Mesa, AZ Our last few days

Thursday, February 26, 2015
We got the pleasure of getting together with Jim and Jean Donald again.  Wayne and Linda picked us up and we all went to where Jim and Jean were.  We all played the game Jokers & Pegs.  It was a lot of fun!

Friday, February 27, 2015

This is the last night the NSBC group is to be here, so we all met at the Organ Stop Pizza restaurant for dinner.  It was amazing. 

This picture is at one point where all the lights are on.  It is hard to tell but behind each of the glass doors are the pipes for this organ.  The whole room was lit up and the US flag came down as the organist played Star Spangled Banner. It is hard to tell, but there were many different kinds of instruments mounted to the walls and even the ceiling.  In this picture you can see xylophones, cymbals, chimes, various sizes of drums.  It was amazing how the organist controlled all the instruments from the organ.  Notice the curtain on the wall in front and above the organ.

During some of the music played, the curtain would rise and these animal puppets would dance. The room is not lit up so it is harder to get a good picture of the organ.

Here is a close up of some of the drums on the left side, the chimes at the top and some of the pipes to the organ at the bottom.  You might be able to tell there are actually about 6 panes of glass in each section.  Different panes opened depending on which pipes were involved with the music.  Intriguing!!

I talked Tic into walking up to the stage the organ was on and taking this picture.
Organ Stop Pizza is Home of the Mighty Wurlitzer which was originally built in 1927 for the Denver Theatre.  In 1975 Organ Stop purchased it and refurbished and enhanced it. It started out with 15 ranks/sets of pipes and was enhanced to now have 23 ranks/sets of pipes.  It was installed in 1975 and has been played every since.  The current owners of Organ Stop continue to make enhancements so now the organ is 4 levels of keys and is considered the worlds larges organ.  It was truly fascinating!!!  You can go to www.organstoppizza.com to learn more about the organ.

Saturday, March 28, 2015
As I have mentioned before, Tic has started woodcarving.  Here are some pictures of carvings at the woodcarving shop at Val Vista Villages in Mesa, AZ.

Tic's name is not on the board so don't strain your eyes.

 

The NSBC guys did a lot of this!  Hee Hee.

This one is funny!  This is the front.  Below is the back side of this carving.

Some one had a sense of humor!

We leave for Tucson in the morning.  We got to enjoy spending time with several old friends we had not seen in years while we were here in Mesa.  We also made several new friends we will stay in touch with.  We were blessed with wonderful weather while we were in Mesa.  Nice stay.