FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15

"SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE"
Off Broadway Cafe (upstairs Cathedral Room), 518 North Third Street, Danville, KY
(859-236-7342)

Admission free

6:30pm - Midnight

Kick-off to the 2011 KWD CELEBRATION weekend honoring the state's official Writers' Day.  An evening featuring songwriters from Kentucky and other states in musical tribute to the written word.

Friday Schedule
EMCEE :  ANDY COLLEY

  6:30 PM .......... Welcome Emcee Andy Colley (100.9 MIKE FM Lebanon/Springfield/Bardstown)
  6:45 PM .......... Mike Evces (Idaho/Danville, KY)
  7:00 PM .......... Joe Crafa & Leah Clark (Brooklyn, NY/Perryville, KY)
  7:15 PM .......... Aaron Raitiere (Nashville, TN)
  7:30 PM .......... Sarah Elizabeth (Kevil, KY)
  7:45 PM .......... Gordon Webb (W. VA/Elizabethtown, KY/Lebanon, KY)
  8:00 PM .......... Joel Miller / Dooley Miller Band (Frankfort, KY)
  8:45 PM .......... Barry Morrison (Elizabethtown, KY)
  9:00 PM .......... Dawn Osborn (Penn's Store, KY)
  9:30 PM .......... Gregg & Adam Neikirk (Westfield, Massachusetts)
  9:45 PM .......... Joseph Camuglia (Hudson Valley, NY/Lexington, KY)
10:00 PM ......... Tony Cooper & E'Band (Elizabethtown, KY)
                              MamaKitty Southwood
                               Kim Webber & Mark DeWitt
10:30 PM ......... Jon Nesbitt (PA/Lebanon, KY)
10:45 PM ......... Mike Hill & Friends (Lebanon, KY & Louisville, KY)
11:15 PM ......... Richard Moore (Ashville, NC)
11:30 PM ......... JAM
12:00 AM ......... ( close ) 

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

2011 KENTUCKY WRITERS' DAY CELEBRATION
West T. Hill Community Theatre, 117 Larrimore Lane, Danville, KY

Admission Free

10:00am-4:00pm

Special Guests

Saturday Schedule
EMCEE :  HERSHEL McKINLEY

10:00 AM .......... WELCOME - Hershel McKinley (Burgin, KY)
                           DAVA'S Poem
               ..........  Wilma Brown (Danville, KY)
               ..........  Doris Purdom (Forkland, KY)
               ..........  Charlie Cox (Danville, KY)

10:15 AM ......... Amy Potts (Frankfort, KY)
10:30 AM ......... James Pope (Perryville, KY)
10:45 AM ......... Paula Sparrow (Louisville, KY)
11:00 AM ......... Larry Hafley (Illinois/Cookeville, TN)
11:15 AM ......... Paula Hill (Danville, KY)
11:30 AM ......... Joe Crafa & Leah Clark (songwriters) (Brooklyn, NY/Perryville, KY)
11:45 AM ..........Hershel McKinley (Burgin, KY)
12:00 PM ......... Mark Metcalf (Lancaster, KY)
12:15 PM ......... Betty Pace (Berea, KY)
12:30 PM ......... Debra A. Revell (Winchester, KY)
12:35 PM ......... Russell Vassallo (New Jersey/Casey County, KY)

12:35 PM ............... BREAK

 1:00 PM ......... Liz Orndorff (Danville, KY)
 1:45 PM ......... Dawn Osborn (songwriter) (Penn's Store, KY)
 2:00 PM ......... Ed McClanahan (Lexington, KY)
 2:15 PM ......... Maurice Manning (Indiana)
 2:30 PM ......... Paula Sparrow (Louisville, KY)
 2:45 PM ......... OPEN MIC
              .............. Aaron Raitiere (songwriter) (Nashville, TN)
              .............. C. A. Shelley (Lexington, KY/Lake Herrington, KY)
              .............. Darlene Campbell (Columbia, KY)
 3:00 PM ......... Larry Hafley (Cookeville, TN)
 3:15 PM ......... Paula Hill (Danville, KY)
 3:30 PM ......... Dixie Bertram (Stanford, KY)
 3:45 PM ......... Darlene Campbell (Adair County, Kentucky)
 4:00 PM ............... CLOSING

SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 16

2011 KWD "SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE"
Off Broadway Cafe, 518 North Third Street, Danville, KY
(859-236-7342)

