Ocean City Pops 2011 Schedule Brochure

1. To purchase tickets, visit
www.ocnj.us
609-525-9248
For more information, visit
www.oceancitypops.org
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Friends of the Ocean City Pops, Inc.
City of Ocean City
Ocean City Free Public Library
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2. Season Opening
CONCERT
Lucie Arnaz!
Opening Concert!
Entertainer/Singer
June 26 Sunday
Don’t miss this “dynamic talent” and “one woman
phenomenon” as she takes the stage by storm!
“With warmth and authority…she proves to be an
engaging part of the Ball-Arnaz legacy.” Sponsored by
CapeBank Charitable Foundation.
7:30pm Tickets $25/20
Meet Lucie Arnaz at an after the concert beverage
and dessert reception at the Flanders Hotel. Sponsored
by John Curto, Mr. & Mrs. Pavel Yuraschevich and the
Friends of the Ocean City Pops. For information call
(609) 399-8408. $25 per person
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3. Ocean City POPS
2011 Summer Season
Calendar
July 2011
3 Sunday, 5* Tuesday and
6 Wednesday (2pm & 7:30pm)
Broadway Staged Musical
The Music Man!
(4 shows only) Fully staged. Catch the
perennial favorite 76 Trombones and Marian, the
Librarian. In collaboration with the Ocean City
Theatre Company. Hughes Performing Arts Center, 6th Street
and Atlantic Avenue. Sponsored by: Sunday - Jilly’s in memory of
Beverly Kreisberg; Tuesday - Primo Pizza; Wednesday (2pm) – John
W. C. Brooks; Wednesday (7:30pm) - The McMahon Agency.
7:30pm (matinee Wednesday 2pm) Tickets $25
10 Sunday
Tribute to Sousa with Pianist
Joseph Mohan.
Hear this sensational young prodigy from the
Juilliard School perform Grieg and a patriotic
tribute to Sousa plus Pops’ Favorites of the
March King. Plus Casey at the Bat and our
annual salute to veterans. Sponsored by Mack
and Manco in memory of Ensign John Elliott. Joseph Mohan
8:00pm Tickets $15/10
12* Tuesday
Tony Award Winner Debbie
Gravitte in Big Band
Broadway! Hear Ms. Gravitte in a night
of Big Band, Broadway and Swing! Don’t
miss one of the ”Best voices on Broadway”
and this “magnetic stage presence”.
Also featuring 10 year old trumpet
Debbie Gravitte
sensation Geoffrey Gallante in a tribute
to Harry James. Sponsored by the Whiteside
Family in memory of Eileen.
8:00pm Tickets $20/12
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4. July 2011 cont’d
13 Wednesday
Irish Night at the Pops!
Come sing along with tenor Cody Austin
in an old-fashioned tribute to the Irish.
Sponsored by Kohr Bros. Frozen Custard.
8:00pm Tickets $15/10
Cody Austin
17 Sunday
A Cabaret
Evening with
Jody Kidwell
and Dominic
Inferrera! Jody Kidwell Dominic Inferrera
Hear Johnny Mercer
favorites such as Hooray for Hollywood, One for My Baby, That
Old Black Magic, Skylark and much more! Sponsored by Ocean
City Coffee Company.
8:00pm Tickets $15/10
19* Tuesday and 20 Wednesday
Oh! What a Night
Billboard hits from the Fifties and Sixties. Starring three of
Broadway’s hottest leading men and featuring music by: The
Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys,
Michael Jackson, Bobby Darrin, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder
and even the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin.
Sponsored by: Tuesday - Masonic Club of Ocean City;
Wednesday – Mack and Manco. 8:00pm Tickets $20/12
24 Sunday
Maestro Scheible’s 25th
Anniversary Concert with
the Pops!
Violinist Robyn Bollinger charms with
Saint-Saens’ Introduction & Rondo
Capriccioso. Plus acclaimed soprano Michele Robyn Bollinger
Johnson (this year’s winner of Metropolitan Opera Auditions!),
baritone Steven LaBrie and Lisa and Todd Thomas.
Sponsored by Dr. Edna and Mr. John Cellucci.
8:00pm Tickets $20/15
25 Monday
Tribute to the Maestro
at Greate Bay Country Club.
For tickets call 609-398-7501.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean
City Pops, Inc
6:00pm Tickets $75
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5. July 2011 cont’d
26* Tuesday
Best of the
Pops!
Singers Michele
Johnson and Steven
LaBrie return in a Michele Johnson Steven LaBrie
varied program – sure
to entertain. Sponsored by Ocean City Board of REALTORS.
