JULY 4, 2012. Photo by Paul Goldfinger
Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Left click to make him taller.
Ocean Grove Celebrates Independence Day, Thursday July 4, 2013
10:30 AM − Ocean Grove’s Annual Independence Day Parade
“Best Fourth of July Parade in America”
7:30 PM – “I Love New York Brass” – Great Auditorium
All-Star Brass Ensemble Representing the NY Philharmonic, the MET Opera,
West Point Band, and Broadway, directed by Philip Smith
With marching bands, floats, community groups, civic organizations, local politicians, businesses and thousands of onlookers, Ocean Grove’s annual Independence Day Parade will kick off at 10:30 am on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The parade begins on Whitefield Avenue and turns east along Main Avenue to Central Avenue; then turns north towards Ocean Pathway, then east again ending along Ocean Avenue.
Ocean Grove’s parade is a community, township, county, and state-wide event. Some of the parade bands have been an active part of the Ocean Grove parade for decades. Among this year’s musical participants are: The Ocean Grove Summer Band, Neptune High School Marching Band; Monmouth County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums; Pipes and Drums of the Jersey Shore Shillelaghs, and legendary Bagpiper Joe Simmons.
This year’s parade will honor Calvary Chapel Relief as the Grand Marshals.
The Ocean Grove Parade has been recognized by the Asbury Park Press as “one of the best parades in the Garden State.” The Star Ledger says the annual Independence Day parade “remains a civic extravaganza of fire trucks, marching bands and volunteer group floats. It has an official motto – “The Best Fourth of July parade in America” – and is the daytime star of the weekend. The evening star is the Great Auditorium concert.”
The Great Auditorium is located at Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways in Ocean Grove, NJ. Tickets are $15.00 (plus applicable fees) Call 800-590-4064 or order online at www.oceangrove.org. For more information, visit www.oceangrove.org or call 732-775-0035.
Come and enjoy a magnificent day and night of recreation in God’s Square Mile on the Jersey Shore!
U.S. Marine Corps Band with a selection from their NOT SOUSA album: “Colonel Bogey March”