West Plains, MO. – The West Plains Council on the Arts and the Ozarks Studies Institute will be hosting a program within the Old Time Music – Ozark Heritage Festival at 1p.m. on June 4th.
The event consists of a storytelling session and conversations devoted to mules and their impact on the Ozarks.
Richie Dement of Centerville, Missouri, a coordinator of the Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply mule jump, will lead the “Mules of the Ozarks” discussion by sharing his vast mule-related knowledge and experiences. He will be joined by Les Clancy, a mule trainer and frequent mule jump participant from Ozark, Missouri.
Matt Meacham, an Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival volunteer and mule jump emcee, will moderate the event.
The Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply mule jump, in which mules compete to leap over a barrier, has been a popular Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival event since 2008.
