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Kids' Sports

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, December 26, 2001.

Some concerned parents and coaches say there is too much pressure in youth sports today. They are trying to strike a balance among competition, good sportsmanship, and fun. Laura talks with Fred Deppe, a soccer coach in Hudson, NH, and principal in the Massachusetts public school system, and Bob Bigelow, a youth sports reformer and activist and former NBA player. This is a rebroadcast of an earlier program.

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A Young Musician who Plays Old Music

By John Walters on Wednesday, December 26, 2001.

Joyce Andersen is a fiddler, singer and songwriter. She had a lot of success playing in other people?s bands, but now she has struck out on her own. She plays and sings traditional folk songs, and writes songs in traditional styles. Her latest project is a joint album with Harvey Reid, longtime folk artist from the Seacoast. Find out more at www.joyscream.com or www.woodpecker.com. This was originally broadcast in August.

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Snow Country

By Kevin Gardner on Wednesday, December 26, 2001.

The NH Humanities Council concludes its year of exploration of Asian culture and literature with the Japanese novel Snow Country, by Yasunari Kawabata.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, Kawabata's fiction challenges and rewards western readers with a literary sensibility that is deeply Japanese.

Humanities reporter Kevin Gardner files this report.

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Merchants' Take On The Holiday Take

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, December 26, 2001.

While the numbers are still being tallied, state shopping malls report holiday retail spending has been better than anticipated and at least as strong as last season. But as NHPR's Josh Rogers learned, the perspective of merchants on Concord's main street was but more varied.

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