8:00pm Tickets $15/10
31 Sunday
Our Three Tenors I.
Hear these tenors bring down the roof! Taylor Stayton, Cody
Austin and Jeffrey Halili. Sponsored by Gold Gocial Gerstein LLC.
8:00pm Tickets $20
Taylor Stayton Cody Austin Jeffrey Halili
August 2011
3 Wednesday
Remembering Romberg!
Highlights of The Student Prince, Desert
Song, New Moon and much more. Concert
Operetta Theater joins the POPS.
Sponsored by Joel A. Mott, III
8:00pm Tickets $15/10
7 Sunday
An Evening
of Song!
Singers Colleen Daly
and Dominic Inferrera.
Highlights of La
Traviata, Puccini, Man Colleen Daly Dominic Inferrera
of La Mancha and Richard
Rodgers. Sponsored by Primo Pizza.
8:00pm Tickets $15/10
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6. August 2011
9* Tuesday and
10 Wednesday
Broadway
Tribute! Singers
Krissy Fraelich and
Jeffrey Coon. Krissy Fraelich Jeffrey Coon
These well-known
actors/singers are featured in songs from Evita, Funny Girl,
Guys and Dolls plus Cole Porter favorites. Sponsored by:
Tuesday - Ocean City Home Bank; Wednesday – Johnson‘s
Popcorn. 8:00pm Tickets $20/12
14 Sunday
DePue Brothers Band!
Each of the 4 brothers are classical
virtuosos and have been featured
nationally on television and DePue Brothers Band
individually at the Music Pier to great
acclaim (Time for Three, Philadelphia
Orchestra, etc.). In 1989 they were
named “America’s Musical Family”
by presidential decree. Now all four
(Zach, Jason, Alex & Wallace) come to the Pier melding
an exciting program of classical hits, progressive bluegrass
and rock and roll. This project is partially supported by a
grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program
developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William
Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state
agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Sponsored by Raymond N. Beebe,
Esq. and presented by the Friends of the Ocean City Pops, Inc.
8:00pm Tickets $20/15
16 Tuesday, 17 Wednesday
and 18 Thursday
Broadway Musical Annie!
Three nights. Fully staged.
Directed by Michael Hartman. Middle
Township Performing Arts Center.
Sponsored by Gillian’s Wonderland Pier.
7:30pm Tickets Adults $20 Children $15
18 Thursday
Friends of the Ocean City Pops’
Twenty-Second Annual Luncheon
at Greate Bay Country Club. For tickets call 609-823-4876 or
609-398-0534. 12 Noon Tickets $40
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7. August 2011 cont’d
21 Sunday
Highlights of Carmen.
Hear Bizet’s masterpiece presented by the
Pops with a full cast of singers. Sponsored
by Dr. Elizabeth M. Bowden.
8:00pm Tickets $20/12
Carlo Dirilikov
23 Tuesday
Cirque de la Symphony. Cirque
Back by popular demand.
Artists featured are the most
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exceptional cirque veterans from throughout the world -
aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, and
balancers, all performing to exciting music of the Pops.
Sponsored by Mack and Manco. 8:00pm Tickets $25/20
25 Thursday
Barbone Street Jazz Band!
In a toe-tapping program. Presented by the Friends of the
Ocean City Pops. 8:00pm Tickets $10
28 Sunday
Our Three Tenors II.
John Viscardi, Luigi Boccia and Jonathan Boyd. Sponsored by
Bart Greenspan and Stan Meltzer Families.
8:00pm Tickets $20
John Viscardi Luigi Boccia Jonathan Boyd
31 Wednesday
From the Top visits Ocean City
with the Pops!
Hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley.
From the Top’s radio broadcasting taping
from the Music Pier stage will feature
the very best young talented students in
the country. This program is made possible
through a generous gift by Flora Baker.
8:00pm Tickets $20/15
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8. September 2011
4 Sunday, 6* Tuesday
and 7 Wednesday
CATS! Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Fully
Staged Musical Three performances.
In collaboration with the Ocean City
Theatre Company. Sponsored by:
Sunday – Shriver’s Salt Water Taffy &
Fudge & Gelato; Tuesday – The Original Fudge Kitchen.
7:30pm Tickets $20/15
11 Sunday
Patriotic Tribute to Tenth
Anniversary of 9/11! Keystone
Boychoir featured in a program of patriotic
favorites. Sponsored by New Jersey
American Water Company.
7:30pm Tickets $15/10 Keystone Boychoir
14 Wednesday
From Paris
to Vienna!
