My son asked me to play organ for his wedding on October 30th 2020. I had played when I was young and was quite good at it. When I was drafted I walked away from the organ for 50 year's. I found a nice Hammond console and practiced and memorized some wonderful music. I had a year to get good. My teacher built pipe organs for a living his entire life. I even offered to pay him to repair the Castles organ at my expense. They wouldn't allow it. His wedding is tomorrow October 2nd. 2021. I went to The Castle several times in July. The organs condition is atrocious. I was told by Johnny that he would get his parents permission to get a company from Milwaukee to fix it. Today when I went back up to get familiar with this beautiful monstrous pipe organ. It was in worse condition than it was 4-5 months ago. And I was informed by Jodi/y that that wasn't possible because Johnny had no parents. Another lie by someone. I showed her the text messages about this. And then she didn't even know the name of "The Bridal March". Not knowing the name she tried to tell me how to play it. Like a blind person saying " Do you see what I mean " Lies and eneptitude is my review. What a shame....
Read moreThe Beloit International Film Festival's annual singalong event, hosted by the Castle @ 501 Prospect in Beloit, was the best I've seen in years! Maybe the best ever!! The BIFF 2020 featured film, BLUES BROTHERS, was a huge hit, which I attribute to the community's love of the Castle venue, and the incredible program prepared by Jody Wittnebel (Castle co-owner), which included area talent (Rob Tomaro, Gaia Galvin, the Castle Players and more) performing wonderful accompaniments to many of the songs featured in the film, bringing a heightened entertainment experience for the packed house of BIFF film-goers. Food and beverage service (including wine and beer) was a welcome addition this year and John Wittnebel (Castle co-owner) did a great job of keeping the concessions flowing. Jake Handrich, Johnny Wittnebel and the rest of the Castle entertainment staff did a wonderful job of creating an eye and ear popping environment that transported the audience to a place that our singalong guests have never been before! THANK YOU Team Castle, for making BIFF look so good!! Let's...
Read moreThe Castle hosted the reception for my daughter’s Bat-Mitzvah and I couldn’t be more impressed! A week later people are still raving about how it was such a beautiful, joyful reception. Taylor is just amazing - she got everything together so I could focus on my daughter. The DJ was engaging and an expert at keeping everyone dancing. Parents kept telling me they thought their child would be too shy to join in but literally every child was dancing and playing! There was no drama, no issues, everyone was pleasant and accommodating - folks at The Castle (Taylor, Levi, Johnny, and Jodi) made such an important day for my family absolutely perfect. I can’t wait to book another...
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