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DOORS OPEN 2009: THE WEEKEND GAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE A PEEK AT WHAT'S USUALLY KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY IN KINGSTON.
June 22, 2009
THE WEEKEND GAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE A PEEK AT WHAT'S USUALLY KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY IN KINGSTON. "DOORS OPEN" OFFERS A RARE CHANCE TO CHECK-OUT SOME OF THE LESS-TRAVELLED GEMS OF THE LIMESTONE CITY'S HERITAGE.
AND AS NEWSWATCH'S MIKE POSTOVIT REPORTS, ADMISSION MAY HAVE BEEN FREE, BUT THE EXPERIENCE WAS PRICELESS.
REPORTER
FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC,....
TO THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE.
WHAT EVER THE REVUE, THE PUBLIC WAS MORE THEN WELCOME.
WHETHER IT WAS KINGSTON KIMBELL PIPE ORGAN, ST. MARKS CHURCH IN BARRIEFIELD OR THE MACKENZIE/CURRIE BUILDING AT RMC IT WAS A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE BEHIND THESE OPEN DOORS.
JOAN WESTCOTT/VISITOR
"NORMALLY YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE IN HERE OTHERWISE -- MAYBE SCHOOL GOING ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ON, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.
REPORTER
THIS IS RMC.
AND YES, PEOPLE WERE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY SAW.
WESTCOTT
"I'M THINKING MOSTLY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ON SITE -- WE'RE BEEN TO THREE PLACES NOW AND PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SITE ARE, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND GIVE YOU A GREAT INSIGHT TO WHAT THE BUILDING IS OR THE ARTIFACT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU SO IT'S BEEN GREAT.
J.J.STAFFORD/VISITOR
"AWESOME IDEA, I THINK IT GETS A LOT OF EXPLORING THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN KINGSTON THEIR WHOLE LIFE PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THAT THESE MUSEUMS EXIST AND IT'S REALLY NEAT THAT THEY GET TO CHECK ALL OF THESE OUT.
REPORTER
THIS BELONGS TO THE KINGSTON THEATRE ORGAN SOCIETY AND MAKING MUSIC, IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
IT'S NOT AS LOUD IN ST. MARKS'
AND PEOPLE HERE LOVE TO PASS ON THE HISTORY.
BILL POLLACK/ST. MARK'S WARDEN
"THINGS LIKE GUN TURRETS IN OUR BASEMENT -- THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE MILITARY AND IT'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHURCH -- THE FACT OF THE AGE OF SOME OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS -- THEY'RE QUITE SURPRIZED.
STAFFORD
"I THINK THE ONE THING THAT THEY SHOULD DEAL WITH WITH THE WHOLE DOORS OPEN KINGSTON IS MAKE IT MAYBE A WEEKEND, NOT JUST A ONE DAY -- MAYBE MAKE IT A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A WHOLE WEEK EVENT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE IN KINGSTON -- EVEN RMC YOU COULD DO A WHOLE DAY OF JUST RMC.
