Directions to Picnic
Southbound from Mid-Hudson Bridge:
- Take Rte 9 South for 9 miles, past IBM, shopping malls, and car dealers. Move to the left lane when you get to B.J.'s Wholesale Club.
- Turn LEFT (East) onto CR-28 [OLD HOPEWELL RD] and proceed for 2.6 miles.
- Turn LEFT (North) onto CR-94 [ALL ANGELS HILL RD] for 0.7 miles.
- Turn RIGHT (East) onto BROWN RD. Stay on BROWN RD, which curves to the left (other roads go straight and to the right).
- Turn LEFT (North-West) onto MONTROSE LANE (2nd left turn). Look for the 6th house on the right. The driveway is 10 feet past the Dead End sign.
Northbound from Newburgh-Beacon Bridge:
- Take NY Rte-9D North for 5.25 miles.
- Turn RIGHT onto CR-28 [OLD HOPEWELL RD] - landmark: bright pink basket shop on left at traffic light. Continue on CR-28, crossing NY Rte 9, for 3.68 miles.
- Turn LEFT onto CR-94 [ALL ANGELS HILL RD] - landmark: old white farmhouse with picket fence on far left corner at traffic light. Continue for 0.67 miles.
- Turn RIGHT onto BROWN RD. Stay on BROWN RD, which curves to the left (other roads go straight and to the right).
- Turn LEFT (North-West) onto MONTROSE LANE (2nd left turn). Look for the 6th house on the right. The driveway is 10 feet past the Dead End sign.
Westbound from Taconic Parkway:
- Take the exit for NY-Rte 82 South toward Hopewell Junction. Continue on Rte 82 for 1.68 miles.
- Turn RIGHT onto CREAMERY RD and proceed for 0.96 miles.
- Turn RIGHT onto CR-29/ CLOVE BRANCH RD and proceed for 0.89 miles.
- Turn LEFT onto NY-376 and proceed for 0.38 miles past Van Wyck Jr. High School.
- At next traffic light, turn LEFT onto LAKE WALTON RD and proceed for 1.27 miles.
- Turn RIGHT onto BROWN RD and proceed for 0.39 miles.
- Turn RIGHT onto MONTROSE LN (2nd right turn). Look for the 6th house on the right. The driveway is 10 feet past the Dead End sign.
Scholarships Work!
The Boston AGO chapter reports that its Young Organists Initiative (YOI), which was established about 10 years ago to provide free organ lessons to students, has been quite successful. Each summer YOI students give a recital at King's Chapel, Boston, and now also at First Parish, Lexington. Next week, three alums of the program -- all continuing their organ studies -- will present a concert at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Cambridge. What is wonderful is that many of these students, even the younger ones, are really talented.
Keep in mind that our chapter also has a scholarship fund, established in memory of Margaret Pecoraro. Teachers, don't forget to mention this to your students who may be interested in applying for assistance from the fund. Contact a board member for more information.
AGO Receives Bequest of $200,000
The AGO is pleased to announce a generous bequest from the estate of William B. Weeks, who passed away on June 18, 2001 in Seattle, WA at the age of 76.. Dr. Weeks's bequest of one-third of his residuary estate to the AGO totals more than $200,000 ñ the second largest single gift ever to be received in the Guild's 107-year history. The policy of the AGO National Council is to designate 75% of each unrestricted bequest for permanent investment in the Guild's Endowment Fund. Only the income from the invested funds may be used for the AGO's general purposes. The remaining 25% of the bequest may be used to provide operating support for the national organization.
The AGO is very pleased to honor William B. Weeks by adding his name posthumously to the distinguished membership of the Clarence Dickinson Society.
Have you considered adding the AGO as a beneficiary in your will?
Uptown Organ Recital Series Announced
The 2003 schedule of organ recitals at Old Dutch Church in Kingston is now available and is listed in the Calendar of Events section of this web site. Three of our chapter members are featured performers. The Recital Series is made possible, in part, through a grant from the Dutchess County Arts Council, Administrator of the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Funds. Old Dutch Church is located on Main Street between Fair and Wall Streets in Uptown Kingston. For more information and directions, call Collette Sonnenberg at 845-338-5902. The church is handicapped accessible and admission is free. Please consider helping to publicize these recitals by listing them in your church bulletin.
NPM Promotes Pipe Organ Building
Pastoral Music, the official publication of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, begins its June-July 2003 issue with "A New Pipe Organ: A Leap of Faith" by Lynn Trapp. This substantial article relates how a Minneapolis parish made the decision to build a new 67-rank, million-dollar pipe organ. Despite initial fears that this project would divide the parish, ultimately it proved to be "an action that would gather and unite." Of particular interest is the response to the frequently-asked question, "Why not give this money to the poor?" The author also describes how the organ functions as the hub of the parish's varied musical ministries and gives suggestions for ensuring the centrality of the organ in the community. Click here for more information about the organ.
Editor's Corner
This newsletter is published by the Central Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The editor is:
Susan LaGrande
12 Montrose Lane
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Phone: 845-226-6496 (home)
Fax: 845-226-1035
e-mail: SUSANEL2@HOTMAIL.COM
All material in this newsletter (except for lists of members' addresses and phone numbers) is available on our web site at www.chvago.org
Newsletter Items Wanted
Contributions to this newsletter are always welcome. We have been very pleased to offer a member profile in previous issues. If you would like to be profiled, you may write your own biography (up to 500 words) or contact the editor to arrange an interview.
We also solicit news of upcoming events for our Calendar page, as well as reviews, particularly of recent chapter events. Articles and news items may be submitted to the editor by mail or by e-mail at the address above. Articles may be edited for length or clarity.
About Our Web Site
We are certainly pleased with the response to our web site, and we encourage everyone to visit it frequently to keep up with periodic updates and improvements.
Once again this newsletter (as well as previous issues) is available on the web site. However, please be aware that while the entire text of the newsletter is reproduced on the web site, some sections have been split off into separate web pages. For example, the List of Substitutes is accessible from the Home Page by clicking on the "Sub List" button. This not only avoids duplication of this information across multiple issues of the newsletter, but also makes it easier for a visitor to find it.
Be sure to spread the word about our web site among fellow organists, other musicians, students, and members of the clergy, so that our web site can serve as wide an audience as possible.
