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Sunday, November 15, 2009

2:00 pm: Eighteenth Anniversary of the Manasota Theatre Organ Society.   Tom Hoehn will perform a mini-concert on the Forker Wurlitzer, followed by "open console."

December 9-27, 2009

Each evening after dark: Festival of Lights at Grace Baptist Church, supported by MTOS, with live performances on December 11, 12, 18, 19, 20 and possibly Christmas night.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

2:00 pm: John McCall will perform a mini-concert on the Forker Wurlitzer, followed an "open console" invitation for members to play.

Sunday, February 21, 2010 -- Concert!

2:30 pm: Clark Wilson will play the Forker Wurlitzer and will accompany the silent film The "It Girl" starring Clara Bow.

Sunday, March 21, 2010 -- Concert!

2:30 pm: Rob Richards and Alex Zsolt will perform.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

2:00 pm: Program, followed by "open console" for members to play the Forker Wurlitzer.

Sunday, May 23, 2010 -- Concert!

2:30 pm: Ken Double and Surprise Guests will perform.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Sandy Hobbis and Bob Courtney shared the program with a mini concert on the Forker Wurlitzer.

September 20, 2008

Dave Cogswell played a mini-concert for the chapter's first meeting of the season.

June 21, 2009

Chapter meeting, featuring a Directors' Extravaganza!  Our own board of directors played.

                              

Norman Arnold  John Hegener  Mary Alexander  Chaz Bender     John Fischer

May 17, 2009

Chapter meeting, with Larry Davis from Atlanta performing a mini concert.  Larry is a member of the Atlanta chapter of ATOS and has been playing for many years.  He has played the 4/42 Mighty Moller at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

April 19, 2009

Roylance Sharpe did an excellent, interesting presentation about theatre organs, organ people and theatres.

Concert: Sunday, March 15, 2009

Jelani Eddington concert

Concert: Sunday, February 15, 2009

Dave Wickerham concert

Concert: Sunday, January 11, 2009

Jim Riggs in concert, featured some phantom duets using Ampico reproducing arrangements with the piano and organ.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008   

Ken Double played for the opening night of the Festival of Lights (December 10-28, 2008) at Grace Baptist Church.  The concert was recorded and will be replayed throughout the season of the lights.  The 350,000 lights are controlled by Christmas music on a 20-minute program, repeating through the evening, beginning about 7:00pm each evening.  These are the lights and animation created by Chuck Pierson and displayed at his home for the past several years.  This year, he donated them to the church, where they will be displayed hereafter.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Tom Hoehn on the Wurlitzer.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

John McCall performed a concert for the chapter meeting.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Dave Cogswell played a mini-concert for the chapter meeting.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Chapter annual picnic meeting and election.  Hosted by Johnny June Carter at her private home theatre, featuring her own pipe organ, played by Vince Mirandi.

Concert: Sunday, May 25, 2008

Chris Gorsuch concert. 

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Chapter meeting, with Sandy Hobbis on the Forker Wurlitzer and George Losinger on piano.

Concert: Sunday, March 16, 2008

Mark Herman concert, "Pops on Pipes".  Mark performed on the Forker Wurlitzer and played a composition of his own on piano.

Concert: Sunday, February 17, 2008

Clark Wilson concert with silent film "The Cameraman".

Sunday, January 26, 2008

Bus trip to tour the Milhaus Collection, Boca Raton, Florida.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Bob Courtney served as our featured organist for the December Chapter meeting.

 

Sunday, November 18, 2007

MTOS 16th anniversary celebration.  Dwight Thomas played a few selections for us in a cameo appearance.  The second part of the program was Norman Arnold narrating the events leading to the creation of the wonderful instrument we have today, and illustrated his presentation using the Forker Wurlitzer's reproduction ability to play selections from prior artists who have performed here.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Chapter meeting.  Tom Hoehn performed on the Forker Wurlitzer.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Chapter meeting.  Dave Cogswell was our guest organist.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Picnic meeting with Central Florida Theatre Organ Society (CFTOS) at Johnnie June Carter's at 16908 Carlton Lake Road, Wimauma, Florida.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Ken Double in concert.  Ken serves as President of the American Theatre Organ Society.  Also featured were the Ditchfield Family Singers' "My Three Sons" barbershop harmony quartet and a song sung by our own Gene Hodges.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

David Gray, of Scotland, in concert.  David was the winner of the 2005 ATOS Young Organist competition.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Dave Wickerham in concert.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Clark Wilson concert.  Featured a Buster Keaton silent movie, "Seven Chances".

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Joint Chapter meeting of MTOS and CFTOS (Central Florida Theatre Organ Society).  In a special appearance, John McCall of Moultrie, Georgia, played the Forker Wurlitzer following the joint meeting.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

The Manasota Chapter celebrated its 15th birthday.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

A mini-concert was presented by our own George Losinger.

May 24-30, 2006 was the Annual Convention of the American Theatre Organ Society co-sponsored by the Central Florida and Manasota Chapters.  Click here to see our photo album.

Friday, May 26, 2006 -- Jelani Eddington performed on the Forker Memorial Wurlitzer.

The concert also featured as special guests the Florida West Coast Symphony Brass Quintet!

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Monthly meeting.  The program was a mini-concert, featuring John McCall of the Atlanta chapter on the Forker Wurlitzer.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Simon Gledhill presented a concert on the Forker Memorial Wurlitzer, Grace Baptist Church

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Monthly meeting with George Losinger performing on the Forker Wurlitzer.

