THE OCTOBER 1ST SOCIAL FEATURED A RETURN APPEARANCE BY JOHN GRUNE AT THE HOWELL-WURLITZER PIPE ORGAN IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED GEORGE CARDINAL MUNDELEIN
AUDITORIUM.  NEW SOFT SEATS, FRESH PAINT AND NEW DRAPES PROVIDED A SPARKLING
SUPERB VENUE TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL ORGAN.  JOHN PROVIDED US WITH ANOTHER  TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE REMINSCIENT OF HIS EARLIER PROGRAM AT THE PICKWICK

ON NOVEMBER 19TH, A LARGE CONTINGENT WENT TO ST. CHARLES TO REVEL IN THE RETURN OF LES HICKORY TO HIS HOME BASE AT THE 3/16 GENEVA-MARR & COLTON AT THE ARCADA THEATRE. LES DID AN EXCELLENT ACCOMPANIMENT OF A SILENT COMEDY SHORT "BARNEY OLDFIELD AT THE RACES" ALTHOUGH LES CLAIMED THIS WAS HIS FIRST SILENT FILM ATTEMPT. AFTER THIS SHOW WE WALKED ACROSS THE FOX RIVER (ON THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE OF COURSE)  FOR A SPECIAL AND FABOULOUS CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH IN THE BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW ROOM OF THE RESTORED HOTEL BAKER.  THE BAKER HAS A 3/10 GENEVA PIPE ORGAN WHICH WAS USED TO ENTERTAIN THE DINERS WITH DAVE REED DOING THE HONORS AT THE
CONSOLE LOCATED IN THE ADJACENT TROPHY ROOM..THE GENEVA SPEAKS INTO BOTH ROOMS BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE ORGAN FANS GATHERED AROUND DAVE ENTHRALLED BY HIS MUSICIANSHIP AND STAMINA.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF OUR BUSY YEAR..AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING EVEN MORE IN 2001. DON'T MISS OUT...BRING YOUR FRIENDS TO A FUTURE SOCIAL AND INTRODUCE THEM TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ENJOYING THEATRE ORGAN IN OUR CHICAGO AREA.

HAL PRITCHARD.