Moorestown Community Band, L. Bruce Smith, conductor
The popcorn was popping and feet were tapping; the river was calm, and the music was lively as the Moorestown Community Band entertained members of the Historical Society of Riverton, residents of Riverview Estates, and other guests in Riverview Estates’ beautiful Rose Garden last Thursday.
Originally planned for Wednesday, but rescheduled because of rain, L. Bruce conducted the sixty member band as they played a variety of musical selections.
“Piper’s Rhapsody”, “Viva Italia”, an Italian song medley, “Abba on Broadway”, “Russian Sailors’ Dance”, “The Westerners”, a Western Theme medley, and that patriotic favorite, “You’re A Grand Old Flag” each lightened the mood of an appreciative audience on this overcast spring evening.
Donna Maratea, Director of Activities and part-time popcorn vendor
The HSR and Riverview Estates jointly sponsored this free concert.
Thank you to Riverview Estates’ Director of Activities Donna Maratea for another successful partnering with the HSR to bring a free program to Riverview residents, Society members, and the public.
I have a backlog of posts to get out before the Fourth of July, so here are some pix from the May 16 meeting at Riverview Estates that included entertainment by the Pine Barons Chorus. -JMc
A familiar scene, early evening, Thursday, May 16, 2013
May flowers frame the entrance to the Meditation Garden
Riverview Estates
HSR Board members set up for the meeting
HSR members, Riverview residents, and the public brought folding chairs to outdoor concert venue
HSR President Gerald Weaber (r.) introduces Harvey Sklar
Gerald Weaber presides over the final meeting of the season beneath a canopy of trees
The agenda included a Celebration of Riverton Preservation, election of HSR Board members, and a concert by the Pine Barons Chorus
A random drawing determined the fifteen winners of copies of the book by Riverton author Bay Ruff, Ruff Copy
The Pine Barons Chorus brought their A-game to the riverbank
Everyone had a front row seat to this free concert co-sponsored by Riverview Estates and the HSR
The Pine Barons are frequent performers at Riverton events
Big finish
The Historical Society of Riverton closes another season of programs and activities
Mrs. Elsie Waters watches the sunset. She will be the Parade Marshal for the 2013 July Fourth Children’s Parade.
Forecast: Cloudy, drizzle, with 100 percent chance of entertainment inside by Plum RunLisa Godino and Chuck Winch – authentic looking and sounding Civil War era musiciansLast Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, the performing duo known as Plum Run played to a full house at Riverview Estates while a light drizzle fell just outside 303 Bank Avenue. Inside, spirits were not dampened by the misty scene that served as the musicians’ backdrop for the evening performance. Refreshments provided by the staff of Riverview Estates diminished any residual chills remaining.
Songs of the Civil War: History and Myth was a free concert, part of an ongoing series of HSR history programs to commemorate the Sesquicentennial.of the American Civil War.
Part-historical interpreters, part-storytellers, part-music instructors, and part-accomplished musicians and talented songwriters as well, they fiddled and strummed, plucked and sang for the enjoyment of the public and the residents of the Baptist Home.
Lisa Godino explainsPlus, whatever you call it when you clack those bones together. Lisa tells more about her fly swatting technique of getting sound from the percussion instrument with an ancient past.
Plum Run album cover
Besides singing and playing songs authored during the Civil War, the pair performed new original songs from their album “No Longer Gray Or Blue” which sounded just as authentic as the ones from the 1860s.
Between our Publicist, Susan Dechnik, and myself, we captured the still shots that you find displayed on this post. Click here to view a 3 minute 167MB MP4 movie file with several video clips of their performance that evening. Give this big file a few moments to load.
Lisa and Chuck told about the instrumentsYou can find out more about the harmonious collaboration that is Plum Run at plumrunmusic.com and on any one of several other places on the web like myspace.com that post some of their music.
For a concert on your computer, check out ourstage.com and click on play all to listen to 19 full versions of their songs plus two videos. The selections there represent a wider range from the pair’s musical repertoire than just the historical variety.
Riverview Estates 303 Bank Ave. Sept. 2008
A good part of the real estate of the current Riverview Estates, or the Baptist Home, once belonged to Mr. Ezra Lippincott whose home and family have been the subject of many of Betty Hahle’s Yesterday columns in the Gaslight News over the years.
Use the search box on this website and you’ll find some of the more recent text and image references to Lippincotts and 303 Bank Avenue. Riverview Estates publishes a history of beginnings and website located here.
Originally planned for Wednesday, but rescheduled because of rain, L. Bruce conducted the sixty member band as they played a variety of musical selections.
