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THUNDER OVER MILFORD, NJ, SEPT 4TH
Published August 8, 2010 | 
THUNDER IN THE HIGHLANDS, AT MILFORD, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, SEPT 4, 2010
West Milford – Organizers of this year’s Thunder in the Highlands don’t give up very easily. After being postponed last month because of a rogue bear and scorching heat and dryness, the Police Athletic League will put on the annual fireworks display on Saturday, Sept. 4, at the former site of Jungle Habitat, pending approval from the township“Pending township approval we are moving forward with the Sept. 4 date and Sept. 5 will serve as our rain date,” said Bill Hemstead, who is coordinating the event. “Since this is the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, we plan to get things started a bit earlier in the day at around 4:30 or 5 p.m.”
The PAL decided to take over the event this year when the township cut its funding due to budget constraints. The group will use the event as a fund raiser, charging cars $15 to park. However, Thunder in the Highlands will take on a festive atmosphere with vendors, rides and games for kids and adults. And of course there will be food.“The fireworks was one of the few events in town that was so well attended,” said Hemstead this summer. “You see people there you haven’t seen in years. We want to keep it going.”
This is an all-volunteer event, and they are still looking for more volunteers.Estimates are that there have been over 5,000 attendees at past Thunder in the Highlands fireworks shows.While the fireworks begin after dark, the festivities begin in the late afternoon. . If you have any questions about being a sponsor or vendor, e-mail info@thunderinthehighlands.com or call the PAL at 973-728-9725. The West Milford PAL has been organizing sports programs and activities for the children and families of West Milford for over 25 years. In 1999, the PAL opened their doors to their 22,000 square foot community building. Fund raising events, such as the Thunder in the Highlands, help offset the costs of this treasured program.
info@thunderinthehighlands.com local e-mail questions
INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME
Published July 29, 2010 | 
CELEBRATION–PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Published July 28, 2010 | 
This event will launch the 11-day, 18-event Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival.
The fireworks drop zone parameters and street closings for Thursday have been closely coordinated with the Canton police and fire departments.
No later than 6 p.m., the buildings, parking lots, and streets within the following area must be vacated, due to its designation as the “drop zone”: Piedmont on the west through Cherry on the east, and Tuscarawas Street on the north to Fifth Street on the south.
In addition, at 6 p.m., the Cherry Street Bridge will be closed at 11th Street, going north to Tuscarawas Street. Vehicular traffic is advised to exit and access Route 30 and Interstate 77 via 11th Street and Market Avenue S.
While Tuscarawas Street E will be closed to vehicular traffic between Piedmont and Cherry, spectators will be permitted to set up chairs on that stretch of Tuscarawas Street.
Beginning at 1 p.m., Walnut Avenue from Tuscarawas Street going north to Fifth Street will be closed; Fifth Street will remain open all evening to vehicular traffic.
Beginning at 2 p.m., intersecting streets, including Second, Third and Fourth, will be closed from Piedmont to Cherry (parking meters will be bagged accordingly).
The noted areas are scheduled to re-open at about midnight.
The fireworks will be launched at 10 p.m. THURSDAY, JULY 29TH from the top deck of the Cornerstone Square parking garage. For updated information: www.profootballhofef.com
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x1026040365/Hall-of-Fame-kickoff-to-close-downtown-streets-Thursday
JOSH’S MORTAR RACK
Published July 26, 2010 | 
BRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Published July 24, 2010 | 
Summertime in the Hamptons brings many different activities, from fireworks to film screenings to art exhibitions, and, thanks to Marya Martin founder of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, music is also amongst these offerings.
Martin founded the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival in 1984 and has seen it grow from what was originally a two-concert series to a widely-known, largely attended festival spanning four weeks, with a total of 12 concerts in July and August featuring talented musicians from all over the world.
Martin, a flutist, founded the festival 27 years ago in order to create an opportunity for musicians to perform chamber music in “intimate settings” that she explains are a good fit for the style and sound of chamber music.
Martin views the Hamptons, a community rich with art, culture, and natural beauty, as an excellent location for the festival. Martin describes the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, where the majority of the concerts are held, as being the ideal setting—both acoustically and atmospherically—for the festival.
“We simply adore the church,” remarked Martin, explaining that the structure is a quintessential monument on the East End that helps solidify the festival’s identity as one of the defining features of the summer season here.
“Though we have indeed added other venues,” she says, “we have been at the church since day one; it is a gorgeous old building and the acoustics are simply stunning.”
Indeed, according to Martin, the festival has begun to expand its repertoire of concert offerings over the past decade or so to include performances in locations other than the church.
Among these offerings is the seventh annual free outdoor concert, which was so successful in its first run that it became a regular event. This year’s free outdoor concert is July 28 at the Bridgehampton Historical Society, and features pieces by Ravel, Handel, Debussy, and Weber, with Martin herself as a featured instrumentalist.
“Previous free concerts,” Martin recalls, “were hugely successful,” with over 1,000 attendees.
In addition, the festival’s lineup includes a benefit concert at the Atlantic Gold Club, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival’s Family Concert, and The Wm. Brian Little Concert at the Channing Sculpture Garden at the winery on Scuttle Hole Road, the latter two of which are similar in regard to the pieces they will offer.
“The Brian Little Concert,” Martin shared, “is held in a large tent in the sculpture garden behind the Channing Daughters’ Winery, in the middle of a stunning, big open field.”
The concert, says Martin, will consist of pieces by Claude Debussy, Stephen Prutsman, and Camille Saint-Saëns, with Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” as the highlight.
“The location is beautiful,” sighed Martin, “ its just lovely.”
“Carnival of the Animals” will also be performed the next week at the festival’s Family Concert at the church. This concert, though open to people of all ages, has a lineup appealing to a younger audience, with pieces by Bela Bartok and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
“This concert is the perfect opportunity for grandparents or parents to bring their children and introduce them to classical music,” says Martin, who recommends it for ages five and up.
The festival, far from featuring just those tried and true classic chamber music pieces, seeks to provide an eclectic and varied program. Not only does Martin seek out diverse and unusual pieces for the festival, but she also commissions pieces each year.
The newest addition to the festival is the BCMF: Offbeat program, which provides an altogether “alternative” musical experience for festival goers and features contemporary works, the oldest of which was composed in 2000.
“The free outdoor concert has works composed as early as 1602,” Martin explains, “but BCMF: Offbeat features a downtown hip style with pieces composed entirely in the 21st Century.”
“Groups of today are reinventing what musicians will be in the future,” adds Martin, who explained that as a result, it is very important to give rising composers and musicians the opportunity to explore and invent their own styles.
For tickets and schedule information, visit the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival website at BCMF.og.
Top: Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival concert at Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church from a previous season.
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