>Harp’s soothing sounds fill Village Hall
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
BY JOSEPH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The offices and corridors of Village Hall had a festive feel last Tuesday as the routine sounds of municipal activity were temporarily replaced by live harp music, courtesy of a former employee.
Barbara Carlton entertained her former co-workers at Village Hall with her skillful playing of the Celtic harp.
Barbara Carlton, a retired Ridgewood Planning Board secretary, visited Village Hall to perform holiday music on her 24–string therapy harp, which she now uses to play for visitors and patients as one of about a dozen volunteers with The Valley Hospital’s Bedside Harp program.