Rooke Chapel Ringers set Senior Winter Tour

Posted: December 05, 2007

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Rooke Chapel Ringers will perform in concert in four churches in Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in January 2008 as part of the Annual Senior Winter Tour.

The schedule of appearances is:

Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Worthington United Methodist Church
600 High Street
Worthington, Ohio

Jan. 6, 4 p.m.
Oakmont Presbyterian Church
415 Pennsylvania Avenue
Oakmont, Pa.
4 p.m.

Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Union Village United Methodist Church
1130 Mountain Avenue
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m.
Hope United Methodist Church
3474 Rothsville Road
Ephrata, Pa.

The Rooke Chapel Ringers were organized in 1983 under the direction of William A. Payn, director of choral studies. The 15-member choir represents every major field of study at Bucknell. The choir plays regularly for Protestant worship services on campus and participates in the traditional ringing-in-of-Christmas at Candlelight services in Rooke Chapel each December. This popular performance, taped and repeatedly televised by PBS for national distribution, was nominated for an Emmy in 1996 and 2004. A Christmas compact disc, which also includes the Rooke Chapel Choir, was released by Albany Records in November 1995.