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Pete Sutherland plays music for the Quadricentennial
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Songwriter Pete Sutherland joins Jane Lindholm during Vermont Edition to perform two ballads written by students for the Young Writers Project to mark the Champlain Quadricentennial.VPR News
Interview: Fran Stoddard – In Search of Samuel de Champlain’s France
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Fran Stoddard is taking part in the "Quadricentennial Voyage: In Search of Samuel de Champlain’s France," a ten-day journey for friends of Burlington City Arts to learn more about the routes of the French explorer in France.VPR News
Plattsburgh State professor will walk Montreal to Manhattan for 400th
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One man is making the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s exploration of the region, literally, a moving one. Kevin Dann is a professor of History at Plattsburgh State University.VPR News
Swanton schoolkids learn the art of the ballad
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Folk legend Pete Sutherland helps students in Swanton craft their own ballad to honor Lake Champlain.VPR News
VT Edition Interview: Bruce Hyde on kicking off the Quadricentennial Celebration
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Bruce Hyde, who heads the Quadricentennial Commission, gives VPR’s Jane Lindholm a preview of the year-long celebration, which begins Wednesday during Burlington’s First Night festivities.VPR News
Lake Champlain, Science and Solutions, Part 2
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Five years ago, the Douglas Administration launched a new effort dubbed the "Clean and Clear" action plan. But the lake isn’t getting better. So this summer, research is under way to find out why and to figure out what to do.VPR News
Lake Champlain Monster celebrated in song
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Plattsburgh folk musician Stan Ransom, who’s known as the Connecticut Peddler, has written a song celebrating the mystery of the Lake Champlain Monster. It’s called, Champ, and it’s from his album, Songs of Lake Champlain.VPR News
Lake Champlain, Science and Solutions, Part 1
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Governor Jim Douglas had promised a cleaner lake to celebrate next year’s 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s exploration of the lake that bears his name. VPR’s John Dillon has the first of two reports on Lake Champlain science and solutions.VPR News