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<p class="MsoNormal">The room at the Norman Public Library for the Medieval Fair Free Lecture has been changed from the A/B room to the Lowry Room.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:24.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990000">Early Stringed Instruments: Science, Sheep Gut, and Souls<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster, Norman, OK 73069<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Plucked, bowed, or hammered, strings have dominated music for millennia. This presentation examines our ancient obsession with vibrating
strings and how early cultures adapted stringed instruments for their musical preferences.
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2183B4">John McWilliams</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Associate Professor of Natural Science at Oklahoma Baptist University OBU
will be presenting a program on the art, science, and history of early music. He and his wife Sherry perform as Rose Rock Consort at Medieval Fair and other venues. He also makes his own historically accurate instruments and will bringing some for display.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sincerely (182 days until Fair),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ann Marie Eckart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Medieval Fair Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Phone 405-325-8610 Fax 405-325-0860
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:ameckart@ou.edu"><span style="color:blue">ameckart@ou.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:purple"><a href="http://www.medievalfair.org/"><span style="color:purple">www.medievalfair.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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