WHAT’S NEWS IN UPPER ST. CLAIR
CHABAD OF THE
SOUTH HILLS SPRING
PROGRAMMING
A Community Passover Seder will
be held Wednesday, Apr. 8, at 7:30 p.m.
at Chabad of the South Hills. Join in
a Pesach Seder that you will never
forget! It will be interactive and family
friendly, complete with handbaked
Shmurah Matzah, wine and more. For
more information and registration call
412.344.2424 or chabadsh.com.
A Passover Seniors Lunch will take
place Tuesday, Apr. 21, noon. Model
Seder and a presentation by Downsizing
Pittsburgh. Suggested donation of $5,
and the site is wheelchair accessible. Call
412.278.2658 to preregister.
Kids Cooking Club Session 4: Jewish
Holiday Favorites, Apr. 23, 30; May 7,
14. Cost is $40. All classes are held from
4-5:30 p.m. at Chabad of the South Hills
for Junior Chefs ages 4-7 and Master
Chefs ages 8-11. For more information
and registration go to chabadsh.com/
cooking, email mussie@chabadsh, or call
412.344.2424.
SOUTH HILLS
CHILDREN’S CHOIR
HOSTS ANNUAL
‘BRIDGES OF SONG’
Experience “Choir for a Day” with High-
Quality Instruction, Superior Choirs, Good
Food, and New Friends.
The South Hills Children’s Choir will
host the annual “Bridges of Song” event
with teaching artist Dr. Joy Hirokawa,
Director of the Bel Canto Youth Choir.
Joined by the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus,
Pittsburgh Girls Choir, and Giovani Voci,
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SHCC shares a day of choral singing
and camaraderie open to all local youth.
This event is taking place March 21
from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St. David’s
Episcopal Church in Peters Township.
The event is meant to build bridges of
understanding through friendship and the
richness of a choir community. Constant
interface with technology erodes societal
relationships; singing develops them.
Journalist Cassandra Sheppard notes that
singing in groups “triggers the communal
release of serotonin and oxytocin, the
bonding hormone, and even synchronizes
our heartbeats. Group singing literally
incentivized the community over an
‘each cave dweller for themselves’
approach. Those who sang together were
strongly bonded…”
A healthy lunch will be provided by
Heisler’s Market, Trader Joe’s, Eat’n Park,
Starbucks–McMurray, Chick-fil-A, and
local bakeries. The day will conclude
with a free performance conducted by
Dr. Hirokawa. Choristers will learn ASL
in “Can You Hear Me?” by Bob Chilcott,
recount WWII memories in “Homeland”
by Randall Stroope, and enjoy a new
work by Dr. Hirokawa.
The public is welcome. Interested
singers should register at shcchoir.org/
bridges.html.
The South Hills Children’s Choir
is a nonprofit choir dedicated to
offering quality musical education for
children from all walks of life in the
surrounding community and celebrating
diversity, both in music and in the area’s
youth. The choir aims to establish a
lifelong relationship with and respect for
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quality music in the singers’ and their
families’ lives.
The South Hills Children’s Choir
receives funding support through a
generous grant from the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts, an agency funded by
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
the National Endowment for the Arts, a
federal agency.
GARDEN & LANDSCAPE
SYMPOSIUM AND
MARKETPLACE!
Date: April 25
Location:
Hampton Community Center
3101 McCully Road
Allison Park (15101)
The 25th Annual Garden & Landscape
Symposium and Marketplace will feature
Ken Druse, called the “guru of natural
gardening” by the New York Times, and
Niki Jabbour, award-winning garden
writer, speaker and veggie garden wizard.
The Indoor Marketplace, free and open
to the public, offers new and unusual
annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and
garden accessories from the Penn State
Master Gardeners of Allegheny County
and more than 20 specialty vendors. Visit
extension.psu.edu/garden-landscape-
symposium or call 877.345.0691.
PENNSYLVANIA
RESOURCES COUNCIL
WORKSHOPS
THIS SPRING
The Pennsylvania Resources Council
has announced its Spring 2020 schedule
of workshops to take place at numerous
locations in Allegheny County. To