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PSU Altoona's Canal Jam Celebrates 19th Century Songs

WPSU | By Kristine Allen
Published September 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM EDT

On Saturday, September 25, Penn State Altoona celebrates music of the “Canal Era” in Pennsylvania, around the mid 1800’s.  As WPSU’s Kristine Allen reports, they’ll hold a “Canal-Era Music and Entertainment Summit” at the Allegheny Portage railroad site in Gallitzin.

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Kristine Allen
Kristine Allen is Program Director of WPSU-FM. She has also filed feature stories for WPSU on the arts, culture, science, and more. When she's not at WPSU, Kris enjoys playing folk fiddle, acting, singing and portrait-sketching. She is also a self-confessed "science geek." Kris started working in public radio at age 17 at WSND-FM in Notre Dame, Indiana, and says she "just couldn't stop."
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