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  2. Reginald Dixon - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Blackpool Tower - Wikipedia

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    Blackpool Tower is a tourist ... as "Mr. Blackpool". The first Wurlitzer organ was installed in 1929, but it was replaced in 1935 by one designed by Dixon. Ernest ...

  4. Horace Finch - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Wurlitzer theatre organs in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Inside Strictly’s Blackpool history, from Angela Rippon’s ...

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    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

  7. BBC Theatre Organ - Wikipedia

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    It was used there for BBC Symphony Orchestra rehearsals where an organ was required. But in the late 1960s the BBC acquired its third "official" BBC Theatre Organ: a Wurlitzer from the Empress Ballroom Blackpool, enabling Reginald Dixon to continue broadcasting after his retirement from the Tower Ballroom in 1969. [12]

  8. Orpheum organ puts a new spin on Christmas music, from ... - AOL

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    A new Christmas album from the Orpheum and organist Tony Thomas is the first recording of theater's famed Wurlitzer. Orpheum organ puts a new spin on Christmas music, from Mariah Carey to 'Charlie ...

  9. Phil Kelsall - Wikipedia

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    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 ...