This pipe organ at Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd., utilizes more than 3,000 pipes across 58 ranks to fill the sanctuary with music. It's the only four-manual (four keyboards) organ in Southern Arizona. Photographed on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

One of the coolest scenes from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" will be performed this Friday at the Catalina Organ Festival, to be held at theΒ Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway.Β 

Remember in the film when the top brass of the U.S. government attempted to chat it out with an army of alien ships using a series of tones? (Doo, doo, doo, doo, doooooo)

Well, in theory, that is what will kickoff the evening of organ pieces, which will also feature works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Litaize.Β 

The evening begins at 7 p.m. More information here.Β 


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