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Adult Choir Festival, 3/23/25, St. John's on the Green, Gabriel Lofvall, director

Chorus Angelicus 3-23-25
St Joseph Bristol 3-23-25
St Rose Meriden 3-23-25
WAGO choir fest 3-23-25
Program 3-23-25

WAGO and GBAGO (Greater Bridgeport) MLK Day Organ Crawl on 1/20/25

2010 Klais FCC Ffld
Crawl Program Bill Lee
Frank Martignetti and Molly
Klais 2010 FCC Ffld Paul T
Klais interior pedal pipes
Roche 1981 Alex H
Roche 1981 St Theresa Trumb
St Augustine Cath B'port 2014 Thompson-Allen 1
St Augustine Cath B'port 2014 Thompson-Allen 2
St Theresa Trumb 1998 Peragallo 1
St Theresa Trumb 1998 Peragallo 2
St Theresa Trumb 1998 Peragallo 4
St Theresa Trumb Peragallo 3
WAGO and GBAGO crawl 1-20-25

WAGO Epiphany Dinner and Carol Sing on 1/3/25

Dan K and Roberta D 1-3-25
Group photo 1-3-25 WAGO Epiph dinner and sing
Michael P and Roberta D 1-3-25
Michael P, Diane R, and Zander B 1-3-25
WAGO Epiph 1-3-25
Zander B and Michael P 1-3-25

Picnic and Annual Meeting, July 28, 2024

WAGO picnic 7-28-24

Ron Ebrecht, concert performer, and the Waterbury AGO Board, May 5, 2024

Ron E concert WAGO bd

January 2024 events: 1/5/24 potluck dinner and carol sing, and MLK Day organ crawl in the NW corner of CT

WAGO Epiphany Dinner and carol sing 1-5-24
WAGO Epiphany Dinner and carol sing 1-5-24
WAGO organ crawl 24 Norfolk UCC Austin
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 Canaan UMC
WAGO organ crawl 24 St John Episcopal Saslisbury '59 Schantz
WAGO organ crawl 24 St John Salisbury '59 Schantz
WAGO organ crawl 24 Tom Holcombe
WAGO organ crawl 24 St John's Salisbury
WAGO organ crawl 24 Provisions White Hart Inn
WAGO organ crawl 24 Salisbury UCC '63 Schantz

October 22, 2023 "Cool and Classy: Expect the Unexpected Concert"
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Meriden
1966 Austin (III/38 + antiphonal division), benefitting New Opportunities of Meriden

Cornell Bialicki 10-22-23
WAGO 10-22-23 concert New Opp 2
WAGO 10-22-23 concert New Opportunities 1
WAGO 10-22-23 concert performers</br>Robert Hopko; Daniel Kendzior and Roberta De Fiore, program chairpersons; Jean Degan; Thomas Welsh, MC; Ronald Ebrecht, Dean; Juan Cardona, Jr.; William Degan, Subdean; Cornell Bialicki. Missing from the photo: Robert Havery.

October 6, 2023:
Class, The Physics of Harmony and Keyboard Tuning and Temperament (Bill Degan and Anne Maria Lim) at Yale Institute of Sacred Music

Anne Maria Lim 10-6-23
Pasi AML 10-6-23
Physics of H KTT WD 10-6-23
Taylor & B manuals
Taylor & B WD TB AML JJ PO 10-6-23
Taylor & Boody AML DP WD10-6-23
Taylor & Boody treadles
Taylor & Boody Yale MC
Taylor and Boody MC console Yale

June 11, 2023 Picnic

WAGO picnic 6-11-23

Adult Choir Festival, March 19, 2023
St. Rose of Lima, Meriden
Ukraine/Catholic Relief Services benefit
Andrew Brochu, director (Avon High School)

WAGO Choir Fest
Mass Choir without Avon HS
St. Rose, Meriden
Avon HS Camerata
AHS Camerata 1
AHS Camerata 2
Festival Director Andrew Brochu Jr
St. Rose Meriden, Bob Hopko, Dir
St. Rose choir
Bob Hopko at the organ
St. Christopher E Hartford, Roberta De Fiore, Dir
St. Christopher choir
St Joseph Bristol, Jean Degan, Dir
St. Joseph choir
Bill Degan at organ
Deacon Don Smith (Catholic Relief Services)
Deacon Don Smith speaking on behalf of Catholic Relief Services

