Greetings!

** OrganFocus News:

New at the site are MP3s from my good friend Liya Petrides. Liya
recently graduated with a DMA from the Juilliard School, and she is
currently in Germany playing at the Mikael Tariverdiev Organ
Competition.
http://www.organcompetition.ru/index-en.htm

Listen to Liya's recordings:

Reger, Introduction and Passacaglia
http://www.organfocus.com/media/sounds/PetridesTrack04.mp3

Taneiev, Chorale Varie
http://www.organfocus.com/media/sounds/PetridesTrack05.mp3

Franck, Chorale in a
http://www.organfocus.com/media/sounds/PetridesTrack09.mp3

Dupre, Carillon
http://www.organfocus.com/media/sounds/PetridesTrack10.mp3

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** Web News:

* Churches struggle to find replacements for organists

"Many Blue Water Area churches have organs, but not all of them have
an organist. St. Paul Lutheran Church in Port Huron Township is about
to join the ranks of churches in which the organ sits silent during
worship services."
http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050820/NEWS01/5082003\
10/1002

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* Jordan Williams: Newsman has equal love for news, organ

"Recognizable for his day job as reporter and anchor for KWES-TV,
Williams said he has an equal love for TV news and for playing the
organ. "
http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15073030&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_i\
d=475591&rfi=6

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* Danny Topaz; entertainer wowed Padres, fans as team organist

"By the time he completed the first few notes of his audition,
organist Danny Topaz had hit a home run with his future employer. "
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050822-9999-1m22topaz.html

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* Former councilman campaigns for Grand Theatre pipe organ

"Huffman's husband, Wes, a city councilman from 2000 to 2004, asked
his former colleagues to include a theater organ in the city's
renovation plan for the Grand Theatre, a $19 million building project
started at what was once Tracy's cultural and social hub."
http://www.tracypress.com/local/2005-07-23-pipe-organ.php

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* A resounding love of organs

"It was May 17, 1977, and the trio were riding to a small town in
western Ireland. After three hours, they arrived at a church. Walsh,
then a 13-year-old instrument-maker's apprentice, walked in and was
smitten for life with the most beautiful pipe organ he had ever seen."
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/religion/12434235.htm

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* Voice of history echoes through temple organ

"Pipe restoration renews Plum Street's bold statement"
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050815/NEWS01/508150350/10\
77/news01

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Today's Organ Stop is:

Sanftflote
http://www.organstops.org/s/Sanftflote.html

Have a great week,

Lana