What a beaut program but I'm not able to go. My only visit to Spokane was in 1983 when I attended The Bing Crosby Historical Society's tribute to Bing.

Archiefit wrote:

You know, this program sounds really very good.  Sing You Sinners is even one of my favorite non-holiday Bing movies next to Welcome Stranger.   All real Bing movies of quality, I wonder what size screen they'll be shown on.  Very nice and thought out program. 

Now, who was Ted Crosby?  I've heard Bing mention Brother Bob & Everett but I don't believe he's ever talked about Brother Ted.  Bob was the youngest, Everett the oldest, Bing in the middle, where did Ted come in?

Ted was a couple years older than Bing. I don't think he was involved in Bing Crosby Enrterprises persay, but he wrote one of the first books about Bing in the 1940s. Hedied of a heart attack in 1973 at the age of 73. I believe he stayed in Spokane most of his life. He's buried in Spokane as well.
 

Was it Howard who made a documentary on Bing, which was a number of years in the making? 
Or was this another male relative? I can't recall its title but I do seem to remember seeing its trailer a while back and noting that it hadn't been issued on DVD at the time. I remember Bobs Hope and Crosby briefly speaking on the same trailer.
I wonder if this production (sorry to be so vague about the details) would be deemed festival worthy? 

Just in regards to the question about what the screen size might be for the films at the festival, I'm sure it would be a normal cinema size. I've yet to go to Spokane but from what I've heard the Bing Crosby theater was originally built in 1914 as an 800-seat movie theater called Clemmer Theater and Bing and Al Rinker performed there many times before they set off on their trip to Los Angeles in 1925. I would love to be there for the festival but family commitments will keep me here in Sydney. Hopefully there will be photos and a full report in the next Bing magazine. 

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