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Contact: Amy Armstrong
Director of University Relations
Tel: 830.792.7405
Email:
anarmstrong@schreiner.edu |
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For
Immediate Release
June 5, 2008 |
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THMF
Peabody Award-winning series to be on KTXI |
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KTXI (90.1 FM), the local
Texas Public Radio, will feature
“Whole Lotta Shakin,” a documentary series about the
glory days of rockabilly music. The 10-part series was
produced under the aegis of the
Texas Heritage Music Foundation, based at Schreiner
University in Kerrville, Texas, and recently received the
prestigious
George Foster Peabody Award. The show will air at 7
p.m., Saturdays, June 7-August 9. |
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THMF foundation is the brainchild of executive director
Kathleen Hudson, professor of English at Schreiner and
author of “Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs.” |
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The prestigious Peabody award is administered by
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
at The University of Georgia. Peabodys, which may
vary in number from year to year, are chosen by a
board of 16 critics, arts and culture experts, and
executives from broadcast and cable television. The
awards were established in 1940 and are the oldest
award honoring electronic media—now including the
Internet.
THMF is a nonprofit founded in 1987 by Dr. Hudson and
moved to a permanent home on the Schreiner campus in
2004. It sponsors several annual events, including
Texas Living History Weekend and
Texas Music Coffeehouse on the Schreiner campus.
For more information about the foundation, visit
www.texasheritagemusic.org. |
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“Whole Lotta Shakin”
was produced by Lex Gillespie, an independent radio
and TV producer, whose rhythm and blues documentary,
“Let the Good Times Roll,” won a 2005 Peabody. The
10-episode “Shakin” program includes music from
Elvis, Johnny Cash, Brenda Lee, Wanda Jackson, Roy
Orbison, Buddy Holly and, of course, Jerry Lee
Lewis. One episode focuses on Texas music of the
time” “Shake This Shack: Cat Music from the Lone
Star State.” For more information about this series,
visit the Web at
www.tpr.org/programs/wholelottashakin.html
or
www.rockabillyradio.org. |
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