Mountain stage with our host, larry groce. Mountain stage is a two hour radio show composed of Live Performances, musical offormances, from all kinds music all across the usa and all around the world. The music varies from african appellation time and appalachian and everything in between. [cheers] in 1983, in december, we started Mountain Stage regular broadcasting. It was once a month. I think 26 shows later, we were national. From the beginning, our idea was to show as many different sound of music as we could, reasonably , and that is what we still do. There have been so many folks many of them, of course, before anybody else ever heard of them. Way back in the early 1980s. Was 19krauss, when she years old. Sheryl crow when nobody knew who she was. Then they were people who were already very established when they were on the show. Like the old Ralph Stanley and joan baez and judy collins and the band and randy newman. We are going to finish this banditha with a from up in morgantow
I did not get a chance to email out his bio. Maybe, thebably, important critical , ther of the reagan legacy reagan flame, in america today. Frank work on the 1976 Reagan Campaign, he worked on the 1980 campaign. He worked in the reagan white house, he worked in the 1984 campaign, and he has also been longtime chairman of the reagan ranch, one of the three major touchstones in american politics today. If you know anything about the Ronald Reagan library, there is a reagan ranch. And we learned about Eureka College last week in illinois. So thank you for being here. Let me get right into it, and then the students, of course, will ask questions. You organized the very first conservative clinical action political 1973 action conference in 1973. Frank 1974. Craig right. And reagan spoke. Frank first of all, thank you very much for having me. It is great to be here with all of your students. Baseball player who used to play for the Union New York yankees, yogi bear y ogi barra, had a tenden
Government, the arrival of the first enslaved africans, the experiences of women, and the enslavement of native americans. Northern Virginia Community college and the office of Historic Alexandria cohosted this event. Welcome. In case you are wondering about cameras, cspan is covering this tonight for us. It will be broadcast may be a week from now. Year, we hold a lecture series in memory of a colleague who passed away a few years ago. Joseph winthrop, a dedicated and compassionate professor and social activist. And thees over there, woman who was married to him for many years is sitting here marilyn, glad to have you with us. Panell complete this tomorrow at the alexandria campus, because we are all professors at the alexandria northern Virginia Community college. Alexandra is a treat for history. And it is a treat to have these professors in a setting like the lyceum. We can rub shoulders with the ghost of the past. Yearhts topic is the 1619, a turning point not only for jamestown b
Tonights program is exciting. We are honored to partner with our good friends at the Richard Nixon foundation. I would like to welcome dr. Jim cavanaugh, the chairman of the board of the nixon foundation, his wife, esther, in the front row. [applause] q, the president of the nixon foundation, who you will hear from in a few moments. We have many distinguished guests, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the nixon foundation. We are honored to have you here tonight. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming first lady of the u. S. Under her leadership, the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection, which is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program but it is important to us at the White House Historical association, as a core part of our mission, which was inspired, as most of you or all of you know by first
Course, reagan on leadership. Frank, thanks for being with us. This is our course, you are german you are joining an august group such as john meacham. Always wanted to make grad school. [laughter] you finally did. I didnt get a chance to email out franks bio. This is may the single most important, critical keeper of the reagan legacy, the reagan legacy in america today. Frank worked on the 1976 reagan campaign, he worked on the 1980 campaign, he worked in the white house, he worked on the 1984 campaign, and he has been the longtime chairman of the reagan ranch, which has been one of the three major vantage points in american politics today. There is the library in simi valley, the ranch in santa barbara, and eureka college. Frank, thank you for being here. Let me get right into it, then the students will ask questions. You organized the very first conservative Political Action conference in 1973. 1974, right . 1974. And reagan spoke as the keynote speaker, the star attraction. First o