Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Graduate student Charlie Heim and the rest of the Centre Dimensions Jazz Band will be among the performers at the third annual President's Concert. For tickets to the concert and reception through the Alumni Association, click on the image above.
Credit: Andy Colwell Graduate student Charlie Heim and the rest of the Centre Dimensions Jazz Band will be among the performers at the third annual President's Concert. For tickets to the concert and reception through the Alumni Association, click on the image above.

Four of Penn State's outstanding musical groups will perform Feb. 17 in the Penn State School of Music's third annual President's Concert, hosted by President Graham B. Spanier.

The 8 p.m. concert at Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pa. will feature the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, Philharmonic Orchestra and Centre Dimensions jazz ensemble. William Neil, National Symphony Orchestra organist and Penn State alumnus, will be the featured guest artist.

Prior to the concert, the Penn State Alumni Association will host a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cadence Restaurant located inside the Kimmel Center. Alumni and friends can enjoy hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar and socializing with other Penn Staters.

Admission to the concert and reception is $35 for Alumni Association members and $45 for nonmembers. R.S.V.P by Feb. 10 at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/events or call (800) 548-LION (5466), option 4.

Concert tickets, not including the Alumni Association reception, are $10 and are available at http://www.kimmelcenter.org online, at the Kimmel Center Box Office or through Ticket Philadelphia at (215) 893-1999.

The President's Concert is sponsored jointly by the Penn State School of Music and the Penn State Alumni Association.

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