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Welcome to the home of the North East Theatre Organ Association on the web! Here you will find the annual programme of events at the New Victoria Centre, press releases, contact information, a short history of the New Victoria Theatre, Bradford and its Wurlitzer, from their birth in 1930 to the present time, plus much more!

For 38 years our Wurlitzer console rose from the depths of the orchestra pit in the New Victoria Theatre in Bradford to entertain patrons with musical interludes. Now installed in a specially converted building, the New Vic. organ plays once again, recreating the atmosphere of a different and more leisurely age.

Since the organ was first played in its present home in 1986, many thousands of visitors have come along to enjoy the sights and sounds of the 'Mighty' Wurlitzer in the hands of some of the finest exponents of the instrument. Now extensively restored, with the aid of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, extra ranks of original pipework have been added and other changes made to the Wurlitzer to further enhance its versatility.

:: Next concert - John Barnett

:: Members' Concert

:: New CD now available

John comes from Willenhall, near Walsall in the West Midlands. During a visit to Blackpool Tower at the age of eleven, John became interested in and enthusiastic about organ music and was given tuition by a local organist. He was a church organist at the age of thirteen and also at this time played on occasions at the Majestic Cinema, Cradley Heath on its Christie Pipe organ.

In 1989 John became one of the resident organists at the Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, playing an electronic organ alongside the Wurlitzer for the popular Saturday Party Nights. 'Wurlitzer Wonderland' Volumes 1 and 2 were recorded here, featuring John with Keith Tomlin at the Wurlitzer.

John has played for various theatre and electronic organ societies around the country, including the Channel Islands, and more recently has played for the Cinema Organ Society and twice for the Theatre Organ Club at Burton on Trent Town Hall.

John will be in concert at the New Victoria Centre on Saturday, 12 May at 7.00pm and Sunday, 13 May 2.30pm.

Tickets are £6.00 and are available from:

David Kirkbride, 3 Edendale Crescent, Howden-le-Wear, Crook, County Durham, DL15 8HR. Tel: 01388 762467

Join us on Thursday, 24 May at 7.00pm for the New Vic. All Stars' Concert, an evening of great music and social interaction with members and friends.

Tickets are £6.00 including pie and pea supper and are obtainable from: David Kirkbride, 3 Edendale Crescent, Howden-le-Wear, Crook, County Durham, DL15 8HR. Tel: 01388 762467.

The North East Theatre Organ Association are delighted to announce the release of a brand new CD of their Wurlitzer organ.

We are privileged international theatre organist, Simon Gledhill, accepted the invitation to record the instrument, and our thanks to Councillors John Bailey and Patricia Jopling for their support and to the Three Towns Partnership grant which made the project possible.

The tracks are:

On the Sunny Side of the Street
Serenade for my Lady
Richard Whiting Remembered
Nature Boy
Evening Primrose
Selections from 'Brigadoon'
Rotten Row
Moonlight in Vermont
A Bouquet of Burton Lane
Nocturne (Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, No. 4)
Let's Break the Good News

Visit the Sales Desk page to purchase your copy today!

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