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Resounds: Sarah Calhoun, Aaron Parrett

courtesy Aaron Parrett

On this episode of Resounds: Arts and Culture on the High Plains, hosts Anna Paige and Corby Skinner talk with two enterprising Montanans who both have an ear for music and a heart with a mission.

In 2006, Sarah Calhoun started Red Ants Pants, workwear or women. She is also the mastermind behind the annual Red Ants Pants Music Festivalin White Sulphur Springs. Her foundation helps foster strength and self-reliance in women in rural agricultural communities.
 
Aaron Parrett is Helena-based musician, songwriter, author, professor and publisher of Territorial Press. His latest investigation into Montana history and culture is the book Montana Americana Music: Boot Stomping in Big Sky Country.

Corby Skinner is an independent marketing professional with an enormous capacity for assessing issues and creating positive, effective messages.
Anna Paige is a Montana-based journalist, poet and educator. She is originally from Wyoming and has lived in Billings for more than a decade, where she co-founded Young Poets, winner of the 2021 Library of Congress Award for Literacy.
Ken Siebert began work at YPR in 1992 as a part-time, evening board operator. He was hired full time in 1994.