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Concert, with Rob Richards on the Forker Memorial Wurlitzer pipe organ and Ralph Wolfe on the 8-foot Steinway grand piano.  They played to about 500 music lovers.   

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Holiday celebration at Grace Baptist Church, with Tom Hoehn at the Forker Wurlitzer

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Sunday, November 27, 2005

A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins on  WEDU Public Television featured interviews and music at our own Forker Wurlitzer.

Sunday, November 20, 2005 -- The Chapter's 14th Anniversary.

We all enjoyed a 45-minute sit-down social hour with a very special birthday cake and other taste-treats.  Afterward, Dave Cogswell treated us to a lively, fun concert on the Wurlitzer.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Monthly meeting, with Bob Baker at the Forker Wurlitzer

   

 

Sunday, September 18, 2005

WEDU-TV (PBS) was present to tape interviews with Dwight Thomas from the Roaring 20's Pipes and Pizza in Ellenton, FL, and with Rosa Rio of the historic Tampa Theater.  Then, we were treated to an hour-long program by Bill Vlasak, also of the Roaring 20's Pipes and Pizza; this was a chance for everyone to enjoy the new player system added to the church's Steinway Grand Piano which links it electronically to the keyboard of the Forker Wurlitzer.  The new combination is wonderful! 

May 29, 2005

Memorial Day Patriotic Concert featuring Bill Vlasak on the Forker Wurlitzer.

April 17, 2005

Program at Grace Baptist Church, featuring Fred Boska at the Wurlitzer.

March 20, 2005

Concert by David Wickerham on the Forker Wurlitzer at Grace Baptist Church.

February 20, 2005

Concert by Jelani Eddington  (see his website) and David Harris.  Click on this thumbnail picture to see a panorama taken before the concert. 
 

Following the concert, there was an "Afterglow Fund Raiser" at the home of Jim Weisenborne and John Fischer.

Program at Grace Baptist Church, featured John McCall at the Wurlitzer.

December 10, 2004

Holiday Music & Deserts at Chuck & Joanne Pierson's, with Bob Baker at the organ.

November 28, 2004

Anniversary Dinner at the Charles Ringling Mansion

October 17, 2004

Bob Courtney presented musical memories from the 1920's and a bunch of favorites recalling the great American West.
LaTerry Butler presented a "Jazzy Journey" featuring rarely-heard selections from some of the first African-American Broadway musicals and some tracing the development of jazz between New Orleans, Chicago and Harlem.

Sunday, September 26, 2004

Cancelled, due to severe weather conditions -- Hurricane Jeanne.

Special Event/Meeting at the Tampa Theatre.  At 3:00pm, Rosa Rio accompanies the 1927 Buster Keaton silent comedy film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." followed by more music and dinner at Pinellas Park.

June 20, 2004

Concert by Mark Herman of Ft. Wayne, IN.  Mark is a student of John Furguson.

May 30, 2004

"Salute to American Music" -- Concert by Dwight Thomas
Dwight is a featured organist at the well-known Roaring 20's Pizza and Pipes restaurant in Ellenton, Florida.

April 18, 2004

John Landon, author of the Jesse Crawford biography, presented a tribute to Jesse Crawford.

March 28, 2004

"The Master's Touch" -- Concert by Walt Strony (see his website)

February 15, 2004 

Concert by Jelani Eddington on organ (see his website) with David Harris on piano

January 18, 2004

Music by John McCall (Atlanta), 2002 winner in the ATOS "Hobbyist" category

December 7, 2003

"Hoehn for the Holidays" -- Concert by Tom Hoehn. (See his website.)

November 16, 2003

MTOS 12th anniversary celebration at the Charles Ringling Mansion.  (See the photo album.)

 

October 19, 2003

"Pop-Pourri" with two local artists performing, our new Program Chair, John Fischer, and member George Loesinger

September 21, 2003

Music by Dave Cogswell

August 24, 2003

We all boarded a luxury motor coach and rode to hear Rosa Rio on the Wurlitzer pipe organ, performing with the silent film "It" starring Clara Bow.  Afterward, it was dinner and music at the Roaring 20s in Ellenton, Florida, than back home the same evening.

June 15, 2003

Program featuring MTOS member Bob Courtney

May 25, 2003

"All American" Concert by Bill Vlasak.

May 18, 2003

Program featuring MTOS member Gene Hodges.

April 27, 2003

Program featuring MTOS member Stephen Brittain.

March 16, 2003

Concert by Jalani Eddington (See his website.)

February 16, 2003

Program featuring MTOS member Tom Hoehn. (See his website.)

January 19, 2003

Program featuring MTOS member Dave Henderson.

December 14, 2002

  Christmas concert by MTOS member Dave Cogswell.

November 17, 2002

  MTOS 11th anniversary celebration at the Charles Ringling Mansion.

November 3, 2002

  Concert by Paul Roberts (See his website.)

October 20, 2002

  Program featuring CFTOS member George Loesinger.

September 15, 2002

  Program featuring MTOS member Cliff Shaffer.

August 18, 2002

Program featuring MTOS members:
  John Hegener       Stephen Dunn     Frances Reinhart

July 21, 2002

Program featuring on organ MTOS members:
  Norman Arnold    Gene Stanley      Bob Alexander

June 16, 2002

  Program featuring MTOS member Robert Courtney.

May 19, 2002

   Program featuring MTOS member Stephen Brittain (on organ and piano).