Text Box: INAUGURAL CONCERTS ON NEW CHURCH PIPE ORGAN OCT. 19, 20 The new two manual (keyboards), 28 rank pipe organ just installed at the Church of the Redeemer on Dunrobbin Drive across from Glen Echo will be dedicated at a festival Oct. 19 and 20. Two identical concerts will take place at 8:00 p.m. on both days, performed by concert organist John Walker. He will play works by Bach, Marcel Dupre, G.F. Handel and other composers. A festive reception will follow both concerts. There will be a free-will benefit offering. The organ was built by the Di Gennaro-Hart Organ Company of McLean, Va., whose founder, Michael Hart, is a long-time Bannockburn resident. It has nearly 1,600 pipes, the smallest of which is pencil-sized. The organ weighs nearly 10,000 pounds. Its console is controlled by a digital memory system. It has two one horse-power blowers, which together produce 1,000 cubic feet of wind per minute. Construction and installation took about 18 months. Also part of the festivities will be a lecture and discussion “The Creation of the Redeemer Organ” on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1:00 p.m., and a Sunday organ concert at 5:00 p.m. performed b y 19-year-old Nathan Laube, a prize-winning student at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music. Text Box: MICHAEL BOBBITT NEW DIRECTOR OF ADVENTURE THEATRE Michael Bobbitt has one of the shortest commutes of any Glen Echo resident. He only has to walk from his Wellesley Circle home to Adventure Theatre’s newly-renovated theater in Glen Echo Park, where he has just been named Artistic Director. Being named to this post culminates a five-year affiliation with Adventure Theatre, where he has directed and choreographed productions as well as serving on the board. He replaces former Artistic Director and Board President Carol Leahy. Michael has long been an award-winning member of the Washington, D.C. theater community, having worked as choreographer, writer and actor at The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth and many other local venues. His plays have appeared locally and received grants. He has taught at Montgomery College, George Washington University, University of Maryland, Washington School of Ballet, Catholic University, Dance Institute of Washington and Howard University. At Adventure Theatre he plans to stage productions with a number of well-known local directors as well as establish an “Artistic Associate’s Program” with a group of designers, actors and teachers. His featured opening production in the new theatre will be “The Secret Garden,” beginning November 10. Michael especially enjoys being able to bring his son Sang, 6, to live stage productions because he remembers how thrilled he was with the first play he ever saw. Congratulations, Michael.