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Reginald Herbert Dixon, MBE, ARCM (16 October 1904 – 9 May 1985) was an English theatre organist who was primarily known for his position as organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, a position he held from March 1930 until March 1970.
Philip Julian Kelsall MBE ALCM (born 13 July 1956) is an English theatre organist who has been principal organist at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom since 1977. [1] Born in Warrington, Lancashire, he was inspired to learn the instrument by Reginald Dixon (“Mr Blackpool”), and was initially appointed as organist for the Tower Circus band aged 18 in 1975; he also deputised for Ernest Broadbent ...
Blackpool tower's previous Walk of Faith glass floor View from the top of the tower Blackpool Tower and Coral Island. Jungle Jim's Children's Indoor Play was a large indoor children's adventure playground situated within the Tower. It featured a £3 million interactive play scheme, based on a notional lost city, covering over 2,500 square ...
In 1929, a Wurlitzer organ was installed in the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool and after three organists, Reginald Dixon was appointed. Dixon later designed his own Wurlitzer and the original Tower organ was removed and enlarged as a 'twin' to the new organ to be installed in the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool within the Winter Gardens complex.
This organ is now located at Rye College in East Sussex. The Trocadero Elephant and Castle Wurlitzer was the largest organ ever shipped to the UK, installed in 1930 for the grand opening of the 3,400-seater cinema. [3] The Blackpool Opera House organ of 1939, designed by Horace Finch, was the last new Wurlitzer to be installed in the UK. The ...
As the BBC’s dance competition returns to the Tower Ballroom, Isobel Lewis explores the town’s dance history, and how ‘Blackpool Week’ became a ‘Strictly’ institution
A new stage was also built, with space for a lift provided for the Wurlitzer organ console. The Wurlitzer organ that was installed in the Empress Ballroom in the winter of 1934/35 was originally from the Tower Ballroom. Its specification was enlarged to match the specification of the new organ at the Tower Ballroom.
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