Rachel Lee Rogers is pictured. SUBMITTED PHOTO
WURTLAND The Singinâ Gatherinâ Old-Time Music Day will return at noon June 12, after a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The free event at the McConnell House will feature Kentucky Memories, a traditional music group including Keith Garvin, a volunteer with Greenup Arts and the Greenup County Extension Council. Garvinâs son, Michael, also plays in Kentucky Memories.
Families making music together is essential to the event. Also part of Kentucky Memories are their cousins, Philip Litteral, who plays guitar, and George Litteral, who plays banjo.
âFamilies playing music together is a local tradition and part of our local cultural heritage,â Anne Stephens, Greenup County Extension Agent for Fine Arts and Community Development, said. âWhen the Fraley family (also related to the Garvins and the Litterals) started the American Folk Song Festival, it was really a family reunion with music. There