Thursday, August 20, 2009

EASTERN STATES EXPO 1999

Don't forget "Click on picture to enlarge" (Amusement Business Magazine, Dec. 27, 1999)

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    Is this the same band organ that was with Royal American Shows for ever?
    BG-Dallas

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  2. Dick DykesAugust 21, 2009 at 5:46 AM

    I'm not really sure.
    I beleive J.D. Floyd owned it.
    And used it on his carnival Cumberland Valley Shows.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 21, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    It is! I remember Billy Baxter talking about the redo after they bought the organ. I sure miss Billy coming to the Texas State Fair every year. Really a nice guy. Did you ever work around he and his wife Jane? I think she resently married one of the Vavonas. (hope I spelled that right)
    BG-Dallas

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  4. AnonymousAugust 21, 2009 at 10:03 PM

    this band organ was purchased at gibtown trade show i believe it was brand new,the trailer was custom built by fabricated alloy,of rhode island.my brother delivered it to ohio for wayne,where the band organ was put in,now saying all this i know it was new as well,has all the bells and whistles play all the computer chips tim commerford

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  5. AnonymousAugust 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    thats all wrong i thought that was the new one,you can tell by the wheels its not,sorry for bad info tim commerford

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  6. Dick DykesAugust 22, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    Your apology is accepted!
    But not needed.
    Thanks Tim

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  7. Dick DykesAugust 22, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    Thanks for the comment BG!
    I only worked around Cumberland Valley in Valdosta when they played the fair for Little Richard.
    It was a FIRST CLASS Operation!
    They used to jokey around the pup trailers like it was a railroad show!

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