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…and the band played on.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove boardwalk, Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove Gallery, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove, tagged Ocean Grove Summer Band on November 21, 2019| 2 Comments »

Around town with Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff. Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Grove, NJ ©

Around town with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff reporter. Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Grove, NJ © That’s Harry Eichhorn holding the trumpet with his back to us. Click to enlarge. Photo by Jean. 7/13/16

Jean Bredin: “Every Wednesday night, the Ocean Grove Summer Band plays at the Beach Pavilion at 8 pm.

“Tonight the band was celebrating 64 years of playing in Ocean Grove.

“Harry Eichhorn does not conduct anymore, but he was in the brass section playing his trumpet.

“Old fashioned fun, what a treat!”

Yo Harry!! Girls in the trombone section! Photo by Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff action shot. ©

A little night music. Jean Bredin photo outside the Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Gove, NJ © Blogfinger.net

GUY LOMBARDO

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Jean’s first trick or treater for Halloween 2019.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Ocean Grove Halloween, tagged Halloween with Jean Bredin 2019, Ocean Grove Halloween 2019 on October 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff © 10/31/19. Heck Avenue, OG.

ANNE MURRAY

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10 foot tall ghoul. Halloween 2019 in Ocean Grove

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Ocean Grove Halloween 2019 on October 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »

By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff. © 10/31/19 Heck Avenue, Ocean Grove

BEBE NEUWIRTH from Chicago the Musical.

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Country Music in the Grove: Around town with Jean.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, tagged Country music in the Grove on October 3, 2019| 1 Comment »

From Jean, special reporter for Blogfinger.net: Strolling through Founders Park today, I was drawn to the sound of Country Music played by this couple who said they come to Ocean Grove every year from Doylestown, Pa. After watching the Ken Burns documentary, I was wishing I knew how to Clog Dance. Sorry for the wind noise.

Editor’s note: I guess we could call this wonderful music Bluegrass, but one thing is sure, aficionados of country would not call her instrument a “violin.” It is a fiddle.

But I did hear Itzhak Perlman tell a country fiddler, “We’re all fiddlers.” A very gracious comment by a very versatile violinist. I heard this in Ken Burns recent documentary on country music. (PBS–reruns with streaming)

And Jean, if you become inspired to do some clogging in front of Stokes, please let us know so we can video it.

—-PG

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Wheeeeee! Joyce gets new wheels in the Grove….

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged Joyce and her trike on October 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Around town with Jean: Joyce, who lives on Heck Avenue, had a recent knee replacement. It was important to her to have a safe means to travel around town, so she acquired a trike, and she has no parking problems. Jean Bredin spotted Joyce wheeling around on her three-wheeler, and here is her report:

Joyce Adase prepares for the Tour de France. Photo by Jean Bredin.

AL JOLSON:

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Around town with Jean: Dramatic sky over Ocean Grove

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Around town with Jean in Ocean Grove, Rolling Stones on Blogfinger on September 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Sept 4, 2019. Jean Bredin looks up. ©

Here’s the story: Jack and Jean went to the Rolling Stones recent concert and they loved it.

When they returned to the Grove, Jean looked up and said, “Gimmie shelter.”

Then she snapped this photo and they hurried back to Heck Avenue and turned on this song by the Stones:

ROLLING STONES:

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Exodus: Choir Festival lets out. July 8, 2018, at the Greatest Auditorium. Ocean Grove, NJ

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, tagged Ocean Grove Choir Festival 2018 on July 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Video by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. Re-post from July, 2018.

JOHN RUTTER. MAGNIFICAT: ESURIENTES. With Patricia Forbes and the Cambridge Singers. Close your eyes and listen

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Around town with Jean: UFO sighted over OG beach.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin on June 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Jean Bredin photo in Ocean Grove. 6/12/19 near lifeguard stand #1.

Jean saw an unidentified flying object in the Grove. We asked her about it, but she was unsure if it was a visitor from outer space or an Amazon.com drone delivering Kosher pickles to Norm on the Pathway.

When the chariot was invented around 700 BC, it was pulled by horses, but a man or two or three had to be on board. Maybe Amazon will have driver-less drones eventually, but this prototype apparently does require the human touch. Someone does need to spot those sand castles.

DON McLEAN: