PENNSBURG PA – A special screening of an award-winning movie involving regional history, and the opportunity to build a playable pipe organ, both are on the mid-November 2024 calendar of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary St.
Build A Working Pipe Organ
PENNSBURG PA – The center promises “great family fun” as participants build a playable pipe organ Nov. 16 (Saturday) from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
OrgelKids will bring its popular program to the center, where those who attend can assemble nearly 200 individual pieces into a beautiful instrument. Along the way they’ll learn about science, technology, woodworking, and teamwork. Once the project is completed, they can make beautiful music.
The program costs $5 per person or $15 for a family of four. Space is limited, and advance registration is requested. Register online, or call 215-679-3103.
Screening of the New Film
The movie, about the Fries Rebellion, was created by the Lower Macungie Historical Society and a production company, In the Wee Hours. In a media release, the center calls it an “extraordinary effort.” It will be shown Nov. 17 (2024; Sunday), at 2 p.m.
Admission is free, thanks to program support from KeyBank. However, “seating is limited and going fast,” the release adds. Advance registration is required, either by sending an e-mail to info@schwenkfelder.org, or by calling 215-679-3103.
The film will be preceded by a PowerPoint presentation by Goschenhoppen Historians President Ed Johnson. He will cover the history of the Fries Rebellion, which occurred in and around the Upper Perkiomen Valley.
The “superb 30-minute film (brings) to life the story of this period of upheaval from 1798 to 1799 in our local Tri-County area,” the center notes. The film’s website explains that “Through juxtaposition of past and present, and personal versus national, interests,” the Fries Rebellion film “subtly addresses the ongoing search for what liberty, freedom, patriotism, loyalty, and duty mean in the United States of America.”
The center is the regional history museum for the Upper Perkiomen Valley. It is open Tuesdays through Sundays with free admission to visit exhibits or research in the library.
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Pipe organ photo provided by OrgelKids
