NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 1998
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Glenn A. Walsh - (412) 561-7876, andrcarn@alphaclp.clpgh.org

SANTA CLAUS TO VISIT CHILDREN AT
LIBRARY MUSIC HALL DECEMBER 19

North Pole, December 7 - A week before Christmas, there will be a special visit from Santa Claus at the Music Hall of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library, 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie borough. Old St. Nicholas is coming to talk to all of the good little boys and girls, who live in Carnegie and vicinity, on Saturday, December 19 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 p.m. Santa's visit is free-of-charge to all children and their families.

During his visit, all children will have the chance to tell Santa their holiday wishes, on the stage of the Library's historic Music Hall, patterned after Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Parents and friends can take photographs of children with Santa. For a small donation to the Library, families can also purchase a photograph of a child with Santa, taken by a free-lance photographer.

Santa's visit is sponsored by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library.

The Andrew Carnegie Free Library opened as the fourth free public library constructed and endowed by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, on May 1, 1901. In addition to the Library and Music Hall, the cultural complex includes a 140-seat Lecture Hall, Civil War Museum, small in-town park, and discount bookstore.


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