a proud chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society
Photo Album
 Home Calendar Our History Our Wurlitzer Photo Album Pipe Notes

June, 2006 annual meeting of the MTOS
Joined this year by CFTOS

Sunday, June 18, 2006, at Grace Baptist Church

Refreshments were set out to tempt the palate.

 Folks from MTOS and CFTOS enjoyed visiting together.

MTOS president Chuck Pierson presided.  Cliff Shaffer, CFTOS president (shown speaking here), reported on the recent ATOS convention co-hosted by MTOS and CFTOS.

Bob Davidson, recently-elected president of ATOS, spoke to the local chapters represented at the meeting.

horizontal rule

 

2006 ATOS Annual Convention
Co-hosted by the Central Florida and Manasota Chapters

Friday, May 26, 2006, at Grace Baptist Church

1. Early arrivals to Grace Baptist Church were treated to the sight of our local Sandhill Cranes.

 2. Soon after 9:00 a.m. the busses arrived from Tampa with the convention folks.

3. John Fischer greets new arrivals.

 4. Joanne Pierson helps conventioneers with their materials.

5. Everyone began to assemble for the concerts and greeted old friends.

 6. The Grace Baptist Church sanctuary looked good for the convention.

7. Lew Williams began the series at GBC with a 1-1/2 hour concert.

 8. Lew Williams at the console, pleasing the audience.

9. Ken Double, of ATOS, served as master of ceremonies throughout the convention.

 10. Lew Williams poses for pictures after his concert.

11. David Gray, a young artist from Scotland, charmed the audience and gave a wonderful concert.

 12. The other young artist to appear, Donnie Rankin, is shown here with Ken Double.  Donnie, too, impressed the audience with a well-done concert.

13. Richard Hills, hailing from the U.K., amused and delighted the audience with his stage patter as well as with his 1-1/2 hour concert.

 14. Together here are Donnie Rankin, Richard Hills, and David Gray.

15. At 5:00 p.m. sharp, the dinner busses gathered to take everyone to Michael's on East for sumptuous fare.

 16. For the big evening concert, Jalani Eddington performed, joined for the middle of the program by the Florida Brass Quintet.

17. Here's Jalani Eddington at the console after the concert.

    
       
Saturday, May 27, 2006, trips to Dunedin and Lakeland
18. Aboard one of the busses, leaving Tampa for Dunedin, Florida. 19. Folks were able to visit, read, or relax aboard the comfortable busses.
20. Palm trees and beautiful water scenes rushed by as we crossed the Courtney Campbell Causeway. 21.  On arriving at the Kirk in Dunedin, we strolled by its beautiful little courtyard garden.
22. Here's the cool breezeway leading to the sanctuary. 23.  The Dunedin Kirk was all aglow for us, painting a colorful picture.
24. Shown here is Terry Charles, curator for the Kirk, introducing it. 25. Right on cue, Ken Double makes another appearance as our M.C.
26. The lovely and talented Donna Parker delighted the audience with her concert. 27. Donna Parker, on the organ, was joined by Jalani Eddington, on the piano, for a duet.
28. The evening outing was a trip over to Lakeland, to the Polk Theatre. 29. The Polk Theatre's stage from the rear of the hall.
30. A view over the stage of this beautiful old theatre. 31. Clark Wilson gave a mini-concert before accompanying a silent film.
       
Sunday, May 28, 2006, in Tampa
32. The day's concerts were held in the historic Tampa Theatre. 33. Shown here is the Tampa Theatre's interior from the rear of the hall.
34. Russell Holmes provided the morning concert. 35. Rosa Rio, recognized for special honor by ATOS, gave a mini-concert, then accompanied a silent movie.
36. Shown here is the beautiful stage of the Tampa Theatre. 37. Ken Double in his tux, playing the M.C. for the evening concert.
38. The concert for the evening was performed by Ron Rhode, capping off a great ATOS annual convention.    

All images and content are copyrighted by the Manasota Theatre Organ Society; non-exclusive use by other not-for-profit sites, to promote the history and art of the theatre organ, is hereby granted as long as the images or content are accompanied by proper credit to the Manasota Theatre Organ Society. Audio clips used on this site are used with the permission of the artists and are copyrighted by them.

This page last updated on June 19, 2006