Thanks to all Who Came to our Book Fair!
The OSFL will still get donations if you shop Barnes & Noble online
through the end of the week, September 29.*

The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes p;artnered with Barnes & Noble for our first ever Book Fair, a day of music, musical activities and books on Saturday, September 23 from 11 AM to 6:00 PM. Here's how it helps the OSFL:

Whatever one bought that day, whether it was books, CDs, a magazine, or a coffee in the cafe, Barnes & Noble donated 10% of every sale to the OSFL

The OSFL had a range of musical activities in the store that day, from a drumming workshop for kids and parents, to a string quartet previewing their November chamber concert, to performances by members of our Junior String Ensemble.
We will have a table there, with information about our upcoming season of concerts, and our various community programs. Join us on September 23 at the Barnes and Noble store at Consumer Square Plaza, 821 County Road 64, Elmira from 11 AM until 6:00 PM.

*If you shop online at www.BN.com between September 23 and 29, and enter our Book Fair ID: 12200150 at checkout, Barnes & Noble will donate 10% of your online purchases, too.

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OSFL BOOKFAIR ACTIVITIES AT BARNES & NOBLE ON SEPTEMBER 23:

11:00 AM: Simon Bjarning leads a drumming workshop for kids and parents. Think you can't keep a beat? Simon will show you that you've got rhythm! Simon, a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Denmark, has performed across Europe and the US, and is a percussionist with the OSFL.

1:00 PM: Hear the Diemecke-Lowe String Quartet perform on violin, viola and cello. The Quartet consists of Augusto Diemecke, his wife Christine Lowe-Diemecke and her sisters Joanne Lowe and Denise Nosewicz, all members of the OSFL; this is one talented family.

5:00 PM: Fivemembers of the Junior String Ensemble, one of the OSFL's education programs for young musicians, will perform with their conductor and OSFL violinist Gary Chollet.