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NEIGHBOR
BRIEFS
HISTORY AND MUSI C
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Fundraising
pancake
breakfast for
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A fundraising pancake
breakfast to support St.
Mary's Saints Basketball
Program will take place
from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday. Feb. 2. at Applebee's. 4207 Recreation
Drive. Seven teams. from
fifth grade to the varsity
level. will sell tickets and
servepancakes to raise
money to support the
CYO (Cat holic Youth Organization) Basketball
Program at St. Mary's
Church.
This year. because of
increased enrollment.
t he program has added
a JV and Varsity level to
their program.
Tickets are $6 and can
bepur chased from any
player.at the main office of St. Mary's school.
from the office of John
Polimeni at 540 South
Main St., Canandaigua,
or at the door.
VICTOR
Newdraw lab
statlen opens
this week
The Laboratory Depart ment at F.F. Thompson Hospital announce
the opening of a new lab
draw stat ion in Victor on
Friday, Feb. 1.
The hew station is located at 6532 Anthony
Drive. Suite B, just east
of the villageof Victor.
Services include blood
Membe rs of t he Parson Organ Builders of Bristol and ot hers at the recital celebrating the arrival of the restored organ and improvements to
t he Sanitarium Chapel at the Spa Apartments in Clifton Springs. From left, Parsons em ployees Duane Prill, David Bellows, Joel Morehouse, Pete r Geise, with Jonathan Hall, feat ured organist ; Keith Bigger, curator of organs at The New Bapt ist Temple in Brooklyn; Ethan Fogg, director of
community relations and foundation at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic; and Matt, Ric Parsons and Tim Parsons of Parsons Organ Builders.
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of the villageof Victor.
Services include blood
draws and specimen
drop-off.
Orders from any
healthcare provider on
any type of requisition
are welcome.All samples drawn at the Victor
site will bes ent to the
newly expanded stateof-the-art laboratory at
F.F. Thompson Hospital
for analysis.
Hours for this new location are: 7 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 7 to 11:30
a.m. Saturday.
Once open, the draw
stat ion can be reached
at (585) 924-3199. In the
interim, call Thompson's
Client Services Manager at (585) 396-6540 for
more information or visit
www.ThompsonHealth.
COrD for a complete list
of the draw stat ions,
hours and locations.
CLIFTON SPRINGS
Networkingevent
with Thompson
Health
Thompson Health welcomes candidates experienced in health care to
explore career opportunities at a networking
event from 4 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 31, at
Warfield's Restaurant. 3
Coulter Lane.
Thompson Health is
currently seeking candidates who can bring
confidence and compassion to every healthcare
experience SUCll as director of rehabilitation
services, sleep lab tech,
occupat ional th erapist
.111(1 more.
.
. For a full listing of job
descriptions, requirements. benefits and em-
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community relat ions and foundati on at Clift on Springs Hospital and Clinic; and Matt, Ric Parsons and Tim Parsons of Parsons Organ Builders.
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Big Cf OV/ d on hand to watch a renowned organist play the instrument
in restored chapel at the Spa Apartments in Clifton Springs
By Laurel Wematt
messenger@
messengerpostmedia.com
On a recent Frid ay evening, th e Sanitarium Chapel at th e Spa Apartments
in Clifton Springs was filled
with the sounds of a newly restored late 19th centu"
ry tracker-style pipe organ.
Th e instrument, rescued
in 2012 from near oblivion
in a Brooklyn Ch urch, now
has a plac e of honor along side the chap el's stained- John Lord works on t he Tiff any Mosaic in 2012 . The resglass windows and its well- torat ion of the mosaic and stained-glass windows (not
known feature, a mos aic of by Tiffany), as well as ot her restorat ions in the chath e Last Supper. That larg e pel, was complet ed by Lord of Wat erloo. The mosaic
iridescent artwork, stretch- was purchased by f riends of Dr. Henry Foster, founder
ing along th e wall behind of Clifton Springs Sanit arium, and insta lled in the chath e chapel's. altar, was fab- pel in his honor in 1902. COURTESYCLIFTON SPRINGS HOSPITAL
ricat ed at the New York ANDCLINIC
studios of Louis Comfort Jan. 18 event, ,1. date which Apartments, a senior housTiffany, Like the organ , it providentially h appened to ing facility.
has now been comp letely be the anniversary of FosThe building was not the
refurb ish ed.
ter's birth 192 year s ago.
only thi ng saved.
