For Release: 2009-11-03 00:00:00
Kentucky Life host Dave Shuffett goes to bat for the team when he spends the day working at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory on the next edition of the program, airing Saturday, Nov. 21 at 8/7 p.m. CT and Sunday, Nov. 22 at 4:30/3:30 p.m. CT on KET and Sunday Nov. 22 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT on KET2.First in a "Dave Does It" segment, Shuffett discover what goes into manufacturing the officially sanctioned bat of Major League Baseball . He creates a personalized bat in memory of his father, Bill Shuffett, who was drafted by the St Louis Cardinals prior to W orld W ar II but was unable to play due to injuries sustained duri ng the war. Dave places the Cardinal s ' logo on the bat, hand dips it - and then tests it out in the batting cage.
Next Kentucky Life's "Our Town" segment pays a visit to Greenup, the home of the late Jesse Stuart, beloved Kentucky author and former poet laureate. Then, viewers can learn a little about the history of the piano with Kentucky Wesleyan College music professor Diane Earle and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. In this segment, excerpted from the KET series Kentucky Muse program "Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Hundred Years," Earle takes the viewer through the instrument's history, interweaving it with stories of her own life with the piano.
Henrietta Scott has always been an artist, but when she and her husband retired from their careers as high school teachers, they looked for something new -- and the Highland Raku Studio was born. Here, the couple works together to produce unique creations by applying their own methods to an ancient tradition. The program also includes the popular "Paw Pals" segment featuring viewer pet photos.
Kentucky Life is a KET production, produced by Brandon Wickey. Segment producers are Shuffett, Tom Bickel and Jessica Gibbs . More information about Kentucky Life is available at www.ket.org/kentuckylife. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.