze Star, Army Commendation, Southwest Asia and National Defense Medals as well as the Parachutist and Air Assault Badges.  A veteran of the Gulf War, he is an affiliate of the 761st Tank Battalion & Allied Veteran’s Association as well as a member of the Central Kentucky World War II Roundtable. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and a Masters degree from Murray State University. 

He is author of the book Tribute to Valor and Courage. The nonfiction work chronicles the lives of several veterans of World War II and the former last known living American veteran from World War I.

Author of

TRIBUTE to VALOR and COURAGE

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Friday Evening ~ MAY  23    &    Saturday Evening MAY  24

 

OBIE SLATER

 From the cotton fields of the Egypt Plantation in Bentonia, Mississippi,
to Manager of the famed "CLUB CHERRY" in Lebanon, Kentucky,
to a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee.

Obie Slater recalls the famous entertainers, from Otis Redding, to Count Bassie, Jimmy Hentricks, Ike and Tina Turner, and many others that performed at Club Cherry before they became "Stars". 

Author of

 CLUB CHERRY

 Other Authors To Be Added

CD's available for purchase.

 * Those attending at Historic Penn's Store, BRING A CHAIR

* Times and Schedules subject to change. 

For more information 

Email:  PennsStore@aol.com

Phone:  859 ~ 332.7706 or 7715

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(Those attending the event at Penn's Store should bring a chair) 

Historic Penn's Store
257 Penn's Store Road
Gravel Switch, Kentucky
(Junction of Boyle, Casey, Marion counties - 3 miles SE of Gravel Switch -  
off Hwy. 243 )
GPS Coordinates: N37.549912; W085.028191

For more information:

Contact:  JEANNE PENN LANE
Email:    PennsStore@aol.com

Tel:   859 . 332-7706 / 7715

You may also visit Jeanne Lane on her personal Facebook page.

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