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Car Wash Saturday At VHS
The Verona Music Parents will be running a student-worked car wash on Saturday, May 8, at Verona High School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The suggested donation to get your car cleaned is $5, and all money earned will go to support the VHS music department.
VHS To Hold Spring Concert May 12
The Verona High School Music Department will hold its 2010 Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the VHS auditorium. The concert is free and Band Director Erik Lynch is promising a night of “passionate music making”. The evening will feature performances by the VHS Jazz Choir, Concert Choir, and Concert Band. [...]
Events For The Week Of April 26
Families with younger kids may be at Disney World this week, but anyone with older kids in sports is in town because the high school sports teams have a full schedule of games. But first, a world about a key deadline for summer that you have to hit this week: The last day for registering [...]
Kids Concert At The Library
The Verona Public Library is bringing in the family music group Presley and Melody for a free kids concert at the library this Wednesday at 3 p.m. The 45-minute show is recommended for children ages 3 and older.
VHS Musicians Win Plaudits In Virginia
Verona High School vocal and instrumental musicians traveled to Virginia Beach for a competition this past weekend and came away with several awards for their performances. On Friday, the Concert Band, Concert Choir, Jazz Band, and Jazz Choir all performed and participated in a judges clinic where they received great acclamation. At the awards ceremony [...]
A Thriller Of A Jazz Night At VHS
It was standing room only at Verona High School last night for performances by Verona Jazz & Beyond and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble that might have brought down the house if the auditorium hadn’t been recently remodeled. From the opening number, “Lose The Shoes” to a closer so powerful it came with its own warning [...]
Cheap Thrills: Jazz Night
They’re fresh from their gig at Cecil’s and they are ready to blow again. Next Tuesday, April 13, Verona High School’s jazz band–Verona Jazz & Beyond–will be throwing a free concert in the auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Whether you’ve got a budding musician who needs inspiration or you just want an easy night out, Jazz [...]
Injury Prevention For Musicians
Verona’s athletes aren’t the only ones at risk of tendinitis. Repetitive strain injuries are also common to musicians, and that is why the Montclair Arts Council’s Musicians Network, the Essex County Department of Cultural and Historic Affairs and Outpost in the Burbs are co-sponsoring a workshop on helping musicians prevent them. “Injury Prevention and Management [...]
Defending Champions, Philth Harmonic At Tierney’s
Music and more music: Two Verona-based bands will be performing at Tierney’s in Montclair on Friday, March 19. Stephanie White & The Philth Harmonic, with Verona residents Rob LaFalce, Chris Staranka and, usually, Nick LaFalce, goes on first at 10:45 p.m. They will be followed by The Defending Champions, a rock, reggae and soul band [...]
Not Just Your Father’s Irish Band
That’s the tagline for the Eamonn Ryan Band, whose frontman is Verona dad Eamonn Ryan. He is a first-generation American of Irish descent, but what his band performs at any given gig could just as easily be “Back In The USSR” as the “Hills of Tipperary”. (You can listen to a snippet of the latter [...]