Dr. Paula Pugh Romanaux to speak at Elkhart Lecture Series February 28th
Reservations required by February 24th

[February 21, 2020]   The Elkhart Historical Society is pleased and honored to announce that Paula Pugh Romanaux Phd, DMA, has graciously agreed to kick off our 2020 Dinner Lecture Series. Her most recent endeavor includes research on the pipe organ grants of the famous American industrialist and entrepreneur, Andrew Carnegie. Her investigations have led to the discovery of over 207 Carnegie organs in Illinois alone.

Dr. Romanaux’s, “The Pipe Organ Benefactions of Andrew Carnegie in Central Illinois, 1901-1919,” will be presented at the Elkhart Christian Church, on Friday, February 28, at 5:30p. This unique dinner lecture venue will allow for a short recital by Paula that will, no doubt, give us a glimpse into her amazing talent as a musician and storyteller. Her concert will feature an 1880’s Henry Pilcher and Sons organ that once graced the home of Governor Richard Oglesby’s home on Elkhart Hill.

Dr. Paula Pugh Romanaux’s contributions to music education and history are world renown. She has served as an organist at St. Andrews University in Scotland, an Illinois Historical Society consultant, a lecturer of Organ and Musicology at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Lubeck, Germany and Cultural Ambassador to the Baltics as a recitalist and lecturer. This extraordinary musician and steward of our musical history and significance cannot be missed.

Dinner will follow at Horsefeathers Wild Hare Café.  Ticket cost includes a $10 donation to the Elkhart Historical Society.

Roast pork with mushroom wine sauce, or baked herbed chicken breast are the entrée choices. Full menu information is available on the website www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org.

Reservations are required and must be made by February 24, by calling 217 947 2238.

[J.ROB Wilson]