CONNIE EVINGSON AND THE JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET: Note Journal Square is in Jersey City.
Posts Tagged ‘July 4 parade in Ocean Grove’
They call it the Jersey Bounce….
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove July 4 Parade, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, tagged Jersey Bounce with Connie Evingson, July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on May 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
CONNIE EVINGSON AND THE JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET: Note Journal Square is in Jersey City.
Modern OG history:2014. Kazoo band for the Independence Day Parade. But not for 2025.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Activity, Ocean Grove events, tagged Days kazoo band in Ocean Grove on July 4, July 4 in Ocean Grove, July 4 parade in Ocean Grove, Kazoo band in Ocean Grove on June 25, 2025| 4 Comments »
2014. Heather McLaughlin says,
“Driving Jersey”, a PBS series will soon feature the Ocean Grove parade and the Kazoo Band! Click below:
And here is a link to the 2015 version of the parade. Blogfinger.net
Click me for a return to 2015 patriotism
2025; The Independence Day parade will be on July 5 instead of July4 this year.
Over the years, we could count on the amazing Days Kazoo Band to be featured in the parade, and everyone loves these hummers who wear their Kazoo Band T shirts, and they love to perform patriotic music.
But it was absent last year and will be AWOL this year. It seems that the person who usually organizes this unique kazoo musical event is unavailable, and there is no Plan B.
You would think that the CMA could have found a volunteer to organize the kazooers. And it could have been pretty easy for some Grover organization such as the OG Community Association or the Chamber of Commercials to organize the Kazooers . But no such luck.
Sousa: “The Thunderer”. US Marine Band
Before the parade passes by on Main Avenue…
Posted in Ocean Grove July 4 Parade, tagged Hello Dolly, July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on February 12, 2024|
Ocean Grove lifestyles, NJ. USA. July 4, 2018. Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge.
BETTE MIDLER 2017 cast of Hello Dolly on Broadway:
Lifestyle moments in the Grove: the July 4 parade.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove July 4, Ocean Grove July 4 Parade, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on June 30, 2023|
Paul Goldfinger ©. Ocean Grove, N.J. Independence Day parade. 2015. Click to enlarge.
WILBERT HARRISON:
Modern OG history: Scarlet Fliers keep the beat in the OG Independence Day parade.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove, Neptune High School marching band on June 22, 2022|
Neptune High School Marching Band drum line movin’ and groovin’ down Main Avenue at the July 4, 2016 parade. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click to enlarge.
ALY AND A.J.
“If you believe in magic, come along with me
We’ll dance until mornin’ ’til there’s just you and me
And maybe, if the music is right
I’ll meet you tomorrow, sort of late at night
And we’ll go dancing, baby, then you’ll see
How the magic’s in the music and the music’s in me.”
Thanks for the memories: Ocean Grove lifestyles….
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove, Robert Preston on December 20, 2019|
July 4, 2015. Ocean Grove parade. Paul Goldfinger ©
ROBERT PRESTON from The Music Man (Original Broadway cast)
A new series: Grovarian portraits.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove portraits, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove portraits on April 7, 2019|
Frank and Anne at the OG Independence Day Parade. Paul Goldfinger photo © Blogfinger.net
DORIS DAY AND DANNY THOMAS:
Celebrating the Spirit of America – The Ocean Grove Parade!
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on July 4, 2018| 7 Comments »
Days Ice Cream. 7/1/18. Nighttime lines return. Great people watching. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Click to enlarge
The Independence Day Parade will be on Wednesday, July 4, with “kickoff” at 10:30 am. The CMA says that it will have “over 2,000 participants and thousands of onlookers.”
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.
This year’s Grand Marshall is Ocean Grove historian and author Ted Bell.
At 7:30 pm there will be a Gordon Turk organ recital “Pipes and Stripes” in the Great Auditorium.
Editor’s note: As a music lover, I must point out that there is not a single real marching band in the parade according to the official line of march. There will be some fifes, a bagpiper, drums, kazoos and the OG Summer Band.
The dearth of significant march music was noticed last year, and the list of participants indicates that it will be the same this year. In addition there is no official military presence. A true 4th of July parade without ample music cannot be called “One of the best parades in the Garden State.” as stated by the CMA’s official press release.
Nor can the CMA claim it to be, “The best Fourth of July Parade in America” as stated by the CMA.
If the CMA cannot afford to provide marching bands for this parade, then Neptune Township should help with the financing. A parade filled with marching politicians, clubs, police, firemen, businesses, and even the National Corn Growers Association can be disappointing and monotonous without marching band music.
If we can’t have a Sousa march by a marching band in our 4th of July parade, then maybe Sousa’s portrait should be removed from the Historical Society of OG in protest.
From Blogfinger here is some real march music:
John Phillip Sousa: “The Thunderer”
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Ocean Grove lifestyles: Independence Day Parade on Main Avenue
Posted in Ocean Grove July 4, Ocean Grove summer time, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on January 8, 2018|
Deja vu all over again, but they are all somewhat different. Paul Goldfinger © July 4, 2009. Click to enlarge.
MADONNA:
Surprise guest at the parade
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on July 4, 2016|
July 4 parade—don’t miss it. Sponsored by the Camp Meeting Association
Posted in Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Activity, tagged July 4 parade in Ocean Grove on June 15, 2016|
July 4, 2015. Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
July 4, 2015. Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
Reminder: This is a longer parade and begins at Stockton Avenue. Heads north on Whitfield, east on Main Avenue to Central Avenue, down Ocean Pathway to Ocean Avenue.
Reviewing stand at Embury and Ocean Avenues.
SOUSA’S WASHINGTON POST MARCH: From the movie “Desperately Seeking Sousa.”