Music at Saint John’s
Virtual Silent Movies Concert The Balloonatic and The Electric House
featuring Dave Calendine, organ
Organist for the Fox Theatre, Detroit
Broadcast on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
Saint John’s Episcopal Church Office: (301) 733-2560 www.stjohnshagerstown.org ~ facebook.com/stjohnshagerstown
Program
Musical Selections
Silent Movie: The Balloonatic
"The Balloonatic" is a 1923 American short comedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It was one of Keaton’s final short films. A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament. The balloon is finally downed in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of misadventures.
Silent Movie: The Electric House
"The Electric House” is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home. He installs lots of fanciful gadgets. The one who should have received the degree gets even by rewiring all the gadgets to wreak havoc.
Musical Finale
PERMISSIONS Permission under One License #A-734724.
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Dave Calendine, a Warren, Ohio native, started his musical career with the player piano at the age of 3. By age 5, he was playing some of the music without the aid of the player mechanism. By age 7, he was playing at his church, where he also started to teach himself the organ at age 15.
When at age 16, Dave first heard the magnificent sound of the theatre organ, he was instantly hooked and determined to play the theatre organ at whatever the cost. His wish came true when, one night after a movie, the management of the Akron Civic Theatre let him play. Shortly after that, he was hired as one of the house organist at the 2,678-seat movie palace. The youngest person to ever hold the position, he entertained audiences there for over 3 years.
After leaving the Akron Civic Theatre, he continued on, playing at several restaurants featuring theatre pipe organs, such as the Organ Grinder (Toronto, Canada), and Shady Nook (Cincinnati, Ohio). Dave has also played theatre pipe organs throughout the United States and Canada. In 2000, he went on his first overseas solo concert tour through Germany and Switzerland, playing to packed houses.
Dave currently holds the position of Resident Organist and organ curator for Detroit's fabulous Fox Theatre, holding that position for 25 years now. He has also played nine years for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, featuring the world-famous Rockettes. He is also one of two organists at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, playing the organ for home games of the Detroit Red Wings NHL team.
Dave's enthusiasm for the theatre and theatre pipe organ has him serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Theatre Organ Society. He has also been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the Motor City Theatre Organ Society, which owns and operates the Redford Theatre in Detroit. He is also on the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Detroit Theatre Organ Society, which owns and operates the Senate Theater. He was also the President of the Flint Theatre Organ Club, an auxiliary support group for the Flint Institute of Music.
Dave’s love of mechanical musical instruments also has him actively involved with the Musical Box Society, International (MBSI). He is the past Chairman of the Mid- America Chapter of MBSI, and past secretary of the Lake Michigan Chapter of MBSI. His work with mechanical instruments has garnered him various awards, including being honored by the Governor of the State of Montana for his work on restoring the Bovey Collection of Mechanical Instruments, one of the largest public displays of mechanical music in the United States of America. His achievements there were also recognized in an Achievement Award by President George W. Bush.
For his regular employment, Dave works in the Operations Department of Olympia Entertainment, one of the nation’s premier presenters of sports and live entertainment, operating several venues in Detroit, including the Fox Theatre, City Theatre, Hockeytown Café, Little Caesars Arena (home of the Detroit Pistons and 11-time Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Red Wings) and Comerica Park (home of the American League Champion Detroit Tigers).
In the fall of 2007, Dave was honored by being inducted into the Achievement Hall of Fame at his high school, Champion High School, in Warren, Ohio. The first person to be inducted for the performing arts, he was nominated by several of his former teachers.
Dave is organist at his church, Southminster Presbyterian Church in Taylor, Michigan.
Saint John’s Parish Upcoming Musical Events
Sunday, November 1, 2020 – 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for All Saints’ Day
Sunday, December 20, 2020 – 9:30 a.m. Festival of Advent Lessons and Carols
Sunday, February 21, 2021 – 4:00 p.m. Candice Mowbray and Danny Webber, classical guitar
Sunday, March 7, 2021 – 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Third Sunday in Lent
Sunday, April 25, 2021 – 4:00 p.m. Yuhsuan Liao, piano
Friday, June 4, 2021 – 7:00 p.m. Mark King, organ
ORGAN SPECIFICATION Saint John’s Episcopal Church ~ Hagerstown, Maryland
Built by the M. P. Möller Company (1927) Rebuilt by the M. P. Möller Company (1953) Additions by the M. P. Möller Company (1973) Nave Organ added by the M. P. Möller Company (1984) Console and Additions by the Hagerstown Organ Company (1993-1997) Rebuilt and Additions by the Hagerstown Organ Company (2003) Trompette en Chamade added by Mark Cooley’s Pipe Organ Service (2017)
69 Stops; 61 Ranks; 3,438 Pipes
SWELL ORGAN GREAT ORGAN PEDAL ORGAN Bourdon 16' Gemshorn 16' Untersatz 32' Principal 8' Principal 16' Principal 8' Bourdon 8' Subbass 16' Flute Couverte 8' Gemshorn 8' Gedeckt 16' Gambe 8' Octave 4' Gemshorn 16' (Gt.) Gambe Celeste 8' Koppelflöte 4' Octave 8' Prestant 4' Quinte 2 2/3' Offenflöte 8' Flute Harmonique 4' Blockflöte 2' Gemshorn 8' (Gt.) Nazard 2 2/3' Tierce 1 3/5' Quinte 5 1/3' Doublette 2' Fourniture III-IV Choralbass 4' Piccolo 2' Zimbel III Flöten 4' Plein jeu III Kontra Fagott 16' Nachthorn 2' (Pos.) Basson 16' Trompete 8' Mixture IV Trompette 8' Fagott 8' Kontra Posaune 32' Hautbois 8' Tremulant Posaune 16' Cromorne 8' (Pos.) Trompette en Chamade 8' Basson 16' (Sw.) Clairon 4' Trompete 8' (Gt.) Tremulant Zimbelstern Chimes Fagott 4' (Gt.) POSITIV ORGAN Principal 8' NAVE ORGAN NAVE PEDAL Pommer 8' Principal 8' Bourdon 16' Flute Celeste II Gedeckt 8' Gedeckt 8' Klein Principal 4' Octave 4' Nachthorn 4' Flöte 4' Octave 2' Super Octave 2' Larigot 1 1/3' Mixture III-IV Sifflöte 1'
Sesquialtera II Zimbel III Cromorne 16' Clarinette 8' Tremulant Trompette en Chamade 8' (Gt.)