Admission Free

6:30pm-1:00am

Saturday Evening Schedule

 6:30 PM .......... Aaron Raitiere (Nashville, TN)
 6:45 PM .......... Joseph Camuglia (Hudson Valley, NY/Lexington)
 7:00 PM .......... Andy Rice (Harrodsburg, KY)
 7:15 PM .......... Sarah Elizabeth (Kevil, KY)
 7:30 PM .......... Dix River Crossing (Central Kentucky)
 8:00 PM .......... Terry Swett (North Bridgton, Maine)
 8:15 PM .......... Dan Waters & Ron Payne (Lancaster, KY)
 

 8:30 PM .......... Special Music Guest

Michael Johnathon
WOODSONGS OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR
Lexington, KY
www.woodsongs.com
www.michaeljohnathon.com

 9:15 PM .......... Joel Miller (Frankfort, KY)
 9:30 PM .......... Glenn Metzger (Louisville, KY)
 9:45 PM .......... Gregg & Adam Neikirk (Westfield, Massachusetts)
10:00 PM ......... Dawn Osborn (Penn's Store, KY)
10:30 PM ......... Jon Nesbitt (PA/Lebanon, KY)
10:45 PM ......... Richard Moore (Ashville, NC)
11:00 PM ......... Joe Crafa & Leah Clark (Brooklyn, NY/Perryville, KY)
11:15 PM ......... Tony Cooper & E'Band (Elizabethtown, KY)
                              MamaKitty Southwood
                               Kim Webber & Mark DeWitt
11:45 PM ......... Andy Rice (Harrodsburg, KY)
12:00 PM ......... JAM
 1:00 AM .........  ( close )

SUNDAY, APRIL 17

2011 KENTUCKY WRITERS' DAY CELEBRATION & AWARDS
A Day in Honor and Tribute to the "Written Word"
Historic Penn's Store, 257 Penn's Store Road, Gravel Switch, KY
(859-332-7706/7715)

NOTICE:
Because of a soggy floodplain (no parking) the Sunday event will be moved to
FORKLAND COMMUNITY CENTER 3 miles east of Penn's Store on Highway 37

12:00 noon - 5:00pm

Admission Free

NEWS BULLETIN

Special Guests & Premier

Dr. H R Stoneback, SUNY, New Paltz, NY with Amanda Boyle & Brad McDuffie ( eds.) will premier the world release of  FROM PENN'S STORE TO THE WORLD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS .   This new book of poetry grew out of the Penn's Store Benefit Poetry Reading in New York, organized by H. R. Stoneback. The volume contains 49 poems on the "old country store" theme, written by scores of poets from many states and countries. The official release date for the book is Sunday,  April 17 at the Kentucky Writers Day program at Penn's Store (2:30 PM-4:00 PM). The ceremony will include some of the poets included in the anthology reading their work. Copies will be available for sale at the Penn's Store program--all proceeds to benefit the  restoration/preservation of this cherished historic landmark.

Other Writers/Musicians

Sunday Schedule
EMCEE :  ANDY COLLEY

 12:00 PM .......... WELCOME - Andy Colley
               .......... Chris Hamilton (Lebanon, KY)
12:15 PM .......... Joseph Camuglia (Hudson Valley, NY/Lexington, KY)
12:30 PM .......... Darlene Campbell (Columbia, KY)
12:45 PM .......... Classic Harmonies (PA/Perryville, KY)
  1:00 PM ............... OPEN MIC
  1:15 PM .......... Sarah ELizabeth (Kevil, KY)
  1:30 PM .......... Susan H. Simpson (Springfield, KY)
  1:45 PM .......... Regina Wethington (Summersville, KY)
  2:00 PM .......... Carolyn Crabtree (Parksville, KY)
  2:15 PM .......... Richard Moore (Ashville, NC)
  2:30 PM .......... Dr. H R Stoneback (New Paltz, NY)
  3:00 PM .......... Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society (East Coast States)
  4:00 PM .......... Dawn Osborn (Penn's Store, KY) 
  4:15 PM .......... Darlene Campbell (Columbia, KY)
  4:30 PM .......... Joe Crafa & Leah Clark (Brooklyn, NY/Perryville, KY)
  4:45 PM ............... OPEN MIC
  5:00 PM ............... CLOSING