<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>That's awesome !! I love her !!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:24 PM, Cathy Jackson via Nfbk <<a href="mailto:nfbk@nfbnet.org">nfbk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>You won't want to miss this special reception and program. Read below.</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Roberta Williams <<a href="mailto:rwilliams@aph.org">rwilliams@aph.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 8, 2015 at 3:40:39 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:president@nfbofky.org">president@nfbofky.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:president@nfbofky.org">president@nfbofky.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Mitzi Friedlander to be honored February 5</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">W<span style="color:black;background:white">idely acclaimed APH narrator Mitzi Friedlander is retiring. During her extraordinary career, which spans over a half century,
she has recorded more books than any other Talking Book narrator in the nation.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Her fans, locally and nationally, will celebrate her accomplishments at a reception and ceremony that will take place February 5, 2015 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at APH. A short program will begin at 6:00.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If you would like to attend the ceremony, please contact Roberta Williams by February 1, since space is limited. Email Roberta at
<a href="mailto:rwilliams@aph.org">rwilliams@aph.org</a> or call 502-899-2357.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To hear a sample of Mitzi Friedlander’s work, visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.aph.org/museum/Narrator-Jukebox/Mitzi-Friedlander.html"><span style="color:#005CA1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">www.aph.org/museum/Narrator-Jukebox/Mitzi-Friedlander.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or
download<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.aph.org/museum/Narrator-Jukebox/Mitzi-Friedlander.mp3"><span style="color:#005CA1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">www.aph.org/museum/Narrator-Jukebox/Mitzi-Friedlander.mp3</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A well-known figure in Louisville's theatrical world, Mitzi earned the first Master’s Degree in Theater Arts given by the University of Louisville. She has performed with
Actor's Theatre of Louisville, the Louisville Ballet, the Kentucky Opera Association, and the Louisville Children's Theatre. She has also taught Theatre Arts at the University of Louisville and at Indiana University Southeast. The versatile actress, who has
recorded over 2,000 titles during her 50+ years at APH, has lent her voice to nonfiction pieces, works of fiction, scientific publications, and children's literature.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Through her work as a narrator in the APH studio, Mitzi became the first recipient of the Didymus Award for narration of 1,000 Talking Books for the Library of Congress. She is familiar to over half a million people
in the listening audience as the voice of such classics as <i>Gone With the Wind</i>,
<i>Charlotte's Web </i>and several of Sue Grafton’s “alphabet” series of detective novels. In 1993 this nationwide audience selected her as one of their favorite Talking Book voices, honoring her with the Alexander Scourby Award for excellence in the narration
of nonfiction titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Talking Book program, administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress, provides recorded literature to 500, 000 blind, visually impaired,
and physically impaired Americans.<a href="http://www.loc.gov/nls/"><span style="color:#005CA1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The National Library Service</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(NLS) contracts with American Printing
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