LEE ANN WOOLERY IS LEARNING
ABOUT THE RICH CIVIL WAR HISTORY
OF LEXINGTON MISSOURI WHILE
DRIVING THROUGH THE TOWN.
WOOLERY, A UNIVERSITY OF
MISSOURI EXTENSION COMMUNITY
ARTS SPECIALIST, LISTENS TO THE
AUDIO WALKING AND DRIVING TOUR
CREATED THROUGH THE MU
EXTENSION COMMUNITY ARTS
PROGRAM.
WOOLERY SAYS THE AUDIO TOUR
MU Extension Community Arts Specialist
ALREADY PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT LEXINGTON BECAUSE OF
THEIR RICH HISTORY OF CIVIL WAY
AND THEIR ANTEBELLUM HOMES BUT
WITH THIS PRODUCT OF THE AUDIO
TOUR AND MAP IT WILL BRING IN
MORE FOLKS TO LEXINGTON.
MU SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY,
STUDENTS AND LEXINGTON
VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS AUDIO PRODUCTION.
MU HELPED COMPOSE THE
ORIGINAL MUSIC WHILE TOWN
VOLUNTEERS WERE COACHED TO
NARRATE THE AUDIO TOUR.
Its amazing the amount of voice-
over talent that they do have here that they
probably havent had the opportunity to
do
a project like this.
((NATS-WALKINGSHAW))
THEATER PROFESSIONAL
HUGHSTON WALKINSHAW LIVES IN
LEXINGTON BUT DOES MOST OF HIS
WORK IN KANSAS CITY.
THIS PROJECT HAS GIVEN ARTISTS
LIKE WALKINGSHAW A CHANCE TO
SHOW THEIR WORK IN THIS TOWN.
An excuse to get out of Lexington
has always bee wonderful. Now i have an
excuse to stay in Lexington for a really
great project.
THE TOWN FULLY SUPPORTS THE
PROJECT.
MORE THAN 90 LEXINGTON
VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED DEVLOP
IT.
THE MAYOR OF LEXINGTON SAYS
THE TOUR IS JUST ONE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT.
ART IS A BIG FEATURE OF THE
RURAL TOWN AND THE TOWN WANTS
TO ATTRACT MORE ARTISITS FROM
NEARBY KANSAS CITY.
We would like to see if we could
interest the Kansas city art group to come
here and start an incubator system here.
THE PROJECT SERVES AS A MODEL
FOR OTHER RURAL TOWNS.
THESE TOWNS HAVE A RICH
HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD
AND NEVER FORGOTTEN.
LEXINGTON RESIDENTS SEE THE
IMPORTANCE OF IT.
When you have a small town, all
the people go together to make it really
vibrant and valid for future generations, so you
dont want to forget the people that were
here before. 
From the university of missouri I'm Kent Faddis reporting. 
