Hi: I am FINALLY experimenting with scanning the photos I have. Please tell me if I am doing it right. Thanks, Floyd [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Robb
hammondrobb
Apr 3, 2006 12:50 pm
It looks as if perhaps you attached the pictures to your post or email. Pictures will not appear in the photo section unless you click on "photos", find the...
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Robb
hammondrobb
Apr 16, 2006 6:35 pm
FROM: "SYMPHONY"; MAGAZINE JUNE 1951: "This city's thirteenth Pop concert season got off to a rousing start June 9, when all attendance records were broken....
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Robb
hammondrobb
Apr 16, 2006 7:14 pm
Hi group.. Hope you all enjoyed the article about Ethel's perfomance with the Cleveland Pops on June 9th , 1951. Believe it or not, just 6 days before that,...
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Robb
hammondrobb
May 10, 2006 2:20 pm
On May 10th, 1996, Ethel Smith passed away at her home in Palm Beach. At her request, there was no memorial service. Looking back, Ethel had quite the career....
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Robert Barnett
orgelkraft
May 11, 2006 1:02 am
Ethel Smith had a remarkable talent. Growing up I was more attracted to classical organ (and I still am), but the playing of Ethel Smith went well beyond...
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Chaz Bender-TheatrePi...
chazbender
May 16, 2006 12:45 pm
From: Chaz Bender-TheatrePipeOrgan.com Subject: Theatre organ Concert with Jelani Eddington THEATRE ORGAN CONCERT presented by Manasota Theatre Organ Society ...
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Walter
dddzzz30
Jun 5, 2006 12:37 am
The rarely shown movie, "George White's Scandals" (1945) featuring Ethel Smith is scheduled to be shown on the Turner Movie Classics channel at 1 PM on...
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Chaz Bender-TheatrePi...
chazbender
Sep 27, 2006 12:02 am
If any of you missed this news release a couple of weeks ago, here it is again. This is the first Christmas Album done at the Atlanta Fox. A great gift for you...
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Robb
hammondrobb
Oct 24, 2006 1:03 am
It was on this date, 64 years ago, and it happened a bit like this. It was Saturday night in New York City. One of the most popular radio shows on the air,...
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MrChuk@...
southernfossil
Oct 27, 2006 2:36 pm
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...
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Don
dkelly2559
Oct 27, 2006 2:38 pm
Hi All, This is just to let you know there are two new MP3s in the file section. Fireside Blues from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and Jazz Me Blues. Both from...
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Laddie Willams
laddierwilliams
Oct 28, 2006 10:35 pm
I watched a movie short as a kid...she played with the high heels. ... From: <MrChuk@...> To: <ethelsmith@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006...
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Dave Bishop
ferpini1
Oct 28, 2006 10:36 pm
My father, who watched Ethel play many times, says that she played using both left and right gams and in hi-heels, often stilleto. Regards, Dave Bishop...
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Chris Vermillion
cv_texas
Oct 28, 2006 10:37 pm
You need to obtain or rent a copy of "Bathing Beauty" starring Red Skelton and Esther Willams (circa about 1940 and is available on video and dvd) The Tico...
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Doug Irvine
dmmhall
Oct 28, 2006 10:39 pm
Ethel Smith was, first of all a classically trained organist and in her Hammond Organ Course, which we used away back in the late 50s, she taught classical...
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Mathew Gerhard
gospel_organist
Oct 28, 2006 10:40 pm
Mainly left foot only. She could play with both feet. I've heard of her playing some Bach with both feet in heels. I don't remember where I heard that though. ...
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Chris Vermillion
cv_texas
Oct 28, 2006 10:41 pm
What recordings are out there that Ethel DID use a Leslie on? I strongly prefer this version of the Hammond Sound WITH Leslie, but most of the older...
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cv_texas
Oct 28, 2006 10:44 pm
My previous message (which mysteriously never was posted or approved or whatever?) suggested you get a copy of "Bathing Beauty" movie to see good footwork. I...
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MrChuk@...
southernfossil
Oct 29, 2006 2:46 pm
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...
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MrChuk@...
southernfossil
Oct 29, 2006 8:36 pm
_Click here: Biography for Ethel Smith (I)_ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808179/bio) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Robb
hammondrobb
Oct 29, 2006 8:42 pm
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...
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dz
dddzzz30
Oct 29, 2006 11:29 pm
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...
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ethelsteaparty
Oct 31, 2006 1:51 am
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...
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Robb
hammondrobb
Nov 1, 2006 2:27 am
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"...
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MrChuk@...
southernfossil
Nov 1, 2006 2:31 pm
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, ...
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celestial_horizons
celestial_ho...
Nov 1, 2006 2:31 pm
... On The Samba sequence ... section at the left of ... for a real treat. I never ... from the group. By ... this will take hours to ... I can only say...
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dz
dddzzz30
Nov 1, 2006 11:59 pm
Robb- Wow! Thanks so much for a wonderful trip down memory lane. Her playing is mesmerizing and her personality always shines through. Not sure about those...
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Robb
hammondrobb
Nov 22, 2006 2:21 pm
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,...
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MrChuk@...
southernfossil
Nov 23, 2006 2:52 pm
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, ...
