The Chicago AMICA invites you to participate in the fun & celebration of
the player piano!

This year marks the 100th year for the player piano and we're having a
party!  Mr. Daniel Wilson (a regular on MMD) and Mr. Rex Lawson are
flying in from London to perform at three major concerts in the western
Chicago suburbs.  Five days of events are scheduled, starting on
Wednesday April 5th, and ending on Sunday, April 6th.

The first concert is to be held on Friday April 4th at 7:00 P.M. at the
Waubonsee Community College Auditorium in Sugar Grove, Illinois.  Rex 
Lawson will be performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and other jazz
and blues numbers.

On Saturday, a concert and technical demonstration will be held at 3:00
P.M. at Pedals Pumpers and Rolls, in Batavia, IL.  Dan and Rex will
demonstrate a 9-1/2 foot Weber Duo-Art reproducer as well as other
machines on display.

On Saturday night, at 7:00 P.M. an "Open Pianola" party will be held at
Walter Payton's Roundhouse in Aurora, IL, and the attendees are invited to
to pump their own rolls. Dine at the roundhouse and tour the complex
which has a micro brewery, a cigar bar, and Walter Payton museum complete
with Super Bowl rings.

The festival finale kicks off with a birthday party luncheon at 12:30 PM,
again at Walter Payton's.  At 3:30 PM the GALA CONCERT for the Player
Piano will be presented at the Paramount Arts Center in Aurora, IL.  Rex
Lawson will perform the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto 1 with the Fox Vally
Symphony orchestra.

If you are planning on being anywhere near the Chicago-land area in early
April, don't miss it.  You will see master pianolists at work playing
with a symphony orchestra.

For more information you can contact either:

    Wynette Edwards at:   WynetteAEdwards@chicago.avenew.com
  or Eric Bergstron at:   epb@critical-test.com

Hope to see you there!