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CATOE ENTERS THE NEW MILLENIUM 2000 Year in Review
CATOE ENTERED THE MILLENIUM WITH A SOCIAL AT THE GATEWAY THEATRE SPONSORED I N
PART BY CATOE. THE LAKESHORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIAL
GUEST ORGANIST, DAVID SCHRADER, ON SUNDAY JANUARY 16TH. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY
THE AUDIENCE AND DAVID SCHRADER PERFORMED IN A MOST DISTINQUISHED MANNER.
ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 13TH A SPECIAL FAREWELL TRIBUTE TO DAVE WICKERHAM WAS HELD AT MUNDELEIN. DAVE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME FAVORITE IN BOTH IN THE CHICAGO AREA AND WISCONSIN. IT WAS A BONA-FIDE TREAT TO WISH HIM WELL IN HIS LAS VEGAS ADVENTURE.
ALSO IN FEBRUARY CATOE WAS INVITED TO A ORGAN RECITAL AT MEDINAH TEMPLE WITH WILLIAM C. AYLESWORTH AT THE CONSOLE OF THE HISTORIC TEMPLE AUSTIN PIPE ORGAN. MANY CATOE MEMBERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE KNOW REALIZE WAS OUR LAST CHANCE TO HEAR THIS ORGAN.
ON MARCH 25TH WE ENJOYED THE INCREASINGLY TALENTED, RAPIDLY MATURING RON RESEIGH PLAYING THE 3/10 WURLITZER AT THE DOWNERS GROVE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. RON IS BECOMING A WELCOME NEW AND YOUNG FACE ON THE THEATRE ORGAN SCENE. RON HAS SINCE RELOCATED TO MILWAUKEE AND IS NOW A REGULAR ORGANIST AT GARY HANSON'S ORGAN PIPER MUSIC PALACE.
OUR BUS TOUR OF CHICAGO AREA THEATRES ON MAY 6TH TOOK US TO 5 THEATRES,
THE GATEWAY (WITH WARREN YORK DEMONSTATING THE GATEWAY PIPES), WITH
GUIDED TOURS OF THE PALACE, ORIENTAL AND CHICAGO THEATRES. AT THE CHICAGO OUR OWN LEE MALONEY ABLY DEMONSTRATED THE LANDMARK WURLITZER. A BOX LUNCH WAS INCLUDED AND AN ADDED ATTRACTION WAS AN OPTIONAL TOUR OF THE UPTOWN THEATRE
HOSTED BY CATOE MEMBER BOB BOIN.
ON APRIL 29TH A CATOE BUSINESS MEETING AND SOCIAL WAS HELD AT THE ARCADA THEATRE IN ST. CHARLES. A SLATE OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WAS CHOSEN BY THE MEMBERSHIP. A PROGRAM FOLLOWED WITH DAVID REED AT THE 3/16 GENEVA-MARR & COLTON PIPE ORGAN, WHICH HE HANDLED WITH APLOMB.
ON MAY 27TH A FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS MEETING TO ELECT THE SLATE OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS APPROVED AT THE APRIL MEETING. A PROGRAM FOLLOWED WITH RALPH CONN
DOING THE HONORS AT THE GATEWAY'S KIMBALL-WURLITZER. EVEN THOUGH RALPH MADE
HIS FIRST CATOE APPEARANCE, MANY MEMBERS HAVE TRAVELLED TO WISCONSIN TO HEAR HIM PERFORM AT THE PIPER MUSIC PALACE IN GREENFIELD. AS IS OUR PRACTICE AT SOCIALS
THE PROGRAM WAS FOLLOWED BY OPEN CONSOLE WHICH IS ALWAYS ENJOYED BY THE PLAYING MEMBERS.
ON SUNDAY JUNE 4TH, CATOE AND THE PICKWICK THEATRE CONSOLE SPONSORED A "BIG BAND JAMBOUREE" FEATURING ORGANIST JOHN GRUNE AND HIS "AIRFLOW DELUXE BAND".
THE HUGE CROWD ENJOYED JOHNS TALENTS AT THE WURLITZER AND LEADING HIS BAND.
SEVERAL NUMBERS COMBINED THE ORGAN AND BAND AND JOHN PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT
BLEND OF THE MUSICAL ORGAN AND BAND. THERE WERE ALSO SURPRISE DANCE NUMBERS AND COMEDIC TALENTS WHICH GAVE US A SHOW VERY REMINISCIENT OF VAUDVILLE SHOWS THAT CATOE HAD SPONSORED IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT PAST.
ON AUGUST 5TH CATOE HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL AT THE TIVOLI THEATRE IN DOWNERS GROVE WITH GUESTS FROM JATOE AND CTOS. THE CATOE-OWNED OPUS 942 WAS REDEDICATED AFTER COMPLETION OF INSTALLATION OF THE PETERSON SOLID STATE RELAY AND COMBINATION ACTION. THE PROGRAM FEATURED GUEST ARTIST DENNIS SCOTT AND CAMEO APPEARANCES BY TWO YOUNG THEATRE ORGANISTS. THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM WAS A TRIBUTE TO JOHN MURI WHO HAD PLANNED TO JOIN US, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SUFFERED A FALL DURING THE WEEK WHICH KEPT HIM HOME IN ATLANTA. (continued on next page)
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