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spring production, Ms. Kiley cut a scene here and added a scene there. “The basic structure is the same, but we’ve changed parts of the script to make it a better play for children,” she explained, adding that the kids themselves came up with many of those changes.

Those who have collected and treasured Rappahannock stories will find them in “Voices.”

Doris Jennings, now in her 90s, joins the youngsters on stage to open and close the production. As her rocking chair plays a creaky accompaniment, she talks of slavery, repeating what she was told by her parents and grandparents.

There’s a rollicking country dance; a gathering at the country store; the daily get-together for gossip that hasn’t changed much in generations and still goes on today at the county’s crossroads; a comedy sequence with a moonshiner; mountain children coming down to school in Sperryville; mountain families

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