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Shiloh Museum Teaches Youngsters Traditional Ozark Ballads

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Ozarker ballad singers, left to right, Richard Whitaker, Fiona Davis, Elizabeth Davis, mother Stacy Davis, Kyla Cross and Jack Davis inside Shiloh General Store.
J. Froelich

A collective of talented home-schoolers spends Tuesday mornings in a nineteenth century dry goods store on the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History grounds learning old Ozarker ballads. Their instructor, traditional Ozark song scholar, Lyle Sparkman, is passionate about his calling.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.