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Kentucky State Outdoors Musical of Kentucky

Stephen Foster Story

Adopted on July 15, 2002.

2.107 State outdoor musical.
"Stephen Foster -The Musical" is named and designated as the official state outdoor musical of Kentucky.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.

The story of Stephen Foster's life is recalled in Stephen Foster, The Musical (formerly The Stephen Foster Story), a long-running seasonal stage show produced at My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Nelson County

"Stephen Foster -The Musical" J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre, Bardstown 40004. Nightly except Mon., 8pm, June-Labor Day. Sat. Matinees at 2 pm, indoor theatre. Outdoor musical drama about the life of Stephen Foster featuring many of his famous melodies, enhanced by beautiful costumes and live dances of the period. 800-626-1563.

Nestled in My Old Kentucky Home State Park, where music fills the night air, go back in time to the 1850's. Experience the sights and sounds of an era when America's first great composer, Stephen Collins Foster wrote timeless classics like Oh! Susanna, Camptown Races, Beautiful Dreamer and My Old Kentucky Home.

DRIVE TIME

Cincinnati
2.5 hours, I-75 South to BG Pkwy

Louisville
45 min., I-65 South, exit 112

Lexington
1 hour, BG Pkway, exit 25

Indianapolis
3 hours, I-65 South, exit 112

Nashville
2.5 hours, I-65 North to BG Pkwy

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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

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