Saturday, September 12th 2009 at 7:30pm
The Gates Hill Church in Franklinton‘s Concert Series will host Karen Savoca this weekend.
As a child she had always wanted to play the drums, but she was given piano lessons instead. At thirteen Karen’s family built a log home on a mountain top in upstate New York. Her new friends were astonished at her ability to learn the lyrics to any song in just one listening. At fifteen, she bought herself a guitar with saved birthday money, and when no one was around she would write songs. Living on a mountain offered plenty of solitude for a little poet, and she wrote privately for many years. During High School she was a frequent soloist in the choir, and earned leading roles in both dramatic and musical plays. Her expressive alto was soon sought out by regional musicians, where she was finally free to choose her repertoire.
The Gates Hill Church has been running this series for 22 years now, in it’s small venue of a tiny church building. The concerts are held to raise money for the building fund. The church has been there since the late 1800′s.
Suggested donations for the concer is $10 adults, and $5 seniors. Refreshments are included.
