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Ken, Great! I am glad you are available. Our theme for the family reading night is "Read, White & Blue; Lincoln Lions Go Patriotic." Lincoln is one of our focus areas with his 200th birthday, but it is also an election year so we are focusing on the broader them of patriotism.  We will begin the evening in the gym for our opening with our families. We can move the piano into the gym. The next two sessions can focus on anything patriotic and reading. Let me know what you have in mind. We want to put together the flyer by the end of the month. If you can give me a short description of your small group sessions, then we will put them in the registration form. I would also appreciate a small bio of you and a description of your opening act.  $300 works for me. I will throw in a cup of coffee also!  I look forward to meeting you.  Thanks, Sheila

Ken Bradbury is the author of over 100 published plays and musicals, six books, and since 1996 has been named the most performed author of speech contest material in the United States. He’s written six plays and musicals on the life of Abraham Lincoln, one of which appeared on PBS television. His most recent Lincoln play, Mud, Mystics, and Molasses, was featured in October on ABC’s Good Morning America. Ken resides in Arenzville, Illinois, and after teaching Jr. High for 35 years recently joined the faculty of Lincoln Land Community College. He’s also been known to take a turn or two as the honky-tonk piano player on Peoria’s Spirit of Peoria riverboat. Opening Session… a quick tour of the music that made America.

Small group sessions: Americans Read! A short talk about what some famous Americans liked to read in elementary school and how to make your stories take on a life of their own.