Sooner State Chapter ATOS Home Page

Read the current issue of our monthly newsletter
The Windline.

Welcome to the website of the Sooner State Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society. We are headquartered in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, and have our monthly meetings at the Broken Arrow Campus of the Tulsa Tech, Broken Arrow Campus,
4000 W Florence St. (111th St) in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Our meetings are at 7:00 on the third Friday of the month
(unless circumstances dictate another date).

In partnership with the non-profit Circle Cinema of Tulsa, our Chapter is sponsoring 'Second Saturday Silents'
each month at 11:00 in the morning. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for kids 16 and under. We are showing silent movies
accompanied by their original 1928 theatre pipe organ. For program information and what is going to be featured on the
next Second Saturday, please visit the Circle Cinema page here or call 918.592.3456 (592.FILM)

Here is a page devoted to the first home of our theatre organ!

In 2007 Videographer James Plumlee of the Tulsa World made a nine-minute video tour of our organ. You can view it here.

Click here to visit the national website for the American Theatre Organ Society.

In December 2022 we elected our officers for the next two years. They are:
   Rudy Geissler, President
   Bill Rowland, Vice President
   Phil Judkins, Vice President
   Hervey Barbour, Vice President
   Janice Barbour, Secretary
   Phil Gray, Treasurer
   Lynda Ramsey, Program Chairman
   Carolyn Craft, Program Chairman Emeritus
   Joyce Hatchett, Editor/Publisher of the Windline and Membership Chair

(L to R: Judkins, Craft, Ramsey, Gray, Geissler, Hackler, Rowland, Hatchett, Barbour)

Our chapter owns a 1927 Robert-Morton 3-manual theatre pipe organ (see picture top of page) that we use for our programs. It was originally installed in the Capitol Theatre in Steubenville, Ohio, then by a circuitous route found its way to Tulsa, where we acquired it and got it installed in the new campus at TTC in the 1980s.

We also have a rebuilt 1901 Kimball grand piano, donated to us by Don and Dee Miller, that used to preside in the Mayo Hotel in downtown Tulsa.

Our members have also restored the 1927 four manual, forty-five rank Kilgen pipe organ at the Performing Arts Center of Tulsa Central High School. At right is the Central High School console.

And our Chapter sponsors the
"Second Saturday Silents at the the
Circle Cinema" in Tulsa each month

Our programs feature some artists from out of the Tulsa area as well as local organists and usually give time for "Open Console" where members and non-members alike can try out the organ.

Please feel free to come and enjoy our programs, there is no admission charge but donations for organ maintenance and program expenses are appreciated! And, if you would like to subscribe our monthly e-mailed newsletter, the Windline just drop us an email at sscwindline@gmail.com. Or, you can Email us at SoonerStateATOS@gmail.com and we will be happy to add your email address to our monthly program reminder list if you request it as well.

2023 Sooner State ATOS Events

Our Chapter held its December Christmas Party (for members only) and it was an informal evening to have fun and play our organ and piano. There were light refreshments, and election of new officers for our Chapter (see above).

The "Second Saturday Silents at the Circle Cinema" continued into its ninth year in January with a 1922 silent feature "Manslaughter" directed by C. B. DeMille and starring Leatrice Joy.

The "Second Saturday Silents at the Circle Cinema" for February was a great Harold Lloydvie,
"Dr. Jack" from 1922, accompanied on the vintage theatre pipe organ.

Our February Program on the 17th was our annual Gospel Music Program at the Tulsa Tech, Broken Arrow Campus, featuring local artists performing on the 95-year-old pipe organ and 122-year-old Kimball grand piano. Shown below is Carolyn Craft and Joyce Bridgeman. Also performing were Bill Rowland, Mike Huffman, Paula Hackler, Joyce Hatchett, Phil Judkins, and Lynda Ramsey.

Our March "Second Saturday Silents at the Circle Cinema" was again our annual "Tom Mix Day" featuring FREE ADMISSION, courtesy of Hughes Lumber Company in Dewey and Tulsa Oklahoma

APRIL 21, 2023 SOONER STATE CHAPTER – AMERICAN THEATRE ORGAN SOCIETY PROGRAM
The Sooner State Chapter presented “Spring Fling,” an enjoyable musical celebration of Spring for its April 21st, 2023 monthly program. Our chapter members played Spring themed music on both the chapter’s 1928 3/15 Robert Morton theatre pipe organ as well as the 1901 Kimball grand piano.

Our June "Second Saturday Silents at the Circle Cinema" is going to be worth attending!

And also in June our Sooner State Chapter will be presenting our annual "Summer Silent Shorts."

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