Posted in Great Auditorium Musical Event, Ocean Grove Gallery, Ocean Grove Musical Event, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Church Bells May Ring in Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove Great Auditorium on August 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Choir Festival in the Great Auditorium. Photograph by. Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net. Undated
We have learned from a CMA official that the events mentioned above will return this season “as they were before the pandemic.”
We don’t know if that means no distancing, masks, etc, but there will still be some constraints coming from Trenton this summer.
However this is good news assuming it is all done according to Health Dept. guidelines.
THE FIREBIRDS:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged The Great Auditorium interior on May 18, 2026| 2 Comments »
The Greatest Auditorium, interior. Ocean Grove. By Paul Goldfinger. © 2014
LADY ANTEBELLUM
Posted in Ocean Grove events, Photos from the Great Auditorium, Shows at the Great Auditorium Ocean Grove, tagged Art Garfunkel, Greetings from the Great Auditorium, Saturday night in Ocean Grove on November 13, 2025| 1 Comment »
The Great Auditorium. Ocean Grove, New Jersey. 2012. By Paul Goldfinger ©
ART GARFUNKEL:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove Musical Event, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Elijah in Ocean Grove, Great Auditorium of Ocean Grove New Jersey on October 27, 2025|
The Great Auditorium of Ocean Grove. Getting ready to perform Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” conducted by Jason Tramm. August 28, 2016. The musicians are from the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Click to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net. 2016 post.
Kudos to the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association for making such remarkable events possible in our town.
STEPHEN DOUGHTY Elijah Part 2. “He, watching over Israel, slumbers not.”
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography Ocean Grove photo news, Photography: Ocean Grove portraits, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Ocean Grove portrait, Police Memorial Service in Ocean Grove 2015, West Winsdor Plainsboro choral groups on March 15, 2025|
Great Auditorium. May 19, 2015. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Click once.
MAROON FIVE
Posted in Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Activity, Ocean Grove Christmas, Ocean Grove magic moments, Ocean Grove Musical Event, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Live Nativity in Ocean Grove 2014 on May 3, 2023| 2 Comments »
The Great Auditorium. Paul Goldfinger photo. 12/13/14. ©
SHE and HIM: “The Christmas Waltz.” From the album A Very She and Him Christmas. In three quarter time.
Posted in Ocean Grove photographs, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Autumn tents in OceanGrove, Mozart's clarinet concerto in A major, the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove on April 22, 2023| 4 Comments »
By Paul Goldfinger © Autumn View from inside the Great Auditorium 2013
ELIZABETH GANTER. Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto in A Major.” Gordon Turk, please bring this to the Great Auditorium.
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Ocean Grove Great Auditorium, Photography Superstorm Sandy, Photos from the Great Auditorium on February 8, 2016|
Ocean Grove Great Auditorium. Feb 4, 2016. By Jean Bredin ©
“..taking my walk around town was pretty quiet….I decided to walk past the Great Auditorium…John was working on removing debris from the section under the roof…I am happy he was wearing a safety cable!” by Jean Bredin.
LAURA NYRO:
Posted in Classical Music on Blogfinger, Music from the movies, Music: The Power to Enchant, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, Photography: Ocean Grove Gallery, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Great Auditorium photograph, Summer Stars Classical Series in Ocean Grove on May 26, 2015|
June, 2011. By Paul Goldfinger ©
BUDAPEST STRINGS: “Sinfonia” from Handel’s Salomon, Act III. (featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral)
Editor’s Note: Don’t forget the Summer Stars Classical Series: Thursdays in July at 7:30 pm in the Great Auditorium beginning on July 2 with the Imperial Brass, featuring special guest Ocean Grove’s Phil Smith (If you love brass music, this concert is not to be missed.)
The Summer Stars Classical series is wonderful and a great bargain at $16.00 for a single ticket or $75.00 for the series of 5 (plus fees.) It’s even cheaper than getting grass stains on your shorts while sitting on the lawn at Tanglewood. —-PG
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove events, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Law Enforcement Memorial Service in Ocean Grove 2015 on May 17, 2015| 7 Comments »
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Neptune High School, January 9, 2015. . Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
Memorial service in the Great Auditorium, May, 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
In 2014, police across the country received accelerated criticism when the Ferguson, Missouri situation erupted last August. There were riots there at that time and again in November 2014.
