August 2024 Newsletter
From the Office
The Arts Add Value
Although you may not "get" the abstract expressionism of an exhibition at Sans MOCO Gallery, or enjoy a ballad with the symphony, the arts still hold value and help build a strong and vibrant community.
We are fortunate, for our size of community in Northern Mercer County, to have gallery space at Sans MOCO, and now at new member 16125 Market Place downtown. We have the Greenville Symphony Orchestra which celebrated it's 95th season! We have the Greenville Area Community Theatre that has been performing for over 40 years! We have the arts being promoted by Restore Riverside Park with it's summer concert series and we have arts programming including fine arts and dance happening at the Baughman Center!
Many of you are patrons and sponsors of these organizations and activities and we thank you, because the arts are important for the reasons below ↓
Community Identity: The arts allow us a way to express who we are as a community. Our mural downtown is a great example and contains imagery of current and historic mementos of community pride.
Social Cohesion: The arts provide an opportunity to bring the community together, breaking down social and economic barriers. This happens both with participants, for instance with the group of musicians bringing our symphony to life, and the audience, the people collectively enjoying a performance from the community theatre.
Quality of Life: Regardless if classical music is your thing, the fact that we have an opportunity, locally, to listen to talented live music, performing some of the greatest musical compositions brings a quality to our way of life in rural Western Pennsylvania.
Tourism and Economic Development: We have people attending performances and viewing art from all over the county and beyond. Our local artistic endeavors play a role in spotlighting our community to potential employers and employees alike.
Announcements
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The Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce is tasked annually with organizing Christmas decorations in downtown Greenville and Central Park. It is only with the help of organizations like the Lion’s Club, who help us put up lighted trees in Central Park, and the Town’s street department that hangs the lighted garland around our light post that these decorations show up every year.
It is also through generous donations and sponsorships that the hundreds of light strands are replaced annually (they only make it one season).
The chamber would like to start replacing our deteriorating garland each year by purchasing LED snowflake lights that can be mounted to our light posts. Our goal is four (4) snowflakes each year. Starting at Canal and Main and working outward each year. Each 3ft x 3ft snowflake is $500. Total Goal for number of light posts is $15,000.
If you are interested in sponsoring a snowflake, please contact the chamber by emailing bbeck@greenvillechamber-pa.com. Sponsors will be recognized on social media, on our Christmas page on our website and in our newsletter.
Thank you for supporting our community!
Member Spotlight
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Gelfand, has announced its 96th Season!
The first concert of the season will be held October 19th featuring the best of Broadway! This Christmas season, the GSO will be performing The Nutcracker on December 14th, working with Ballet Western Reserve (held at 3 pm)! The season will end with a Stars & Stripe's Symphony salute to American Composers on April 6th, 2025.
If you have never made it to a GSO performance, I highly suggest you attend. You don't know what you are missing!
Visit their website.
Check out the first performance of "The Little Orchestra That Could" by composer Todd Maki.
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In Other News
Actors Wanted for Movie being filmed in Greenville
Tony Reames is shooting a prequel to Spookt here in Greenville and they are looking for some local talent.
If you know of someone who would be interested, they need to send a headshot, resume, email, phone number, and reel (if they have one) to bbeck@greenvillechamber-pa.com and we will get it to the casting director.
From the Archives
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