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DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\nSanta Cruz Baroque Festival presents a\n\nBoomeria Organ 
 Extravaganza\n\n \n\nSaturday, July 10, 2010 from 1-5pm\n\nChapel Royal at 
 Boomeria, Bonny Doon\n\n(map and directions provided to ticket 
 holders).\n\n \n\n \n\nThe annual Boomeria Extravaganza offers a unique 
 afternoon with hours of organ music in Boomeria's own Chapel Royal, snacks, 
 drinks, and wine, surrounded by the Bonny Doon area forest. This event 
 takes place on Saturday, July 10, from 1 to 5 pm with organists Bill 
 Visscher, Bruce Sawhill, Hartzell Lemons, Ann Thiermann, Colin 
 Whitby-Strevens and Preston Boomer performing. Finally, an “organ 
 crawl” provides visitors with a tour of the organ’s intestines. This 
 event is a fundraiser and proceeds benefit the continued operation of the 
 Baroque Festival's annual concert season.  Admission: $50 (includes music, 
 food, drinks). Please note: advance ticket sales only. Directions are 
 furnished to ticket holders.\n\n \n\nTickets: Santa Cruz Tickets: 
 831-420-5260 or 459-2159, www.santacruztickets.com, and walk-up sales at 
 Civic Center Box Office and UCSC Ticket Office windows.\n\nInformation: SC 
 Baroque Festival: 831-457-9693, www.scbaroque.org\n\n \n\nAbout organs: The 
 invention of the organ dates back as far as Archimedes around 300 B.C. 
 Music’s “first synthesizer” (as Preston Boomer calls it) is a 
 fascinating instrument from both a music and physics standpoint. During the 
 baroque period writing for and development of organs flourished, making the 
 organ the computer of its day.\n\n \n\nThe sound of actual pipe organs no 
 longer abounds in most of our churches or on our stereo systems, so 
 naturally, the “Baroque Festival” looks forward to once again engaging 
 its guests with the instrument’s complex mechanisms and centuries-old 
 repertoire.\n\n \n\nAbout Boomeria: The grounds of Boomeria are full of 
 surprises, including its own castle and catacombs. Created and maintained 
 by "The Boom" – a long-time local high school chemistry and physics 
 teacher – Boomeria is a well-kept local secret. \n\n \n\nThe Boomeria 
 organ itself was a project begun in 1953. In that year Trinity Parish 
 Church (now Cathedral) in San Jose replaced its organ console (vintage 
 1879), which had originally been donated to the church by The Boom's great 
 grandmother. Boomer rescued the console along with two sets of pipes and 
 started a project was completed with the assistance of students from San 
 Lorenzo Valley High School over a period of many years.\n\n \n\nSince then 
 generations of Boomer's students have helped with the building of this 
 massive instrument and its intricate mechanisms, along with assistance from 
 organ builders Bill Reid, John West, and Bill Visscher. The Boomeria organ 
 now features 40 ranks, 2,500 pipes, baroque voicing, and mechanical 
 action.\n\n \n\nVisitors to the Baroque Festival's annual Boomeria Organ 
 Concert have the opportunity to explore the grounds and crawl into the 
 organ itself, while enjoying live music and refreshments.\n\n \n\nLooking 
 ahead:\n\nNov. 20, 2010 ~ Fall Benefit Concert: Music for organ and choir 
 at Holy Cross Church .. Event updates forthcoming on our website.\n\n 
 \n\nMore information about all our events is available 
 at\n\nwww.scbaroque.org\n\n \n\n####\n\n \n\n-- \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/21/18651471.php
SUMMARY:Boomeria Organ Extravaganza
LOCATION:Boomeria is a private estate with a chapel and organ, as well as a castle 
 and other curiosities, and is situated in the forest between Bonny Doon and 
 Santa Cruz. Directions are provided to ticket holders/ 
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