Feb 19, 2021. By Jean Bredin in Ocean Grove. Blogfinger staff.
Jean says, “What’s winter without a snowman? I had all the ingredients: a top hat I just got at Goodwill; scarf; coal candy; and a carrot. We’re calling him ‘Mr. Goodwill’….”
Jean Bredin. Feb. 19, 2021.
Says Jean: ‘” trudged up and down Main Avenue in the snow storm. I wound up in Fireman’s Park. No one was around but me and the flag. I like the colors—so striking to see the white background and flag colors.”
It was the Ocean Township H.S. Prom night. June 1, 2017.
Ocean Grove’s Boardwalk seems to be the perfect spot for a portrait,
TONY BENNETT: This song won an Oscar in 1936. It was featured in the movie “Swing Time” with Fred Astaire. Jerome Kern wrote the music and Dorothy Fields the lyrics. Dorothy said that when she first heard the melody, she was so moved that she couldn’t stop crying. It is indeed so beautiful and so perfect for prom night.
Whenever I take a walk, it seems a story is in my path. Being curious about the tents and the end of the season, I wanted to see how things were: I was greeted by Kymme VanCleef, a 62 year tent resident.
She will be leaving in a week. She shared generational stories and how her three grandchildren enjoy visiting. She wishes she could take her flowering climbing vine home with her.
“Grow For Me.” From the original motion picture soundtrack of A Little Shop of Horrors.
“…..and the rain subsided, the cold snap ended, so it was great for taking a walk. The sky was a panorama of dark gray clouds….it was a dramatic sight…as sometimes it is after rainstorms.”
Jean
THE STORYVILLE JASSBAND “I Get the Blues When It Rains.”
Jean: “Old Glory never fails to move me. This large flag proudly waves on Main Avenue in view of the Camp Meeting Association flags. It is a beautiful sight to behold.”
From an essay on the flag by William O’Malley of the Heritage Foundation: “The promise of America lives on through those brave heroes who have, over the centuries, fought to fulfill our societal vow that, wherever the American flag flies, there too shall be found life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“HYMN TO THE FALLEN” From the soundtrack of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan—-score by John Williams.
By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger.net reporter/photographer.
Bob and Bonnie Harley have been tenters all their lives. Bob’s father and mother, Jack and Helen Harley, were the occupants to this tent over 60 years ago.
I asked them how has it been in Tent Village this year?
“Very quiet, ” Bonnie replied. Maybe 85-90% occupied, but mostly weekenders. They reminisced about many things. There is much history to be found among the tenters.
Bob said he learned to swim in the Ocean Grove Pool at the North End.
Jean noted: “Jack Harley was the maestro of the Teaneck Bergen Chorus many years ago. My father was a member. Jack encouraged his singers to join the Ocean Grove Choir Festival, which my father did.”
“The next year I came down to sing. The rest is history. I am a year round resident of Ocean Grove.”
Here’s an arrangement that Jack probably would appreciate. It’s Max Raabe with the Das Palast Orchester performing in Carnegie Hall: “Singing in the Rain.”
