On Saturday, October 1, despite rain and chilly conditions, the Verona High School Marching Band hosted 13 bands from New Jersey and Long Island in a rousing competition at the Verona High School field. Roxbury High School received the first place award in the Battle of the Bands. As the host band, the Marching...
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Verona artist Ann C. Taylor will conduct watercolor classes this fall at the Caldwell Community Center. The series of 10 classes, which begins on October 11, will cover basic and advanced watercolor techniques for adult beginner and intermediate artists. The classes will be held on Tuesday afternoons, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the...
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Mark Fortgang seems like a level-headed guy. So common sense, and his talent for film work, probably explain why the Verona resident is behind the camera on a new National Geographic reality TV series and not building a 26-foot lawn dart or fitting a leaf blower with a turbo jet. Fortgang is one of...
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The rain should be drying up by this Saturday, which means it will be perfect weather for a marching band festival. On October 1 at 5:30 p.m., Verona’s own Marching Maroon and White hosts 13 bands from across our area at the annual Band Festival and Competition at Verona High School field. It is...
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Do you miss having a chance to shake your groove thing to those classic funk songs we all know and love? Well wait no longer! Four talented Verona kids will be performing this Saturday, September 24, at the Crane Park Festival in Montclair. They are part of the School of Rock Montclair’s Funk and...
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Attention all you Trick Tenza groupies in Verona (yes that’s you, Lisa, Nicole, Cheryl and Suzanne): The band is going to be playing UNICO’s La Festa Italian street fair, October 1 and 2, in Cedar Grove Community Park. TrickTenza will take the stage at La Festa Saturday night, from 7 to 10 p.m., and...
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Have you and your kids ever wondered what Music Together’s “Uncle Gerry” looks like? This Sunday, September 25, you can find out because the Music Together Band and Friends are putting on a special concert to benefit Save the Children. The concert is called “Families Singing for Families” and it will be held at...
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Though many people in Verona count the summer as over on Labor Day, there are diehards who hold onto it until the last second. Folks who hang on to their flip-flops and lounge chairs even as the weather signals that there are clearly big changes ahead. But on Friday, September 23, at 5:05 a.m....
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If you’ve got the blues or you want them bad, head to South Mountain Reservation on Sunday, September 18 for the 2011 South Orange International Blues Festival. The music will be playing from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The free event will be hosted by Johhny Ciao, known as the Culinary Rocker. The schedule...
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It’s unlikely, even in Germany, that there would be much room for kids at an Oktoberfest celebration. But Our Lady of the Lake must put up the giant tent that covers its parking lot for its October 8 Oktoberfest a few days early, which got folks there thinking about what else could be done...
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