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SUMMARY:Kentucky Legends: Jean Ritchie
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DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kentucky Humanities\, Rachel Lee Rogers portrays 
 Jean Ritchie. This program is part of Kentucky Legends\, a series explorin
 g our state's culture\, history\, and lore..\nhttps://lexpublib.libnet.inf
 o/event/9680932
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Kentucky Humanities and the Lexington Publ
 ic Library present Rachel Lee Rogers as Jean Ritchie.</p>\n<p>Known as the
  &ldquo\;Mother of Folk\,&rdquo\; Jean Ritchie was a major contributor to 
 the national revival of folk music across America during the mid to second
  half of the 20th century. Traditional musician\, songwriter\, poet\, comm
 ercial performer\, recording artist\, author\, and composer Jean Ritchie\,
  born in Viper\, Perry County\, Kentucky\, in 1922\, was the youngest of B
 alis and Abigail Ritchie&rsquo\;s 14 children. She began her recording car
 eer in 1952\, signing with Elektra Records. Throughout her career she reco
 rded more than 35 albums\, which strongly reflect her Kentucky heritage an
 d featured her playing the mountain dulcimer.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Jean Ritchie 
 is portrayed by actress Rachel Lee Rogers of Versailles. Trained at Northe
 rn Kentucky University\, Rutgers\, and the London Academy of Music and Dra
 matic Arts\, Rogers currently serves as the arts facilitator at the School
  for the Creative Performing Arts at Bluegrass and as a local educator. Sh
 e has been a part of many international\, national\, and regional producti
 ons including performances with the Bluegrass Opera\, Woodford Theatre\, A
 ctors Guild of Lexington\, Lexington Shakespeare Festival\, Studio Players
 \, and the Lexington Public Library.</p>\n<p>Kentucky Chautauqua is an exc
 lusive presentation of Kentucky Humanities with support from the National&
 nbsp\;Endowment for the Humanities and from: Christina Lee Brown\, the Car
 son-Myre Charitable Foundation\, and PNC.&nbsp\;Kentucky Humanities is a n
 on-profit Kentucky corporation affiliated with the National Endowment for 
 the Humanities. For more information\, visit kyhumanities.org or call (859
 ) 257-5932.</p>\n<p>With music before and after the performance by Sarah K
 ate Morgan!</p>\n<p>Registration suggested.</p>\nhttps://lexpublib.libnet.
 info/event/9680932
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