"Atwo-year lab or of love,"
"It made me realize how
"The organ (from Brookis how Ethan Fogg, stand- historic the chapel was," lyn) survived because it was
ing in front of th e illumi- said Denise Morphy, organ - left alon e," explain ed Ric
nat ed image of Christ and ist at the First Congrega- Parsons, pr esident of Parhis apostles, described the . tion al Church in Canandai- sons Pipe Organ Builde rs,
floor-to-ceiling improve- gua an d a Clifton Springs th e company th at broug ht
'resident who perform ed a it back to life.
ments to th e chapel.
Local artisan John Lord
re-Christmas Concert on
Parson s described the orbegan by restoring six 'the organ after it arrived in gan as "the only example
stained-glass
windows D ecember.
we kn ow of thi s particular
along th e walls before tackShe was among the over builder," a referen ce to the
ling th e mosaic, first ded- 160 hospit al dignitaries; William & Charl es Pilcher
icated in 1902 to memo- Clifton Springs residents, Company. "We went to
rialize Dr. Henry Foster, employees of Parsons Pipe great length to not impose
the found er of th e Clif- Organ Builders of Bristol, a mod em sta ndard," exton Sprin gs Sanitarium am ong others, who gath- plained th e specialist, who
Com pany.
ered for th e rededication said th e instrument would
Fogg, the Clifton Springs event. Thev were remind- sound as it would have
Ho spit al foundation dir ec- ed by Fogg th at in 1972, in 1901 when it was first
tor, credited Lord as the people stood on the front played.
first to SU?;/-!;cst that the porch of the five-story SanTh e main event on Jan .
Jonathan Hall , a world-renowned organist and an educator from the New York-New Jersey area , plays th e
newly restored organ with an assist from Denise Morphy, organist at the First Congregational Church in
Canandaigua and a Clifton Springs resident. She performed a pre-Chr istmas Concert on the organ after it
arrived in December. By the way, Hall take s his shoes ,
off 6 another practi ce typical of organist s Q so it is easier to play th e peda l board. LES MOORE/THESPRINGS INTEGRA:
TIVE MEDICINECENTER & SPA
would lead to th is night,"
said Hall recalling how five
years ago Keith Bigger, curator of organs at The New
Baptist Templ e in Brooklyn , told him 'about an organ langu ishing in a small
Brooklyn church. Hall first
viewed the instru ment
"hiding behind folding tables, ch airs and pott ed
plan ts:'
.
The guest organist, in a
light-heart ed
pre-recital
demonstr ation, perfo rmed
electricity.
The mu sic selected by
th e organist dem onstrated the rang e of the instrll~
ment, Reviews from th~)s~;
present were enth usi5.s.;:
tic. The last selection, "Jo1,;:
ful, Joyful, We Adore TheeP
br ought the audience to il:Sfeet to sing words set to th e
music of Beethoven.
.:
"I'm excited about the
resurgence of th is space,'
said Clifton Spri ngs Hospi!
tal Chaplain, the Rev. Gail
Jnu more.
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Career Opportun it ies.
Fogg, the Clitto n Springs
Hospital foundation director, credited Lord as the
first to suggest that the
room could benefit by the
addition of a pipe organ.
That observation set in motion the process to locate
an appropriate instrument .
Th e chapel make-over was
privately funded and has
"breathed new life" into
the space said Fogg at the
even L. They were reminded by Fogg that in 1972,
people stood on the front
porch of the five-story Sanitarium, then considered
out-dated as a medical fa~ility, to protest its th reatJned dem olition. Two years
' l~ter the building where
people once came' to rest,
relax, and bathe in th e villages highly sulphured
water, ' opened as th e Spa
sound as it would. have
in 1901 when it was first
played.
The main event on Jan.
18 was a much- anticipated
' recital by Jonathan Hall, a
world-renowned organist
and an educator from the
New York-New Jersey area who researched the organ before its restoration
by Parsons.
"1 ha d no idea th at it
plants:'
The guest organist, in a
light-hearted
pre-recital
demo nstration, perform ed
the tune, "For !ie's A Jol~
ly Good Fellow;' while Bigger, .also present for the
re-dedication,
manually
pumped th e handle on the
side of th e organ case to
, show how the instrument
could be played as it would
have been in 1901, before
--1 m exciteo anout ine
resurgence of this space,"
said Clifton Springs H ospi:'
tal Chaplain, the Rev. Gail
Conners, who oversaw th e
rededication. Conners Plrrforms funerals and services in a mode rn chapel: in
the hospital, but said she
would like to see the Spa
Chapel used for more musical concerts to draw i n
the community.