A Fall Tour of Vintage Hook Organs in Midcoast Maine
October 5-8, 2010

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of E. & G. G. Hook’s Opus 288 (1860)
at St. John’s Catholic Church, Bangor, Maine. 

Map of Hook Holiday Event Locations

Schedule
(Subject to change)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
4:00 to 5:00pm Welcome Reception
The Charles Inn, Downtown Bangor
5:00 to 6:30pm Dinner (on your own)
6:00 to 7:00pm Registration Table Open at St. John’s Hall (also post concert)
6:45 to 7:00pm Welcome and Introductions (St. John’s Hall)
7:00 to 7:45pm

Lecture:
“Very Reverend & Dear Father Provincial”
Letters from the Maine Mission 1854-1859
Presented by David Coco
8:00pm Opening Concert at St. John’s Catholic Church

E. & G. G. Hook, Opus 288 (1860)
Music for Organ & Choir
Choirs of St. Johns R.C. & All Souls Congregational Churches
Kevin Birch, organist & Kay Byther Eames, conductor

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
7:30 to 8:15am Registration Table Open at St. John’s Hall
8:30am Bus loads at St. John’s Parking Lot
8:45am Bus loads at The Charles Inn

...Travel to Stockton Springs

9:30 to 10:30am Lecture Demonstration at Stockton Springs Community Church

E. & G. G. Hook (1847)
Carlton & Lorna Russell, presenters
10:40am Travel to Bucksport
11:00am to Noon Demonstration Concert at Elm Street Congregational Church

E. & G. G. Hook (1863)
David Dahl, organist
Noon to 1:00pm Lunch at Elm Street Congregational Church (included)
1:00pm Travel to Belfast
1:30 to 2:45pm Lecture Recital at First Church of Belfast
& Presentation of OHS Citation – George Stevens (1848)
Scott Huntington & George Bozeman, presenters
2:45 to 4:00pm Open Console and Free Time in Belfast
4:00pm Travel to Augusta
5:30pm Dinner at South Parish Congregational Church (included)
7:00pm Evening Concert at South Parish Congregational Church

E. & G. G. Hook (1866)
Gunter Kennel, organist
  Travel to Bangor

Thursday, October 7, 2010
Note: All Thursday activities held at St. John’s Catholic Church
9:00 to 9:50am Lecture

"A Hook Organ for Germany"
Gunter Kennel, presenter
9:50 to 10:00am Break
10:00 to 10:50am  Panel Discussion/Roundtable on Organ Conservation/Restoration

Participants:  George Bozeman, Scot Huntington, Robert Newton, Barbara Owen, and David Wallace

Moderator: David Dahl
10:50 to 11:00am Break
11:00 to Noon Student Demonstration Recital
Noon to 1:45pm  Lunch (on your own)
2:00pm Lecture

"The Hooks in Maine"
Barbara Owen, presenter
3:00 to 5:00pm

Lecture

Frederick Sumner Davenport (1839-1923)
Bangor Musician and Composer, Maine Outdoorsman
Presented by David Coco
5:00 to 7:30pm Dinner (on your own)
8:00pm Evening Concert at St. John’s Catholic Church
Paul Tegels, organist

Friday, October 8, 2010
9:00 to 9:50am Panel Discussion/Roundtable on Organ Conservation/Restoration

Participants:  George Bozeman, Scot Huntington, Robert Newton, Barbara Owen, and David Wallace

Moderator: David Dahl
9:50 to 10:00am Break
10:00 to 10:50am Lecture

“An American in Belgium”
Presented by David E. Wallace
10:50 to 11am Break
11am to Noon Music for Organ and Choir

The Chamber Choir at St. John’s Catholic Church
Kevin Birch, Director
Noon to 1:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 to 2:30pm E. & G. G. Hook Opus 288 – A Closer Look

George Bozeman & Robert Newton, presenters
2:30pm Travel to Hampden (individual cars or carpool)
3:00 to 4:30pm LECTURE & ORGAN DEMONSTRATION

“We will go to hear Beecher and Zundel”
Presented by Ann Marie Rigler
Hampden Highlands Methodist Church
4:30pm Travel to Bangor – Free Time – Dinner (on your own)
8:00pm Closing Concert at St. John’s Catholic Church

Dana Robinson, organist