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What an amazing talent!!!!!!!!!! And judging by her pedal technique in the 1st piece, I know she must have been classically trained!!!!!!! Although, the heels...
1 Dec 8, 2008
2:10 pm

Carlo Pietroniro
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I can write for you any sheet music...
1 Dec 8, 2008
2:10 pm

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Hi Rob, I tried posting but I don't think it took. I am the boy in the picture with Ethel that is posted on her memorial web site. and for what it is worth, my...
1 May 17, 2008
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Gerald
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Hi there all you ES experts. Here's a good one. Someone has just listed an item on Ebay, which is suppose to be Frank Sinatra singing, and Ethel Smith...
2 May 17, 2008
2:59 am

Gerald
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VERY COOL ITEM ON EBAY ! ETHEL PLAYING THE PIANO AND SINGING LIVE... (AUDIO)...
1 Mar 13, 2008
2:04 pm

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For all who have contacted me about their reopening. Roaring 20's Pizza and Pipes in Ellenton Florida will re-open on Thursday, November 29th at 4:30 P.M. Bill...
1 Nov 29, 2007
11:55 pm

Chaz Bender-TheatrePi...
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I've often wondered about Ethel's published arrangements. Did she actually write them or were they transcribed from her performances or did someone arrange...
2 Nov 29, 2007
11:55 pm

Lew Williams
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Happy Thanksgiving group. This year, Thanksgiving falls on November 22nd, which was Ethel's birthday.. So, break out the Tico Tico tapes or records, or MP3s...
1 Nov 21, 2007
2:23 am

Robb
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_Click here: YouTube - Ethel Smith Hammond Organ Player_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9qlWyk-7Q) ************************************** See what's new at...
1 Nov 21, 2007
2:23 am

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For any that missed the first announcement of this super concert, I submit it once more. Hope to see many of you Sunday. The Manasota Theatre Organ Society ...
1 Jun 3, 2007
7:04 pm

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It is 11 years today that Ethel Smith passed away at her home in Palm Beach. She certainly had an interesting life ! I know she inspired me and countless...
3 May 12, 2007
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Hello..................... This will be an exciting afternoon. Hope many of you can join us. Chaz Bender Publicist, Manasota Theatre Organ Society The Manasota...
1 May 11, 2007
12:24 am

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Hello..................... This will be an exciting afternoon. Hope many of you can join us. Chaz Bender Publicist, Manasota Theatre Organ Society The Manasota...
1 Apr 10, 2007
11:13 pm

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I recently read in the Fall 1969 issue of The Hammond Times, in the article "A Perfect Match... Ethel Smith and the Hammond," that Ethel acted in a CBS-TV play...
2 Apr 3, 2007
2:12 pm

Robb
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I've added new links to the Turner Classic Movies trailers of Bathing Beauty, Twice Blessed, and Easy to Wed. Ethel appears at the organ in all of them. The...
2 Apr 1, 2007
6:01 pm

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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...
5 Apr 1, 2007
6:00 pm

Chris Vermillion
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So, she didn't do the "toe heel" work on the pedals, huh? Not in heels??? Chuck In a message dated 4/1/2007 8:55:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ...
1 Apr 1, 2007
5:59 pm

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anyone have a copy of the sheet music of monkey on a string? i believe it should be in her Jazz Dixieland Rhythm Folio. Ever since I was a little kid, i have...
1 Feb 27, 2007
2:34 pm

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The Manasota Theatre Organ Society PRESENTS the 1925 Silent Film Comedy "SEVEN CHANCES" starring Buster Keaton with accompaniment by the world-renowned theatre...
1 Jan 20, 2007
4:34 pm

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Hello..................... This will be an exciting afternoon. Hope many of you can join us. Chaz Bender Publicist, Manasota Theatre Organ Society The Manasota...
1 Jan 11, 2007
11:54 pm

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_Click here: http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf_ (http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf) [Non-text portions of this message have been...
2 Dec 26, 2006
11:01 pm

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MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY, MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP. MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP, MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS, MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE, ...
1 Nov 23, 2006
2:52 pm

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Today, November 22nd, besides being the anniversary of President Kennedy's assasination, it was Ethel's birthday. I just played a few of my favorite tunes,...
1 Nov 22, 2006
2:21 pm

Robb
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AWESOME, Awesome... awesome!!! and it's just Awesome! Chuck in Mississippi In a message dated 10/31/2006 8:28:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, ...
2 Nov 1, 2006
11:59 pm

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I am pleased to have found and just posted, a link to the Blame It On The Samba sequence from Disney's 1948 animated film, Melody Time. It is in the "links"...
2 Nov 1, 2006
2:31 pm

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For all of you asking about the heels, and use of two feet, get a copy of "Easy to Wed," MGM 1946. In the song, "Someone Should 'a Told Me," you get two...
1 Oct 31, 2006
1:51 am

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For more information, check out "The Ethel Smith Memorial Home Page" at http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/ethel/ [Non-text portions of this message have been...
1 Oct 29, 2006
11:29 pm

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No dig to the poster, but that "mini-bio" is quite lame. I am in the process of writing a much more detailed account of Miss Smith's life, and will post it...
1 Oct 29, 2006
8:42 pm

Robb
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_Click here: Biography for Ethel Smith (I)_ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808179/bio) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1 Oct 29, 2006
8:36 pm

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Thanks to all who have responded to my inquiry about Ethel's foot technique. I studied pipe organ for a bit in college.... the Hammond to my instructors was...
1 Oct 29, 2006
2:46 pm

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