This announcement went into the October issue of the Boston American
Guild of Organists (AGO) Newsletter: Any AMDers passing through town on
the dates given may want to put this on their itinerary. You can bet
I'll be at each of these!

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 +  The 98-rank Boston University Symphonic Organ, designed for use with
 +  silent film productions, fulfills that role once again this fall.
 +  Part of the BU Feature Film Series, three silents will feature
 +  performances by noted organists, restored 35mm prints, variable
 +  speed projection equipment (to eliminate the "jerkys") from Boston
 +  Light & Sound, and a 24' x 36' screen. The films are free and open
 +  to the public. Showings start at 8:00 p.m., in Metcalf Hall of BU's
 +  George Sherman Union, 755 Commonwealth Avenue. For more information,
 +  call 617/241-7848 or 617/353-3635.
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 +     Sunday, October 13: Robin Hood (1922), starring Douglas Fairbanks
 +     Dennis James performs the original film score
 +
 +     Thursday, October 31 (Halloween!): Phantom of the Opera (yes, the
 +     real one - 1925), starring Lon Chaney Donald Mackenzie, organist
 +     of the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London
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 +     Sunday, November 24: The General (1926), starring Buster Keaton
 +     Walt Strony playing his own score
 +
 +  (Information courtesy of Nelson Barden, Restorer/Curator of the
 +  organ)
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- K a r l   B.   E l l i s o n
  Ashland, Massachusetts  U.S.A.
  KBEllison@aol.com
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