What an amazing 40th anniversary ‘Wurlitzer Weekend' - 600 school students attending a Friday session, special afternoon tea on Saturday for those connected with the theatre organ - both past and present, and culminating with a great concert to a packed house on Sunday afternoon.
The whole weekend was carried along by the exuberance and expertise of theatre organist Scott Harrison from Melbourne who has been associated with Tauranga's Wurlizter for 20 years and obviously has a tremendous affection for it, and is always able to extract the very best from it.
The Sunday concert, in which Scott shared the second half with the Bay Dixie band, was just magic. One highlight was film of the late Bob Addison singing to the accompaniment of the Wurlitzer, quite an emotional experience for many of us. Congratulations to the Tauranga Theatre Organ Society whose year-long planning for this special weekend gave us the very best.
Let's hope that the hundreds who attended will continue to support future Wurli concerts, and that some of those many students who came will be inspired to learn to play it and increase the popularity of this rare treasure that belongs to our city.

Maureen Guy, Otumoetai.