Pine Street Pine Street Presbyterian Church
VOLUME 32 | ISSUE 6
MAPS Presents Brilliant Young Organist by Tom Clark-Jones
As you receive this issue of Pine Street Life, it will be just in time for you to come and enjoy the final concert of the 2011 – 2012 season of Music at Pine Street. Our guest for this occasion is organist Caroline Robinson, a student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and student of Alan Morrison. Caroline is a native of Greenville, S.C., and distinguished herself early as a young organ prodigy. Being accepted into a class of only four new students each year at the Curtis certainly was a high achievement in itself. She has placed in several national organ competitions and is seen as one of the up and coming talents in the organ world. Currently she is the organ scholar at St. Paul’s Church, Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, where she accompanies the choirs and serves
JUNE 1, 2012
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Session Notes. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trustee Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
as general music associate in one of the area’s most prestigious churches. Last summer she was chosen to represent the Curtis Institute as their representative to the Region III Convention of the American Guild of Organists held here in Harrisburg. Her playing at Camp Hill Presbyterian Church brought the audience to their feet and secured her a place in our series this spring. Her program will be wide and varied, and is sure to include something that you will find satisfying. The program is scheduled for Friday evening, June 1st at 7:30 p.m. Please take the time to come and support this superb young player as she puts the Pine Street instrument through its paces. We have been fortunate to catch several rising stars early in their careers See MAPS on page 5
Where Are The Sign Boards? by George Kunkle
Have you ever really noticed the church sign boards near both corners of Third and Pine Streets? If you look closely at them they are beautiful works of art. We assume they were originally installed in the early 1900’s during one of the major renovations of the church. That would make them almost 100 years old and they were showing their age. Rust was threatening to destroy the See SIGN BOARDS on page 2
DDB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 June Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . 7 June Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . 8
June At A Glance MAPS Concert. . . . . . . . Jun 1 Bagels & Belief . . . . . . . Jun 3 Theatre Harrisburg . . . . Jun 3 Mens’ Breakfast. . . . . . . Jun 9 Jewell Ridge Trip. . . . . . Jun 9 Pine StreetWalkers . . . . Jun10 Mission Central. . . . . . . Jun 30
PSL Deadline Articles, photos and items of interest for the July issue of Pine Street Life are due by June 15, 2012. Please e-mail to Sue Black at BL3COL@aol.com