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BEAUTIFUL SMALL TOWN IN
AMERICA"
W-L-K-Y'S LEXY SCHEEN
TAKES US TO BARDSTOWN
KENTUCKY IN THIS WEEK'S
"SMALL TOWN SUNDAY."
LEXY LOOKLIVE:
THERE'S ABOUT 12-
THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN
OR AROUND BARDSTOWN,
KENTUCKY MAKING IT THE
BIGGEST SMALL TOWN WE'VE
VISITED SO FAR.
BUT BARDSTOWN
RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE
TOWN IS GETTING BETTER
AND BETTER..
ONE MAGAZINE EVEN CALLS
IT "AMERICA'S FAVORITE
TOWN."
cast of "the Stephen Foster
Story"
singing "my Old Kentucky Home.
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME
TAKES ON MORE THAN ONE
MEETING IN BARDSTOWN,
KENUTCKY.
FROM THE STATE PARK IN
TOWN.
TO A LONG RUNNING PLAY
ABOUT THE ICONIC SONG'S
COMPOSER.
nats of song "oh,susanna!"
"THE STEPHEN FOSTER
STORY" PLAY HAS BEEN
RUNNING EVERY SUMMER IN
THIS OUTDOOR
AMPITHEATER FOR 56 YEARS.
THE SHOW IS PART OF THE
TOWNS HISTORY.
AND COSTUME DESIGNER, SI
ARNOLD, IS PART OF THE
PLAY'S HISTORY.
this is my fiftieth year
'did you ever think this would
be a 50 year
project?' never! Never, laughs
WITH A CAST OF NEARLY 50
PEOPLE - SI HAS HER WORK
CUT OUT FOR HER..
I like designing. It's fun. I do
not like to
sew, laughs
THIS GROUP ENTERTAINS UP
TO 15-HUNDRED VISITORS, 6
NIGHTS A WEEK -- JUNE
THROUGH MID-AUGUST.
TEACHING ABOUT
BARDSTOWN'S HISTORY THAT
DATES BACK TO THE 1700'S.
1780 when it wasn't even called
Bardstown, it was called Salem
but
people called it "bard's town."
because
mister bard had laid it out and
planned it
:38 so that's how it got it's
name
DIXIE HIBBS HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN BARDSTOWN
POLITICS FOR ABOUT 25
YEARS
SHE SAYS, OER THE YEARS,
BARDSTOWN HAS GROWN..
JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
we're far enough away to not
have the
problems of the big cities but
close
enough for the advantages
ONE OF AMERICA'S "BEST
SMALL TOWNS."
"VISITOR ATTRACTION OF
THE YEAR.
AND "AMERICA'S MOST
BEAUTIFUL TOWN SQUARE"
ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
AWARDS THIS NELSON
COUNTY COMMUNITY HAS
RACKED UP -- DEEMING THIS
TOWN "IRRESISTABLE."
we can serve you liquid spirit,
religious
spirit or ghostly spirit so you
have all 3
spirit hospitalities here in
bardstown
IT'S THE HOSPITALITY THAT
BARDSTOWN RESIDENTS
BELIEVE REALLY SETS THEM
APART.
there's one word that makes
bardstown
so special. People
THE PEOPLE AND
HOSPITALITY IS WHAT
BROUGHT STORE OWNER
CATHERINE CLEMENTS BACK
HOME AFTER A FEW YEARS
AWAY.
I wanted to raise my family
here, yes, :15
and I just, Bardstown is close
to
everything. You can be to
Louisville in 45
minutes and to Lexington in an
hour :22
we're centrally located and it's
just a
wonderful place to live
FOR VISITORS -- SHE'S
ALWAYS GIVING ADVICE ON
WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO
SEE.
we draw from a wide regional
area,
elizabethtown, springfield,
lebanon,
campblesville and even
louisville and
lexington. Bardstown has become
known
for a shopping destination
IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE
FIVE-START TREATMENT
EVERYWHERE YOU GO HERE
-- DIXIE.. WANTS TO KNOW.
being hospitable is just like
breathing :20
if you don't feel welcome in
bardstown
you need to let me know so we
can find
out who disrespected you and see
if we
can do something about that
LEXY SCHEEN, WLKY NEWS.
BECAUSE OF BARDSTOWN'S
IMPORTANT ROLE IN
KENTUCKY HISTORY, NEXT
WEEK WE'LL FEATURE "PART
2."
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON
WHY BARDSTOWN IS THE
"BOURBON CAPITOL OF THE
WORLD."
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN
FIND MORE VIDEO FROM OUR
SMALL TOWN SUNDAY TRIP AT
W-L-K-Y-DOT-COM