The Bradford County Historical Society is set to begin another new season of Friday Night at the Museum programs. The first program of the 2012 season is entitled "Broadway Favorites Acapella" scheduled for Friday, May 18, 2012 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Although the event is free to attend, participants are asked to register by calling 570-265-2240 or by email at info@bradfordhistory.com.
Join us for a wonderful arrangement of Broadway favorites performed acapella. Songs that will be included in the program are Summertime, composed by George Gershwin in 1935; People Will Say We're in Love, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1943; The Surrey With the Fringe on Top, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1943; Climb Every Mountain, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1959; and Oklahoma, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1943. Music will be interspersed with stories and commentary.
The program will be presented by Ruth Eileen Bush Bly of LeRoy. Ruth has enjoyed music throughout her life and this interest has led her to perform regularly both as a soloist and with choirs. During college, she participated as a member in the summer singing tour and choir for Practical Bible Training School (now Davis College) of Binghamton, NY.
Singing a variety of music, Ruth has performed in several venues and has been a part of musicals, choirs, special events, and concerts in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida and California. She is the wife of Pastor Ron Bly of LeRoy Independent Baptist Church where she frequently performs as soloist.
This program is part of the 2012 "Friday Night at the Museum" programming series that is held the third Friday of each month from May through October. Each event is held in the Great Room at the Bradford County Historical Society, located at 109 Pine Street, Towanda, PA. Free refreshments are provided at each program and the museum is open prior to the event.
Other Friday Night at the Museum programs scheduled for 2012 include: The Civil War, June 15; A Tour of American Music, July 20; The Towanda of 1972, August 17; Minnequa: A Spring, A Hotel, A County, September 21; Towanda’s Silk Industry, October 19.
The Bradford County Historical Society is a recipient agency of the Bradford County United Way. For more information about the society and its programming schedule, museum or research center, visit www.bradfordhistory.com or check out the Bradford County Historical Society Facebook page at facebook.com/BradfordCountyHistoricalSociety.
