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- Exploring Hidden River Cave with Peggy Nims
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This is part six in a year-long series I'm currently working on called Kentucky Works.
The focus of the series is to look at people in their professions and how jobs have helped mold traditions and the culture of Kentucky.
Most of the pieces in Kentucky Works will be told solely by the worker.
This is my first attempt at doing a piece where my voice is not a part of the story.
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Piece Description
This is part six in a year-long series I'm currently working on called Kentucky Works. The focus of the series is to look at people in their professions and how jobs have helped mold traditions and the culture of Kentucky. Most of the pieces in Kentucky Works will be told solely by the worker. This is my first attempt at doing a piece where my voice is not a part of the story.
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"Water from the same source" - Rachel's, "systems/layers" quarterstick, 2003 excerpt length 3:30 minutes
Garry McCandless
Posted on July 07, 2005 at 11:46 AM | Permalink
Review of Exploring Hidden River Cave with Peggy Nims
By way of disclosure I should say that I've worked for the Public Radio Partnership.
This would be an excellent piece to drop into ATC or any magazine format show that deals with people telling their stories or the environment. The piece has the real feel of taking the listener on a journey. The piece also vividly captures the sounds of the cave and effectively uses music to enhance, but not overwhelm, the story.
Most importantly though, the story's main voice, caver Peggy Nims, is engaging, funny and insightful. This is the kind of piece that makes you remember why radio story telling can be so cool.