Happy Birthday, USA!!!
The Ocean Grove Summer Band
Saturday, July 5, 2025 At 7:30 PM
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The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
and the Ocean Grove Summer Band,
under the direction of Eliot Prowse,
proudly present:
“Happy Birthday, USA!!!”
The Great Auditorium
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
Saturday, July 5, 2025
7:30 PM
OCEAN GROVE SUMMER BAND
Founded by Harry D. Eichhorn in 1953 to offer musicians a place to perform and enjoy standard band literature, the Ocean Grove Summer Band is proud to begin our 73rd season tonight.
The band is currently under the direction of Eliot Prowse and offers an interesting and challenging way to keep playing during the summer season. We present a different concert each week, and members are invited to play as often as they can, whether it’s “just” one week, or the entire season.
Please join us in the Boardwalk Pavilion at 7:30pm each Wednesday in July and August for free summer concerts. We will return to the Great Auditorium for our annual formal concert on Wednesday, August 20th at 7:30 pm.
Visit www.oceangrove.org for information on worship opportunities, music programs, activities for children and teens, and beach information.
PROGRAM
The Star-Spangled Banner
Key arr. Williams
The Thunderer
Sousa arr. Yoder
The Fourth of July
Cacavas
The Gospel in Dixieland
arr. Ployhar
Heather Evers, clarinet
Annette Cross, alto sax
Dave Shotwell, Jr., trumpet
Kevin Kunkle, trombone
Bill Edler, tuba
Moonlight Serenade
Miller / Parish arr. Herfurth
America The Beautiful
Ward arr. Dragon
Ted Freeman, conductor
Guadalcanal March
Rodgers arr. Warrington
Ted Freeman, conductor
The Fairest of the Fair
Sousa
Surfboard Blues
Broege
Sing for America
arr. Ployhar
Kate Freeman, vocalist
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.
America! America!
God shed His grade on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
YOU’RE A GRAND OLD FLAG
You’re a grand old flag,
You’re a high-flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave.
You’re the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev’ry heart beats true
‘Neath the red, white, and blue,
Where there’s never a boast or brag,
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
AMERICA
My country ‘tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my father died!
Land of the pilgrim’s pride!
From ev’ry mountain side
Let freedom ring.
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage
Where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning
Of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
Rumbalita
Yoder
Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong
arr. Ricketts
Colette Doudin, trumpet
Happy Birthday, USA
arr. Eichhorn
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Sousa arr. Brion/Schissel
OCEAN GROVE
SUMMER BAND
Conductor
Eliot Prowse
Associate Conductor and Announcer
Ted Freeman
Flute/Piccolo
Beth Carbone
Diane Doolittle
Margaret Hook
Chelsea Korkowski
Laura Leech
Kris Murphy
Laurie Nass
Heather Rosado
Oboe
Judy Mendoza
Clarinet
Tom Addison
Tom Burtnett
Heather Evers
Ferris Mahadeen
Claire Gargan
Kathy Macdonald
Barbara Rosenblum
Bass Clarinet
Christine Wheeler
Bassoon
Lenny Trerotola
Alto Sax
Larry Chesal
Annette Cross
Tenor Sax
Phillip Bowden
Bonnie Manzi
Baritone Sax
Kenn Yee
French Horn
Martin Cross
Susi Modin
Trumpet
Robert Bitzer
Colette Doudin
Ross Eadie
Kate Freeman
Curt Leach
Erica Lewis
John Posner
Dave Shotwell, Jr.
Fred Wolf
Trombone
Mike Applegate
Kevin Kunkle
Colin McTernan
Euphonium
Steve Advensky
Jen Cummings
Joe Frankie
Tuba
Julia Camargo
Bill Edler
Paul Eschelbach
Ted Freeman
Percussion
JoDee Anderson
Bill Giunco
Darrell Gray
Kathy Herche
Pete Wortman
