Come to the library for the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Party on Sunday, December 2 starting at 6:00 p.m. Held in partnership with the Peters Township Parks and Recreation Department, the festivities will include lighting and decorating the Township tree outside, followed by holiday caroling. Refreshments, visits with Santa, and holiday crafts for children will take place inside the library. Get in the holiday spirit and spend time with family and friends!
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Jubilee Ringers
Join us on Tuesday, December 4 in the Main Lobby from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for a relaxing hour of beautiful holiday bell music presented by the Jubilee Ringers of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Holiday Gift Wrapping
Come to the library and get your holiday gifts wrapped for FREE by our Teen Volunteers! Please bring a non-perishable food item for our local food bank in exchange for the wrapping. Limit 3 gifts per person. We will have all the wrapping materials – just bring your gifts each in a box and with tags.
Gift wrapping will be offered:
Monday, Dec. 10 from 4 to 5 p.m
Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 4 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 13 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Music from a Civil War Christmas
The popular folk group Acoustic Shadows of the Blue and Gray will present a variety of Civil War-era music in period dress at the Peters Township Public Library on Sunday, December 9 at 1:30 p.m. To attend this free event, register online or call 724.941.9430 #1.
The group will share familiar favorite songs including “Lorena,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “The Bonnie Blue Flag,” “Rally Round the Flag,” “Goober Peas,” and “It is Well with My Soul.” Other Civil War favorites featured will include “Dixie,” “The Battle of Shiloh Hill,” and “Shenandoah.”
Led by Band Leader Harry Fisher, Acoustic Shadows of the Blue and Gray will perform in Civil War era uniforms and offer guests with an afternoon of unique music including a sing along with the band. Members of the group include Harry Fisher who plays banjo, Michael Fisher on the mandolin and guitar, Bill Kistler on guitar, and Mark Kinan, who doubles on the banjo and as a percussionist. For some two decades, the band has performed for area audiences including the California University of Pennsylvania Civil War Roundtable. Walt Klorczyk, the facilitator of the Civil War Roundtable, brings this popular Civil War holiday program to the Peters Township Community.