Annual Martin Luther King Day Organ Crawl, Wallingford, January 16, 2023

MLK Organ Crawl
Casavant 1972 J Gross
Cole & Woodberry 1887 Wallingford
FCC Wallingford 1
FCC Wallingford 3
FCC Walliongford 2
Most Holy Trinity Wallingford 1
Most Holy Trinity Wallingford 2
Most Holy Trinity Wallingford 3
Most Holy Trinity Wallingford 4
Most Holy Trinity Wallingford 5
Most Holy Trinity Wallingford 6
St Paul Epis Wallingford group photo jpg
WAGO 1-16-23 Wford

Epiphany Social at Naugatuck United Methodist Church, January 6, 2023

WAGO 1-6-23 social MP3
WAGO 1-6-23 social MP2
WAGO 1-6-23 social MP1
WAGO 1-6-23 1
WAGO 1-6-23 2

6/5/22 Picnic

WAGO picnic 6-5-22

Organ Crawl in Middlebury, Connecticut, April 9, 2022

Middlebury organ crawl 4-9-22
Maria Coffin
St. Georges Moller Great pipework
Dan Kendzior St. George
St. Georges Moller Great side
Michael Albert and Bill Degan
Westover School Chapel
Steve Rittenhouse and Allen Hill Westover
Westover Chancel
Westover left chamber
Westover chapel
Bob Havery
Allen Hill
MCC tower in window
new actions Westover
Westover group learning
Steve Rittenhouse
Pizza lunch 1 Pies and Pub
Pizza lunch 2 Pies and Pub
Pies and Pub
Pies and Pub
Middlebury Congregational Church
Middlebury CC 1988 Holtkamp II-22
organ plus midi
MCC David Obarowski host
MCC David Obarowski
MCC Bill Degan
Ken Beyer
Dale Eberhardt
St. John of the Cross Middlebury
St. John window
St. John listeners
Bob Havery and Toni Sullivan at new St. John Allen

Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza at First Congregational Church, Bristol, September 25, 2021

Participants (L to R): Justin, Michael, Gabe, Jean, Cody, Bill, and Rachel.

Annual Picnic and Meeting, August 29, 2021

WAGO Bob Dan Justin Dave Olga 8-29-21
WAGO group 8-29-21
WAGO Ken Betsy Roberta Will Gwynne Michael Toni Bill
WAGO picnic 8-29-21 Hopko garden

SOME SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC LOCAL PIPE ORGANS

1895 2 manual, 8 rank Gilbert & Butler, Bridge Community Church, Bristol (looking for a new home)
1892 3 manual Johnson Organ, Sacred Heart Church, Waterbury (now closed)
1956 3 manual McManis, rebuilt by Charles McManis ca.1991, St. John's Episcopal Church, Waterbury
1906 3 manual Austin, restored by Foley Baker, Inc. in the early 1980's, St. Mary Church, New Britain
1841 1 manual 4 rank organ moved (and restored by Richard Hamar) from Riverton, Connecticut to Ste. Anne Shrine in Waterbury in 2009

Zoom Epiphany Social

January 3, 2021 Zoom Epiphany Social that featured a video organ crawl of the Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) Aeolian pipe organ - screen shot of participants

2019-2020

First Congregational Church, Cheshire group photo. January 20, 2020 MLK Day organ crawl
Cheshire Lutheran Church Schlicker organ
First Congregational Church, Cheshire 1949 Aeolian-Skinner organ
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Meriden 1965 Moller
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Meriden 3 manual console, 1965 Moller
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Meriden 1965 Moller
Anthem Reading Session 9/14/19 at First Congregational Church, Bristol
January 3, 2020 Epiphany Social at Naugatuck United Methodist Church

February 24, 2019 WAGO Adult Choir Festival, St. Rose Church, Meriden

Avon HS Camerata
Full Chorus
Full Chorus without Avon HS
St. Andrew Lutheran Church choir, Gwynne Hopko, director
St. Joseph Church choir, Jean Degan, director
St. Rose Church choir, Robert Hopko, director, and Wallingford United Methodist Church choir, David Brandl, director

MLK 2019 WAGO Organ Crawl

Allen Hill
Allen Will Justin Susan Victorian House, Cheshire
Gail DeBoer at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cheshire
Holy Angels Church, South Meriden
Michael Petruzzi at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cheshire
Allen Hill at Nelson Hall, Elim Park, Cheshire
Nelson Hall Stoplist
Olga Dave Michael Victorian House, Cheshire
Paul, Diane, Toni, Bill Victorian House, Cheshire
Toni S and Chris D

March 3, 2018 Youth Choir Festival

March 3, 2018 Youth Choir festival, Trinity Church, Torrington. Gabriel Lofvall, director
March 3, 2018 Youth Choir festival, Trinity Church, Torrington. Gabriel Lofvall, director