Mon, Nov 16
7:00 PM Membership Meeting
Chevalier
Theatre, Medford, MA
Sun, Dec 6 1:00
PM Annual Meeting
Chevalier
Theatre, Medford, MA
Sun, Dec. 13 2:30 PM EMCATOS
Holiday Party
Concert following
dinner
Shanklin Music Hall,
Groton, MA
Information and reservations: 781-272-5148
Note: CTOS membership meetings are not held in
January and February.
ANNUAL
MEETING SET FOR DEC. 6
The Chevalier Theatre Organ Society
will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, December 6, 2009, at Chevalier Theatre.
In addition to the election of
officers for 2010 and an update on the Chevalier Wurlitzer Restoration Project,
a highlight of the meeting will be the showing of a new 13-minute film called
“Pipe Dreams,” which offers a taste of the magic of the theatre pipe organ and
its passionate devotees.
Refreshments will be served at 1:00
PM., with the meeting commencing at 1:30 PM.
It will conclude no later than 3:00 PM.
Chevalier Theatre is located at 30 Forest Street in
Medford Square, less than one block north of High Street (Route 60). From I-93, take Exit 32. There is a parking
lot adjacent to the theatre. Enter through the green doors at the top of the
handicap ramp alongside the driveway (not the theatre lobby). Look for a sign on the door.
REPORT OF
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
For the election of officers at the
Annual Meeting on December 6, 2009, the Nominating Committee has presented a
slate for 2010:
Kenneth Krause, President
Dorothy Bromage, Vice President
Secretary, May Marquebreuck
Treasurer, Michael Cerullo
Board Member-term ending 12-31-12, Theresa Cerullo
The Nominating Committee consists of
Kenneth Krause, Theresa Cerullo and Robert Legon.
ORGAN MUSIC AT MEDFORD ‘STROLL’
Chevalier Theatre Organ Society member Ed Wawrzynowicz
will perform a program of holiday music on our Kawai electronic organ at
Chevalier as part of the Medford Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Victorian
Stroll on Thursday, December 3. The event takes place from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. and
will include exhibits of artwork and poetry throughout the theater and lobby.
Plan to drop in and hear “Big Ed” entertain.
The following evening, Friday, December 4, the Medford
Chamber and Medford TV & Electronics are presenting a free holiday concert
at Chevalier featuring the Northeast Navy Wind Ensemble starting at 7:00 PM.
CAMPAIGN
2010 REACHES GOAL
We did it! Donations to Campaign
2010 have reached our goal of $2,010, equaling an amount donated by our Board
of Directors. The funds will be used for materials and labor costs associated
with building out the chamber at Chevalier Theatre that will house the
Chevalier Mighty Wurlitzer. Cost estimates are being prepared for lumber needed
for the chamber and for a possible separate blower room outside the chamber. In
addition, about three dozen metal pipes have been shipped to expert pipe
builder Tom Anderson of North Easton, Mass., for repair over the winter.
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Newsletter Editor: Dorothy Bromage bromaged@comcast.net 978-670-1269
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One addition to
the schedule portion of the Chevalier Theatre Organ Society newsletter:
EVENTS AT E.M.C.A.T.O.S
Ken Double,
national president of the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS), will be
performing two concerts in the area on Nov. 21 (at Babson College in Wellesley)
and Nov. 22 (at Shanklin Music Center in Groton).
Ken is quite an
entertainer, and it will be nice to show our support of his concert in advance
of the national ATOS convention that is coming to Providence/Boston in July
2011.
More details and
a link to directions and ticket information are below.
Thanks,
- Ken Krause
President,
Chevalier Theatre Organ Society
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Not only
is Ken Double the national president of the American Theatre Organ Society, but
he is a gifted theatre organist, vocalist, and just a great all-around
entertainer! You will get a kick out of Ken's Double Bill show as he serenades
you on the Wurlitzer and sings some of your favorites.
For more than 30 years, Ken has been on radio
and TV as a sportscaster, and since 1978, has been at the console of the great
theatre pipe organs, indeed working hard to entertain his audiences.
During his concert career, Ken has performed all
over the world, including stops in Seattle, Wilmington (DE), Tampa, Chicago,
Los Angeles, the famous Casa Loma in Toronto, and three six-week tours
throughout Australia. In addition to his hundreds of concerts, he has
nine CD's to his credit, including Double Southern Comfort - A Musical Toast to
the South, played on the Reddish Residence Walker RTO 335, and his ninth
disc, Christmas at the Nethercutt Museum on the 4/76 Wurlitzer, just in time
for the holiday season. He has just completed his 10th recording entitled The
Music of Casa Loma, the first-ever CD and first release in more than 30 years
on the great Wurlitzer in the Great Hall of Toronto's historic castle.
Sportscaster, master of ceremonies, theatre
organist, even vocalist upon occasion, Ken Double indeed works hard at making
it look easy when entertaining at the theatre pipe organ.
http://www.emcatos.com/PipeOrganPopsAndSilentsInTheHouse/Events/Theatre_Organ_Concerts/Ken_Double/ken_double.html
