| Tuesday, June 21 Pre-Convention Events |
8:00 AM: | Exhibitor Set-Up Begins |
| 9:00 AM: | AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists - Region II
First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 1:00 PM: | AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists - Region III
The Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 2:00 6:00 PM: | Registration Opens
Exhibits Open
Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 2:30 - 4:00 PM: | Walking Tour of Historic Sites in Poughkeepsie
Led by Harvey K. Flad
Departing from Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 4:15 - 5:00 PM: | Pre-Convention Workshop
Choral Reading by MorningStar Music Publishers
Bruce Walker
First Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 5:00 6:30 PM: | Dinner on your own at area restaurants |
| 6:30 PM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie to Lafayette Theater, Suffern |
| 7:30 PM: | Theater Organ Concert Event (Sponsored by NYTOS)
Dave Kopp
Lafayette Theatre, Suffern
Exhibits remain open |
| 9:00 PM: | Reception
Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:30 PM: | Bus departs from Lafayette Theater, Suffern to Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 11:59 PM: | Exhibits Close |
The AGO/Quimby Regional Competitions for Young Organists are made possible by a generous grant from Michael Quimby, President, Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc.
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| Wednesday, June 22 Convention Day 1 |
| 7:00 AM 5:00 PM: | Registration continues |
| 8:00 AM: | CONVENTION OPENS
Exhibits Open |
| 8:15 AM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 8:30 9:15 AM: | Morning Worship
Patricia R. Maimone, Organist
First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:30 10:15 AM: | Workshops: Session 1
First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 10:30 AM: | Exhibits close |
| 10:30 11:15 AM: | AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists - Region II
Region II Winner Award and Recital
First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 11:30 AM: | Bus departs from First Presbyterian Church to Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 11:45 AM 12:30 PM: | AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists - Region II
Region III Winner Award and Recital
The Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 12:45 PM: | Bus departs from Reformed Church to Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 1:00 2:00 PM: | Lunch on your own at area restaurants
Visit Exhibits |
| 2:00 PM: | Exhibits Close |
| 2:00 PM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM: | Recital
Aaron David Miller
Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 3:15 PM: | Bus departs from Christ Episcopal Church to Vassar College, Poughkeepsie |
| 3:30 4:15 PM: | Workshops: Session 2
Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie |
| 4:30 5:15PM: | Recital
Joan Lippincott
Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie |
| 5:30 PM: | Bus departs from Skinner Hall to Vassar Cafeteria, then to intersection of Main Street and Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie |
| 5:45 7:30 PM: | Dinner on your own at restaurants in the Vassar College Area or at Vassar College Cafeteria (sign-up in advance) |
| 7:45 PM: | Bus departs from intersection of Main Street and Raymond Avenue to Vassar Cafeteria, then to Vassar College Chapel |
| 8:00 PM: | CONVOCATION
Merellyn Gallagher, Convocation Organist
Laura Russell, conducting Combined Choir
Thomas Schmidt, Hymnologist
Premiere of a commissioned work by Charles Callahan
Premiere of a commissioned hymn by Donald Filkins
Te Deum by Maris Kristapsons
Vassar College Chapel, Poughkeepsie |
| 10:00 PM: | Bus departs from Vassar College Chapel to Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 10:15 PM: | Reception
Visit Exhibits
Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
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| Thursday, June 23 Convention Day 2 |
| 7:00 9:00 AM: | Registration continues |
| 8:00 AM: | Exhibits Open |
| 8:15 AM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 8:30 9:15 AM: | Morning Worship
Laura Russell, Director of Music
John Sullivan, Organist
Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:30 AM: | Exhibits Close |
| 9:30 10:30 AM: | Workshops: Session 3
Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 10:45 AM: | Bus departs from Christ Episcopal Church to Cadet Chapel, West Point
Lunch on the bus (Box lunches provided) |
| 12:45 - 1:30 PM: | Recital
Craig Williams
Featuring a commissioned work by Sandra Gay
Cadet Chapel, West Point |
| 1:45 PM: | Bus departs Cadet Chapel for Organ Crawl |
| 2:00 4:00 PM: | Organ Crawl
Post Chapel, Old Cadet Chapel, West Point
Coffee Break |
| 4:00 PM: | Bus departs from West Point to Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 5:00 PM: | Exhibits Open
Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar) |
| 6:30 PM: | BANQUET
Peter Schickele, Guest Speaker
Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 10:15 PM: | Reception
Visit Exhibits
Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
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| Friday, June 24 Convention Day 3 |
| 7:00 AM 5:00 PM: | Registration continues |
| 8:15 AM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 8:30 9:15 AM: | Morning Worship
Joseph Bertolozzi, Organist/Composer
Featuring a commissioned work by Mr. Bertolozzi
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:30 AM: | Bus departs for First Congregational Church and First Baptist Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:45 10:30 AM: | Workshops: Session 4
First Congregational Church, Poughkeepsie
First Baptist Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 10:45 AM: | Bus departs from First Congregational Church and First Baptist Church to The Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 11:00 11:45 AM: | Recital
John Weaver
The Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 12:00 PM: | Bus departs The Reformed Church to Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 12:00 PM: | Visit Exhibits (Final Viewing) |
| 12:15 1:30 PM: | Lunch on your own at area restaurants
Regional Officers and Deans Meeting Region II
Regional Officers and Deans Meeting Region III
Location to be announced |
| 1:30 PM | EXHIBITS CLOSE |
| 1:45 PM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to St. Johns Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 2:00 2:45 PM: | Recital
Ken Cowan
St. Johns Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 3:00 4:00 PM: | Workshops: Session 5
St. Johns Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 4:00 4:30 PM: | Coffee Break
St. Johns Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 4:30 5:15 PM: | Business meeting Region II and Region III
St. Johns Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 5:30 PM: | Bus departs from St. Johns Lutheran Church to Grand Hotel |
| 5:45 7:30 PM: | Dinner on your own in area restaurants |
| 7:30 PM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to United Methodist Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 8:00 9:30 PM: | Choral Concert by the Camerata Chorale
Lee H. Pritchard, Director
Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:45 10:45 PM: | Reception
Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church, Poughkeepsie |
| 9:45 PM: | First bus departs from United Methodist Church to Grand Hotel |
| 10:45 PM: | Last bus departs from United Methodist Church to Grand Hotel |
| 11:00 PM: | FREE TIME
Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
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| Saturday, June 25 Convention Day 4 |
| 8:00 AM: | Bus departs from Grand Hotel to St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park |
| 8:30 9:15 AM: | Morning Worship
J. David Hart, Organist
St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park |
| 9:15 10:00 AM: | Workshops: Session 6
St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park |
| 10:15 10:45 AM: | Organ Crawl Begins
St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park |
| 10:45 AM: | Bus departs from St. James Episcopal Church to Reformed Church, Hyde Park |
| 10:45 AM 12:30 PM: | Organ Crawl Continues
Reformed Church, Hyde Park
Rhinebeck Reformed Church, Rhinebeck
St. Margarets Episcopal Church, Staatsburg |
| 12:30 PM: | Bus departs from Hyde Park to Grand Hotel
CONVENTION ENDS |
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