GENEVA’S POPULAR STEEPLE WALK RETURNS

As part of the ever-popular holiday weekend in Geneva that begins each year’s Christmas Season, the Steeple Walk returns Sunday afternoon December 8, from 2 to 4:15. Now for the fifth time presented by the Geneva Cultural Arts Commission and sponsored this year by Circa, it features a variety of seasonal music concerts at four Geneva churches, all within easy walking distance.

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Two audience groups attend 20-minute concerts played simultaneously at the Methodist and Lutheran churches, and change places. They then move to the last performances in the Unitarian and Christian Science churches, opposite each other on Second Street. Guides lead each group.

Scott Stevenson, well-known composer and keyboard musician, will perform on the organ at the United Methodist Church at Second and Hamilton Streets.

A talented high school jazz ensemble from Wheaton, the Blue Notes, will appear at the Geneva Lutheran Church on South Third Street.

Performing at the Unitarian Universalist Society on Second Street will be Ruth Cavanaugh’s EnsAmble Ad Hoc, with a repertoire as unique as their name.

Opposite on Second Street, the First Church of Christ, Scientist will host harpist Laura Fako Utley, accompanied by Michele McGovern on the flute.

Tickets cost $12 and are available at the four churches, at the Geneva History Center and Circa, both on Third Street, and through PayPal. Sales begin November 4.

The Steeple Walk Committee is comprised of Gail Tattersfield, Linda Kopec, Amy Steenson, Kent Gallagher, and Linda Valentine.