Halloween Concert, Silent Movie Scheduled for October 28 at Lincoln Hall

Joanne Bauer

Joanne Bauer

Published October 18, 2016 4:25 am
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FOXBURG, Pa. — Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts continues its Tenth Anniversary celebration of the first theatre organ concert performed on the McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer Organ in 2006. The event is on Friday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. in Lincoln Hall.

The concert’s first half will feature piano/organ duos by world-celebrated stride pianist, Tom Roberts, on the Steinway Piano, together with Dale Abraham on the Wurtlizter Theatre Organ.

After a costume parade at intermission and awards for best costumes, experience the Roberts-Abraham piano/organ duo as the “orchestra” for the famous silent movie, “IT”, featuring that roaring twenties siren, Clara Bow – The “IT” Girl. Over the years ARCA has had a tradition of presenting silent movies accompanied on either our Wurlitzer theatre organ OR Steinway piano. This year experience a first — a silent movie with BOTH piano and organ.

Tickets are Adults $20.00; Students $5.00′ and Children Under 6 Free. Buy online at www.alleghenyriverstone.org or reserve by calling 724-659-3153.

Become part of the Halloween fun and festivities by dressing in Roaring Twenties dress, or in a Halloween costume of your choice, or present a “treat” of your own. Halloween candy will be given out.

There will be a costume contest, with prizes awarded in several categories. Audience members from 8 months to 80 years old arrive in all manner of home-made or store-bought outfits…shy or outrageous, join the fun as you enjoy the world class piano and organ music accompanying one of film history’s legendary silent movies.

“It” is a 1927 silent romantic comedy which tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome and wealthy boss of the department store where she works. It is based on a novella written by Elinor Glyn and originally serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Because of this film, actress Clara Bow became a major star of the highest magnitude and a result, became known as the “It girl”. The picture was considered lost for many years, but a nitrate-copy was found in Prague in the 1960s. In 2001, “It” was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Tom Roberts is one of the leading exponents of early jazz piano in the world today. He has performed on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. He was the featured pianist at the International Stride Piano Summit in Zurich, Switzerland, 2001 and 2009. Tom was the pianist for Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks in New York City (recent Grammy winners for the soundtrack to Boardwalk Empire) and the pianist and musical director for Leon Redbone for six years.

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