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Music for Skating Made Possible by:

This list is not complete and some dates are missing; however, it recognizes many of those who helped bring the joy of roller skating to patrons of the skating rink during the period The Bollinger Family owned The Oaks (1925 thru 1984).

1925 - 1928 Chuck Hawley (first organist) was carrying a beat-up brief case on his first visit to The Oaks- He rode the trolley to audition. Edward Bollinger told him the glue holding the pipes was not dry so asked him to come back the next day. Chuck made a case for expense of travel. Mr Bollinger agreed to an audition asking him to be careful. Chuck was hired.
1928 Dick Bauman - was still playing in 1938
1928 - 1939 Buck Nye
1932 Helen Heppner
1939 Lucille Houston
1939 Leonard (Len) Hoyt - also played at the rink Robert had in Kelso, WA
1939 Pete Kraushaar
1939 Lane Lewis
1940 (12 days)
1941 - 1946
1950 - 1960
Buss McClelland
1953 Joyce Cash
1955 Gale Enger
1955 Jerry Gilmore
1955 Brian Ingoldsby
1956 Glenn Shelley
1957 Lorretta Muralt
1960 ;
1998 - 1999
Dean Lemire
1964 Jean Bonne
1969 - 1985 Don Simmons - musician / repair person
(learned from Buss McClelland) - most popular / end of tradition of talking with skaters while playing
1970 - 1999 Steve Bray (Tune & Repair) -
was not old enough to run the rides so learned to tune the organ. His grandfather was a night watchman when The Oaks opened in 1905.
1981 - 1984 Jack Coxon - rocked bench while playing
1984 - 1998 Jerry Jorgensen - learned from Gary Russell
  Lucille Lyons
  Bob Mendenhall
  Jonas Nordwall - Member of the Musician's Hall of Fame
  Gladys Perky
  Cecil Teague
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