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Author of new e-book on LDS events to speak

Published: Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 12:39 a.m. MDT
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PROVO — The author of a new e-book on the history of the LDS All-Church sports tournaments and dance festivals will speak about her research Oct. 2.

Jessie L. Embry, associate director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, will discuss the LDS Sports and Recreation Oral History Project and her e-book, "Spiritualized Recreation: Mormon All-Church Athletic Tournaments and Dance Festivals, 1908-1971," during a Harold B. Lee Library House of Learning Lecture.

The lecture will be held in the Lee Library Auditorium on the first floor at 2 p.m. A reception honoring the people interviewed for the project will be held immediately following the lecture. All are invited to attend.

For the last five years, Embry has researched LDS Church recreational activities and conducted interviews with original participants. Her book can be downloaded at no charge at reddcenter.byu.edu/spiritualized.dhtml.

For more information, contact Jessie Embry at 801-422-7585 or jessie_embry@byu.edu.

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