"Organists of Roller Rinks - Past and Present"
Featuring: Loretta Mulart Holstein



Orange Blossom Special performed by Loretta Muralt Holstein



Courtesy http://www.pstos.org



Oaks Park, September 2005




Loretta recalls: "Mr. Roy Brown, owner of the Imperial Skating Rink, would occasionally come into the organ booth and remind me to "tone it down" because the kinura was quite loud and piercing. I played on Monday nights for private parties, and sometimes we would have African American parties, and they had rhythm and could really skate! Such fun things to recall. And the Conservative Baptists had Monday evening parties too, and the snack shack would take a towel and cover up the display of cigarettes at that time." -http://www.pstos.org/
Imperial Rink, July 1958








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