Arts Series Events earlier in 20009

Local Authors Book Panel Discussion
Sunday, March 8, 3:00 PM

Elizabethville Area Library

Join book reviewer, Harvey Freedenburg as he moderates a book panel discussion that includes local authors. Each author will give a brief overview of his or her published works and what process each of them followed to get their books into print. The authors will then answer questions about topics such as rejections, finding a publisher, what it means to be self-published and much more. Moderator: Harvey Freedenberg practices in the Intellectual Property Group of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC and in his free time, Harvey writes book reviews for BookPage, Bookreporter.com and Shelf-Awareness.com.  He's also written several prizewinning short stories.  The panel includes: Randall Norman DeSoto, whose book We Hold These Truths, addresses central beliefs in the Declaration of Independence that have greatly shaped the United States; Shirley Brosius, the author of Sisterhood of Faith: 365 life-changing stories about women who made a difference, a book that encourages Christians to use their spiritual gifts; and Anna Jean Bennet Ditty, who describes her books, Movin and The House on the Hill, as "about a little girl's adventures in a little town called Hinton, in a little state called West Virginia." Registration is requested.

Musical Group Second Call
Sunday, April 19, 3:00 PM

Elizabethville Area Library

The Halifax Methodist Praise musical group, a.k.a. Second Call is a musical ministry within the church, which leads worship services with voice and instruments. Lead by Choir Director/ Creative Ministry Coordinator of Halifax United Methodist Church Carol Bostdorf, the group consists of vocalists Donna Kerstetter and Jill Still, guitarist Mike Maggs, bassist Bob Carle, percussionist Andy Geyer and keyboardist Doug Enders.

Students of the Upper Dauphin Area High school who are pursuing post secondary art education will exhibit their artwork at the Elizabethville Library throughout April as a part of the Art Series program. Mr. Ron Hamme is the art teacher at the High school.

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Simple Gifts and Chris Scheidler
Sunday, October 11, 3:00 PM

Elizabethville Area Library

Join the music trio Simple Gifts as they perform a wide variety of traditional ethnic music using twelve folk instruments along with a special feature. A group of young spoon players from the local school districts will demonstrate what they have learned and perform with the group. Then meet the ladies from Simple Gifts Linda Littleton, Rachel Hall, and Karen Hirshon.  The Simple Gifts combine tradition with innovation. They create some of the finest arrangements in folk music today: swing fiddle creeps into a Romanian dance, spoons show up in an Irish reel, and the concertina ventures far beyond styles considered traditional for that instrument. Based in the hills of central Pennsylvania, these women play an amazing array of instruments, switching with ease among two violins, concertina, mandolin, banjolin, recorders, bowed psaltery, hammered dulcimer, baritone fiddle, guitar, piano, and percussion.

In addition to the sweet sounds of Simple Gifts enjoy the display of artwork from local artist, Chris Scheidler. Chris has illustrated for Pennsylvania Game News and has designed several Pennsylvania Farmer Christmas covers. She won the first Lehigh Valley Conservancy print and stamp contest with a painting of a great blue heron and also placed first in numerous decoy-painting competitions. Her artwork will be on display throughout the month of October. Registration is requested. To register call 362-9825.