BUMMER

I received an e-mail from my friend and summer organist Dave Calendine last week. It reads in part:

My job with Olympia Entertainment here at the Fox Theatre (and all the other theatres we operate) has grown very steadily over the past 15+ years. I am moving up in the ranks of the company, and am now involved in the Operations Department of the Fox, City and Masonic Theatres, as well as three other large venues (Joe Louis Arena (Detroit Red Wings Hockey), Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers Baseball), Cobo Arena), all in downtown Detroit. . . . That means that I unfortunately will not be returning to Virginia City as a performer this coming year.

Well, good for him but bad for us. Dave is one of the best organists I have ever heard in my life and VC will be that much poorer without him this coming summer.

I wish him all the best and (Dave, if you're reading this) hope you get some vacation time to come out for a visit.