Singers Chloe Moore
and Marcus Beam.
Sponsored by Mack
and Manco in memory
of Frank Ruggieri. Chloe Moore Marcus Beam
7:30pm Tickets $15
18 Sunday
Boston Brass
with the Pops!
Celebrating their 25th
anniversary! From exciting
classical arrangements, to
burning jazz standards, Boston
Brass treats audiences to a
unique brand of entertainment,
which captivates all ages. The
ensemble’s lively repartee,
touched with humor and
personality, attempts to bridge Boston Brass
the ocean of classical formality to
delight audiences in an evening of great music and boisterous
fun. Hughes Performing Arts Center, 6th Street and Atlantic
Avenue. Sponsored by Comcast. 7:30pm Tickets $20
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9. William Scheible
Ocean City POPS
Ocean City POPS Salutes William Scheible in
his 25th year as both Conductor and Artistic
Director! The 2011 Pops Season will feature
introductory fanfares at each summer
concert celebrating Maestro Scheible’s 25th!
He looks forward to meeting audience
members after each Music Pier event.
*Subscribe Now!!!
“6 Tuesdays for the Price of 5”
Package $100/$75
July 5, 12, 19, 26; August 9 & Sept. 6
Musical Wednesday Nights
The Music Man, July 6 and CATS, September 7
Both for $40
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10. Become a Friend of the POPS!
Help support Ocean City’s greatest cultural treasure! The Friends of
the Ocean City Pops, Inc. is a non-profit group whose purpose is to
enhance the Orchestra and the annual Music Pier concert series. You
can have a direct part in assuring that the traditional continues.
Friend: $50 to $84
Friends attend occasional after-the-concert receptions and have names
printed in the programs.
Patron • $85 to $349
Patrons receive the above benefits and are invited to “Get to Know the
Music Series” before the concerts.
Music Lover • $350 to $749
Music Lovers receive all of the above benefits and are invited to bring
up to six guests to a special Pops rehearsal at the Music Pier.
Bravo • $750 to $999
Sponsors receive all of the above benefits plus are entitled to conduct
the Pops in one selection on a mutually agreed upon date!
Laureate • $1000 to $1999
Laureates receive all of the above benefits plus a Pops special momento.
Benefactor • $2000 and above
Benefactors receive all of the above benefits plus six guest tickets to
one concert.
Bellwether Benefactor • $2000
for a 3-year commitment joining the Ruggieri Society.
Contributions Only:
Please make checks payable to and mail to:
Friends of the OC Pops, Inc., P.O. Box 931, Ocean City, NJ 08226
The Friends of the Ocean City Pops, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that
has been recognized as a tax-exempt public charity by the Internal Revenue
Service. Contributions to the Friends are fully tax deductible except as
otherwise stated in certain solicitations. Your gifts are greatly appreciated.
Information filed with the Attorney General concerning this charitable
solicitation may be obtained from the Attorney General of the State of New
Jersey by calling (201) 504-6215. Registration does not imply endorsement.
The Friends of the Ocean City Pops, Inc. is a qualified organization of the New
Jersey Cultural Trust.
For more information about the
Ocean City Pops summer concerts
please call the Pops hotline at
609-525-9245 ext. 13
or visit our website at
www.oceancitypops.org
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11. Mail Order Ticket Form
Mail orders must be received
2 weeks prior to concert date.
Higher priced tickets are for seating in the front half of the Music Pier.
Concert Dates No. of tickets Cost Total
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I want the new 6 Tuesdays for 5! Package $100/$75 :
July 5, 12, 19, 26; August 9 and Sept. 6
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Broadway Musical Wednesday Night Package - The Music Man and Cats
July 6, 7:30pm and September 7, 7:30pm Tickets $40
$40
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FREE Student Tickets: (circle requested concert date(s) below)
July 13, 17, 26; August 3 and Sept. 11, 14
$0 $0
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Shipping/Handling $5
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Grand Total = _____________
Name ____________________________________________________________
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Phone (day)________________________ (evening) ______________________
Email ____________________________________________________________
Ticket Orders Only: Please make checks payable to City of Ocean City
and mail to City of Ocean City,
City Hall Annex, 901 Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, NJ 08226.
BOX OFFICE/TICKETS: 609-525-9248
BOX OFFICE OPENS MAY 21ST AT 9AM
ORDER TICKETS ONLINE: www.ocnj.us
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12. Friends of the Non-Profit Org.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
Permit No. 153
P.O. Box 931 Pleasantville, NJ
08232
Ocean City, NJ 08226
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