 You need a financial advisor with the freedom to focus on your specific needs. Whatever your goals, Reid Potter can create a game plan tailored to you. Call Reid at 432-0777 at Pikeville, Kentucky to learn more. The Appalachian Center for the Arts has welcomed a new executive director, Shannon Kurtpactrick Daniels. Daniels has been with the app since 2019 and has worked closely with the former director, Robin Irwin. So I've been with the app actually since the start from 2019. I've been working as the production manager. So that's let me do a little bit of everything. So I've been able to do design work, props and costumes, and also stage management, a lot of the technical stuff. But I've also gotten the chance to work with Eric and Robin and, you know, fixing up our programming, doing plans for all of that, planning out seasons. So now with Robin taking this new position, we are kind of just transitioning on. And we are looking to expand the programs that we are most proud of. Daniels, who is originally from Wisconsin, traveled with several theater companies after college. But while working at the Jenny Wiley Amphitheater, she fell in love with Eastern Kentucky. Ended up falling in love with the area and tried every way that I could to stay here and come back. And so luckily I was able to continue art work here on and off for about the first five years and then full time after that. And I met my husband here and we've grown a beautiful family here and now I'm here at the app. Daniels is currently working on expanding the educational programming, starting a health and advocacy tour, adding additional classes and boosting the art gallery. For more information on upcoming events, go to theapparts.org. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.