On january 9, 2015 there was a police appreciation event at Neptune High School. We reported on that assembly and we discussed how the press and some of the public across the US had been turning on the police. A number of speakers at the Neptune event mentioned the issues, and we quoted them. Here is a link to that article or you can read it below.:
BF report on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Jan 9, 2015.
Subsequently there were further Ferguson eruptions in March, 2015 after the ruling by the Justice Department. The AP reported that: “The Justice Department won’t prosecute a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.”
This is the gist of that Ferguson PD report: “In March 2015, the U.S. Justice Department announced that they had determined that the Ferguson PD had engaged in misconduct against the citizenry of Ferguson, by discriminating against African-Americans and applying racial stereotypes, in a “pattern or practice of unlawful conduct.”
Next Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the 31st Annual New Jersey Law Enforcement Memorial Service will take place in the Great Auditorium. It may or may not be appropriate to mention these issues at the service, but we will see if any of the speakers do, especially the Governor.
Will he say anything on Tuesday to defend the police who always place themselves in harm’s way to protect the public? Because of the current assault on our police, the danger to those who serve with honor has increased. This year five New Jersey heroes who died in the line of duty will be remembered at the service.
All members of the law enforcement community, family, friends , the press, and the public at large are welcome and greatly encouraged to attend. No RSVP is required. It begins at 11:00 am.
JOSH GROBAN from Les Miserables
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Hurricane legacy, Hurricane Sandy memories, Hurricane Sandy recovery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Superstorm Sandy series, Photos from the Great Auditorium, Rebuilding after Sandy, tagged New Jersey, New temporary roof for the Great Auditorium in Ocean GRove, Stardust by Warren Vaché on January 2, 2015|
October 30, 2012, 7:45 am. Rear of Great Auditorium. Paul Goldfinger photo ©.
Great Auditorium roof on the morning of Tuesday, October 30, 2012, one day after Sandy hit. The photo does not show the front side damage. This portion of the roof is on the north side. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is ready to complete work on the Great Auditorium roof, but they have had daunting problems deciding about which material to use. Their plan had been to obtain zinc coated stainless steel material, but manufacturing challenges have prevented that. JP Gradone, COO of the OGCMA, sent us the comment below in response to a Blogfinger inquiry yesterday.
“Our insurance company has recently agreed to pay for the installation of a temporary EPDM rubber roof on the damaged area while we continue to work closely with the insurance company to find a permanent solution to resolvethe situation with the roofing material. The temporary roof was completed this week and gives the Great Auditorium an excellent short-term solution while we carefully determine the best material for the permanent roof.”
EPDM rubber roofing on the south side. Blogfinger photos
EPDM rubber roofing on the north side.
One year ago we wrote about the Woody Allen movie “Stardust Memories.” Here is a link to that article because it shows the Great Auditorium decked out as the Stardust Hotel for that 1980 film which Allen considers one of his best.
http://blogfinger.net/2013/12/28/remembering-stardust-memories/
And for this article about the GA roof, here is a version of “Stardust,” a song by Hoagy Carmichael, that was performed by Louis Armstrong in the movie.
But now, in 2015, we present a contemporary jazz version of “Stardust,” an instrumental, by Warren Vaché on trumpet (a Jersey boy,) Derek Watkins, and the Brian Lemon Quartet.
Posted in Ocean Grove lifestyle, OG ColorGallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged On the sunny side of the street, Summer with you Rebecca Luker on August 27, 2014|
Ocean Grove. Auditorium Square Park. Ain’t Misbehavin’ By Paul Goldfinger. © Click to enlarge the people.
REBECCA LUKER “Summer With You”
Posted in Photography in New Jersey, Photography: Black and White gallery, Photos from the Great Auditorium, tagged Great Auditorium on July 16, 2012|
Excitement at the Great Auditorium. Photograph by Paul Goldfinger. Undated © Click to enlarge. Re-post from 2017.
ASTRUD AND JOAO GILBERTO (Brazilian music in Portuguese) “A Fellucidade.”