If you are free Monday night, consider Silent Movie Monday at the Paramount. The historic Paramount opened in 1928 and features its original theater organ. The talented Dennis James will accompany Robin Hood (1922) starring Douglas Fairbanks. One show like this and you may find it hard to say "Wurlitzer" without "Mighty" in front of it! But that's not all...We are hopeful that the theater's marvelous Knabe Ampico reproducing piano will be played before the show and during intermission. The piano operates with paper rolls like a player piano, but is designed to reproduce the expression of the artist. Many rolls were made by great musicians from Jelly Roll Morton and Gershwin to Grieg and Rachmaninoff. This marvel is maintained and operated by the Pacific Can-Am chapter of AMICA, mainly by Kurt Morrison who can answer just about any question you might have. At around $10-12, this is one of the least expensive shows one can see in this grand vaudeville and movie palace. Trader Joe's is sponsoring the series, so you can bet on free snacks, too. Such a deal - Don't miss it!

 More history of the theater is at http://www.theparamount.com/about/history.asp

More about the Ampico is at http://www.pianola.org/reproducing/reproducing_ampico.cfm

More about the local AMICA chapter, with a photograph of the Paramount's superb piano, is at http://home.earthlink.net/~jukejunkie/

More about the organ, maintained by the skilled volunteers of the Puget Sound Theater Organ Society, is at http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/paramount.htm