Paul Goldfinger. Memorial Day 2017. Ocean Grove.

PRESS RELEASE:

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association presents

The Atlantic Wind Ensemble – “We Remember”

Saturday May 28, 2022, 7:30 PM – The Great Auditorium

Featuring Patriotic/Military Anthems, Popular Marches and Americana….

In the spirit of the Memorial Day holiday, the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) will kick off its 153rd summer season with a FREE concert by the ATLANTIC WIND ENSEMBLE on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

Showtime is 7:30 pm in the Great Auditorium, located at Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways. The Great Auditorium is handicapped accessible. For more info visit www.oceangrove.org or call 732-775-0035.

Founded by Harry D. Eichhorn in 1990 and currently under the Direction of Eliot Prowse, with assistant Ted Freeman, the Atlantic Wind Ensemble is a 35-45-piece collective of volunteer musicians carrying on the concert band tradition of the Jersey Shore for the sheer joy of performance and entertaining others.

The Atlantic Wind Ensemble is excited to be back in the Great Auditorium after completing  a “normal” year of concerts at several different venues.

This concert will open with Arthur Pryor’s “On Jersey Shore” March which Pryor wrote for his first Asbury Park appearance in 1904.

As in past years The American Legion will post the colors as well as help honor the U S Armed Forces.

Neptune American Legion in Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo.

Order of Program:

National Emblem Trio   ̶  (EE Bagley) with Presentation of Colors, American Legion Post 432

Star-Spangled Banner

On Jersey Shore – Arthur Pryor

Taps – Kate Freeman, Trumpet

Amazing Grace – arr. Frank Ticheli, conducted by Ryan Weimke

Lincoln Legacy  ̶  Michael Sweeney

Miss Liberty March  ̶  Karl L King

First Suite in Eb  ̶  Gustav Holst

His Honor  ̶  Henry Fillmore, conducted by Ted Freeman

America the Beautiful   ̶  Samuel Ward, conducted by Ted Freeman

Somewhere Out There  ̶  James Horner/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil

Chicago Pop and Rock Legends  ̶  arr. John Wasson

Armed Forces Salute  ̶  arr. Bob Lowden, American Legion Post 432

God Bless America   ̶  Irving Berlin, Kate  Freeman, Soloist

Stars and Stripes Forever   ̶   John Phillip Sousa

Paul Goldfinger comments regarding this concert selection: “On Jersey Shore.”

RICH BENJAMIN AND THE PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA   WITH  “On Jersey Shore.”  by Arthur Prior.

Arthur Prior was a prodigy on the trombone and he played in the Sousa Band.  But he went off on his own with his own band, and he based his organization at the Jersey Shore—-Asbury Park.   He spent over 30 years at the Shore.   So you can see the inspiration of his “On Jersey Shore” march which is on the program for the Memorial Day concert in the Great Auditorium.