Some nice footwork from a modern player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ut7yIuCEY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WholfTUYs1w


In my opinion she does more with ONE foot than most players can do with 2 (or 4)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jerrytaylor501@...
> Sent: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:25:22 -0000
> To: ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Ethel Smith Re: Does anyone know?
>
> Ethel Smith is the only pop organist I have ever seen use both feet
> very efficiently and gracefully. At a concert she gave in Scranton
> Pa , as she talked with the audience explaining the pedal board , she
> demonstrated her technique by playing "The Darktown Strutter's Ball"
> with a graceful command of pedal control with both feet equal to that
> of Virgil Fox playing a Bach fugue. She was the best! and she always
> played in heels when she was young, but chose a flatter heel to match
> her wardrobe in her later performing years.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> --- In ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com, MrChuk@... wrote:
>>
>>
>> Was Ethel a "peg leg" organists? Using just her left foot on the
> pedals?
>> And did she play in high heel shoes as shown in her pictures?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chuck in Mississippi

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