Patti Reed Black ’84 belongs to Riddle on the Harp. The group often gathers at her house to for practice sessions. From l. to r.: Barbara Compter on guitar, Black on harp and Jean Wibbens on flute.
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Patti Reed Black’s incarnation as a member of a Celtic music group began with an unexpected gift one Christmas morning. Having retired from her partnership with the Lynchburg, Va., law firm of Edmunds and Williams to raise her two children, now 16 and 14, Black had been dropping hints to her husband that she wanted to pick up the banjo again. 14
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“When I opened a package of sheet music for a hammered dulcimer, I just figured my husband had picked up the wrong music,” said Black. “But then he and my kids came around the corner carrying this big box.” Inside was the instrument to match, a hammered dulcimer made by a local craftsman. “For the first time in my life, I was speechless.” W & L
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