{"id":44877,"date":"2019-03-19T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/showing-off-their-pipes-special-organ-concert-features-guest-vocalist\/"},"modified":"2019-03-20T08:54:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:54:44","slug":"showing-off-their-pipes-special-organ-concert-features-guest-vocalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/showing-off-their-pipes-special-organ-concert-features-guest-vocalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

The weekly Kimball pipe organ concert had a seasonal twist and a special guest Friday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Juneau drag queen Gigi Monroe donned a sparkly green dress and provided guest vocals while T.J. Duffy, who sported a shimmering green wig, played through some Irish tunes for an early celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.<\/p>\n

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T.J. Duffy dons seasonal garb while playing the 91-year-old Kimball pipe organ Friday, March 15, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t

“We’d been wanting to work together, and T.J. invited me,” Monroe said. “It was a really good opportunity. This organ is a treasure. It’s a regular live music experience in Juneau that a lot of people don’t know about.”<\/p>\n

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Gigi Monroe sings as a special guest at a Kimball pipe organ concert at the State Office Building, Friday, March 15, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t

At the State Office Building at noon on Fridays there are regular performances on the organ, which was installed in 1928. It was originally brought to town from Chicago to provide sound to accompany silent movies, Duffy said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“It’s the only one in Alaska,” Duffy said.<\/p>\n

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For St. Patrick’s Day, Irish music was on tap during the Friday Kimball pipe organ concert. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t

The air-powered organ lent an extra layer of old-time feeling to classic songs, such as “Danny Boy.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

By striking a key, Duffy could add tambourine-like sounds or wood block to the music, and the wavering organ notes easily filled the State Office Building’s atrium.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t