Cedar Point woman featured on 'Voice of America'
Sonda Bruce, Cedar Point, is an accomplished washboard player.
To prove the point, Ted Landphair, a well-published author from Washington, D.C., visited Chase County Aug. 19 to interview her and listen to her play.
The resulting tape will be aired over "Voice of America."
A private dinner and jam session were held at the Emma Chase Café at Cottonwood Falls.
Bruce invited many friends, including Professor Bones and Jim Versch of the "Prairie Goose Stompers," to play with her.
"A lone washboard sounds bad unless you are possibly a drunk and into washboard music!" Broce said.
Friends came from Lawrence, Topeka, Emporia, Wilsey, White City, Wichita, and Texas to help make it a fun night.
The taping session was limited to a small group, and about 25 people were present.
"We made up for it with great enthusiasm," Broce said.
She presented Landphair with his own washboard, then took over the microphone and interviewed him as he played.
The time of the airing of the "Voice of America" broadcast will be announced later.
VOA is funded by the U.S. government and broadcasts every week more than 1,000 hours of news, informational, educational, and cultural programs to an audience of some 94 million people worldwide.
VOA programs are produced and broadcast in English and 52 other languages through radio, television, and the Internet.
