Dates for Memorial Chapel Carillon Series announced

WashingtonMemorial National Carillon atWashingtonMemorial Chapel in Valley Forge will present the 2017 Frank P. Law Summer Carillon Concert Series.

The series is every Wednesday at 7:30, and starts on July 5th. This year it features performers from all over the USA, including one Russian-born carillonneur. Some of the carillonneurs are new to Valley Forge while some are returning favorites. And the ever popular Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums bag pipe band performs again on August 16th (Music of the British Isles). The series concludes on August 30th.

As always, all concerts are free and open to the public. These are hourlong outdoor concerts, so bring a blanket, lawn chair, snacks or dinner. The Chapel Cabin Shop will be open for refreshments andsouvenirs. All concerts are played rain or shine.

Washington Memorial National Carillon is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park at WashingtonMemorial Cha- pel, Route 23, Valley Forge. Visit our website at www. wmchapel.org.

July 5: Jim Fackenthal, St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church, Chicago; & Moser Tower, Naperville, Illinois July 12: Kipp Cortez, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia July 19: Wesley Arai, University of California, Berkeley, California July 26: Thomas Le, University of California, Berkeley, California August 2: Lynnli Wang, Nether- lands Carillon, Arlington, Virginia August 9: John Widmann, The City of Frederick, Maryland Aug. 16: Music of the British Isles: Doug Gefvert, Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge; Pennsylvania Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums, Swedesburg, Pennsylvania Aug. 23: Tatiana Lukyanova, First Church of Christ, Congregational, New Britain, Connecticut Aug. 30: Doug Gefvert, Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania